#WritersCoffeeClub 5/13 If writing wasn’t your thing, what would your thing be?

If I wasn't writing (novels, stories, or plays) I'd probably have a lot of fun with sculpting. I got motivated to make some latex Commedia masks a few years back and really enjoy it!

You make a clay model first, then cover it in plaster to make a mold, then pour in the latex up to the brim of the mold for about 40 min, then pour it out, let the film dry (1-2 days) and gently peel off a new face!

Cut, paint, and enjoy! It's rather satisfying.

#CommediaDelArte #Masks #Sculpting

I gave my theater class an assignment to construct a 10 minute Commedia scene with very strong advice to play through the action before working on a script.

One group had the entire script in 15 minutes and no clue what the action was. It was the most bland, mediocre, stale, soulless, and excruciatingly unfunny, ChatGPT drivel I had ever heard.

The characters were cardboard cut outs with no connection to the actors. The plot was completely utilitarian.

1/2

#CommediaDelArte #Education #AI

It took 3 days of drying, but my latex cast of Arlecchino finally came out. Just waiting for the extremities to completely dry before I cut and paint it. Do we like?

And if you think this guy’s nose is big, wait till you see my Pulcinella!

#mask #Theater #CommediaDelArte #MaskMaking

I finished my #CommediaDelArte mask of Brighella, a trickster and the chief conniving con artist in the commedia world. The carbuncle in the center of his forehead indicates cleverness and mental agility.

The mask was modeled in clay, molded with plaster, and cast in latex.

The media is marked sensitive because there's some freaky-ish images of masks on people and mannequins.

Don't ask me why I have that anatomy model.

#Mask #Theater #Art #Sculpting