Mask of Roses

INSPIRATION

I really had a blank mind on this project until I went grocery shopping. I love flowers so I always check out the flowers at Tops or Wegmans, especially around holidays because I am always curious to see whats out, whats new, what I can get as gifts, or what I can ask my boyfriend to get me (JUST KIDDING!.....not really.) I also work at a Bridal salon and I love seeing bouquets and asking what flowers girls are using. I personally love roses, and I saw the rose petals while I was snooping around and I thought to myself that I could not believe how inexpensive they were. Then I strolled the aisles and I saw Easter stuff, and all the fun colors and pastels.

So my inspirational images are just things that I thought of while I was grocery shopping and coming up with ideas for this mask. 1) M. A. Carr, the bridal salon that I work at. 2) Ivory rose bouquet, because I work in the bridal industry and I saw Ivory roses. 3) Macaroons, because I tried my first one ever over the weekend, and because of the colors, which I saw all over the grocery store because of Easter. I am not sure I can do an artistic critique on these inspirational images because they really are not art pieces that inspired me, just things in my environment that did.

PROCESS

I picked up a crayola set of water colors, ivory rose petals and a balloon. I was thinking about doing paper mache. Yep, epic fail. I have no idea what went wrong, but it would not dry. So instead I just found thick paper in my craft closet and decided to glue the rose petals to that. As I did so, I really wanted to see texture so I made sure the petals were not perfect and had a 3-d effect. I let the petals dry all night and I woke up in the morning and painted them pastel blue and yellow because I keep seeing that everywhere and red because I feel that the red added depth to the petals and displayed the veins in the petals the best. I used elements of color and texture and the principle of balance with the symmetrical shape of the mask as well as the uniform amount of petals used around the mask. I really liked my mask. I think it is beautiful, it has personality, it reminds me of me, and I think that going with the flow on this one was the best option.

HERE IS ME WITH MY MASK OF ROSES!