Lockdown Masks +
Design Activity +
Press / Publication +
Lockdown Masks Publication +
How Do You Feel? Exhibition +
The project invited people to make a mask that reflected their experiences of, and feelings about the lockdown. People submitted masks from around the world, from Brazil to New Zealand.
The masks were published and shared on Instagram. The final Lockdown Masks collection becomes a photographic memoir and explores creativity and wellbeing during isolation.
© Collectarium 2022
Design Activity 01: Lockdown Masks
Featured in Design Week 'Picks of the Month: the best design events to catch in July.'
Collectarium co-founder Sophie Beard talked to BBC Radio about Lockdown Masks. Listen here
Collectarium were invited to contribute to the House of Beautiful Business, The Great Wave. An in-person and virtual festival. We facilitated a 30 minute live mask making workshop to over 200 participants globally from our studio.
Featured on What Design Can Do. An international platform about the social impact of design.
Wonderful to see Collectarium Lockdown Masks book now stocked in The Photographers’ Gallery Bookshop, London. This is very special to us as we both spent many hours there whilst students at Central Saint Martins, Long Acre.
The book is limited edition (500) and is designed to allow for multiple front and back covers.
It features a really lovely piece of writing from the wonderful Harold Bennett.
It comes with a reversible bookmark.
The book features the entire Lockdown Masks collection. It is printed on 170gsm Fedrigoni paper by Pureprint on their Indigo Press.
This is a non profit publication.
Profits from the sale of this book will be donated to MIND charity.
The book is available to buy from our shop.
Collectarium Shop
The book is stocked at:
The Photographers' Gallery, London
The Bookend by Jane & Jeremy, Brighton
The Neighbourhood Store, Shoreham
Shelf Editions, Lincoln
How Do You Feel? Exhibition & Drop in Wellbeing Centre at Phoenix Art Space, Brighton June 2023.
We used vinyl graphics on the windows to engage members of the public to come in and view the exhibition and take part in the mask making workshops.
We designed a drop in wellbeing centre and pop-up exhibition using the Lockdown Masks collection and publication as inspiration.
The space encouraged conversations around the relationship between creativity and wellbeing.
Large mask portraits were on display and the Lockdown Masks publication for participants to view and be inspired.
The book was designed to have multiple front covers and features the entire collection of Lockdown Masks.
We invited members of the public, school children and teachers to participate and collaborate in a series of free mask making workshops to explore the relationship between creativity and wellbeing.
Every day the space was transformed into a playground of making. We had over 50 children make masks using the exhibition and publication as inspiration.
We created activity take aways and feedback cards with questions that asked the participants to reflect on the mask making workshop activity.
It was amazing to see how the children became energised, more confident, and calmer in the process.
Conversations were had on not worrying about the mask being perfect, what different materials they could use, whether they could make more than one mask and if they could come back tomorrow to do it all again.
Due to ongoing educational funding cuts and the continuous decline of art provision in the school curriculum many schools lack the basic resources to support children struggling with their mental health, which has been made worse post lockdown and with the current cost-of-living crisis.
We are deeply concerned about the lack of arts funding in schools. So, it is imperative that we instigate change. We need to support our young people to be creative and to have a space to be able to express themselves.
This is an ongoing research in action project and we are exploring other places to pop up in particular areas where there is a lack of arts funding and resources.
- Ad-hoc
- Animals
- Cardboard
- Collaboration
- Food
- Home School
- Isolation
- Lego
- Nature
- Packaging
- Paper
- Shielding
- Textiles
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Maker:
Sid Lipscombe
Location:
Perth, Australia
Material:
Paper and coloured pens
Maker:
Karen Jackson
Location:
Baydon, UK
Material:
Tortilla
Maker:
Josh Harrison
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Packaging Tape
Maker:
Angus Grant
Location:
Tunbridge Wells, UK
Material:
Egg carton packaging
Maker:
Marlo Bochan Hayes
Location:
Croydon, UK
Material:
Bagel and bananas
Maker:
Zoe Probert
Location:
High Wycombe, UK
Material:
Plastic bag and recycled packaging
Maker:
Eliza Davis Beard
Location:
Tunbridge Wells, UK
Material:
Cardboard packaging
Maker:
Greta Rowley
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Coloured paper and marker pen
Maker:
Wendy Davis Beard
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Ping pong balls and bat
Maker:
Maya Stocks
Location:
Sydney, Australia
Material:
Post-It notes
Maker:
Sophie Beard
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Bath foam bubbles
Maker:
Ben Branagan
Location:
Hastings, UK
Material:
Garden foliage and cable ties
Maker:
John Beard
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Woven canvas offcuts
Maker:
Miles Carpenter
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Popsicle sticks and glue
Maker:
June Thornton
Location:
Marlow, UK
Material:
Tonic drink packaging
Description:
Lockdown and locked into a few gin & tonics.
Maker:
Greta Rowley
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Paper and acrylic paint
Maker:
Helen Eger
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Handkerchief and peacock feather
Maker:
Felix Carpenter
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Craft materials and feathers
Maker:
Gavin Kellett
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Dominic Cummings newspaper mask
Description:
Hopefully I've captured the madness that is my son's lockdown hair.
Maker:
Gemma Martin
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cotton fabric face mask scraps
Maker:
Gavin Fry
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Leftover birthday wrapping tissue paper
Maker:
Bonnita
Location:
Melbourne, Australia
Material:
Card and acrylic paint
Maker:
Sam Palmer
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Paper and coloured pencils
Maker:
Jamie Dobson
Location:
Farnham, UK
Material:
Doritos crisp packet packaging
Maker:
Abie Beinart
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Paper plate, coloured paper and acrylic paint.
Maker:
Hiroshi Masuda
Location:
Tokyo, Japan
Material:
Toast and plastic ties
Maker:
Paddy Tate + Jasmine Freemantle
Location:
Falmouth, UK
Material:
Takeaway food packaging
Maker:
Minako Arman
Location:
Glasgow, UK
Material:
Leaf
Maker:
Dawn Easton
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Paper, coloured card and straw
Maker:
Pauline Beard
Location:
Marlow, UK
Material:
Newspaper crossword
Description:
Lockdown newspaper crosswords.
Maker:
John Lipscombe
Location:
Perth, Australia
Material:
Architects paper and pen doodles
Maker:
Mark Hudson
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Pizza base, olives, pepper, salami and tomato
Maker:
Claire Baker
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Fairy lights
Description:
Fairy light fever.
Maker:
Rick Horne
Location:
Harrogate, UK
Material:
Mobile phone
Description:
Shielding.
Maker:
Joele McGowran
Location:
Baydon, UK
Material:
Cardboard and coloured pens
Description:
Husband and wife collaboration in isolation.
Maker:
Sam Titterton
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Leftover sock packaging
Maker:
Hannah Morris
Location:
York, UK
Material:
Bread, paper and stick
Description:
Lockdown baking.
Maker:
Jo Dunk
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Food packaging
Description:
Fragile and heavy parcel.
Maker:
Christina Christoforou
Location:
Nairobi, Kenya
Material:
Dried out garden plants and glue
Maker:
Christina Christoforou
Location:
Nairobi, Kenya
Material:
Dried out garden plants and glue
Maker:
Christina Christoforou
Location:
Nairobi, Kenya
Material:
Dried out garden plants and glue
Maker:
Zhuohan Shao
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Indian restaurant takeaway box
Maker:
Ally Waller
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Paper and crayon
Description:
The lockdown wobble.
Maker:
Otto Ambrose
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Wood and paint
Description:
I made this mask to show I’m trapped in my house but I’m happy.
Maker:
Alice Beard
Location:
Sha Tin, Hong Kong
Material:
Kitchen towel and makeup
Description:
Transfer print.
Maker:
Sylvie Nixon
Location:
Sha Tin, Hong Kong
Material:
Nectarine fruit packaging
Description:
Chipmunk lockdown mask.
Maker:
Stuart Rowley
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Masking tape
Description:
Just masking time.
Maker:
Sophie Beard
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cat Pluto
Description:
Zoom Mask.
Maker:
Alice Beard
Location:
Sha Tin, Hong Kong
Material:
Hair
Description:
Lockdown locks.
Maker:
Heman Chong
Location:
Singapore
Material:
Seaweed paper and sunglasses
Maker:
Audrey Guttman
Location:
Paris, France
Material:
Paper plate
Description:
Instructions for radical protection
1. Take a paper plate ⠀
2. Cut out eye holes⠀
3. Light a candle for #saulsteinberg
Maker:
Tom Wray
Location:
São Paulo, Brazil
Material:
Paper and acrylic paint
Maker:
Abie Beinart
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Cardboard, chalk, tape, toilet roll and straws
Maker:
Miya Turnbull
Location:
Halifax, Novia Scotia, Canada
Material:
Papier mâché + photographic images
Description:
Feeling discombobulated.
Maker:
Lara Stephen
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cotton material, google eyes and wire twisters
Maker:
The Bebber Family
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Paper and coloured pens
Maker:
Sam Jarman
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Coloured card and glasses
Maker:
Riccardo Festa
Location:
Milan, Italy
Material:
Book
Description:
Art does not go into quarantine.
Maker:
Sonny Staples
Location:
California, USA
Material:
Cardboard and pen
Description:
Black Lives Matter.
Maker:
Alix Blk
Location:
Paris, France
Material:
Brown paper bag
Description:
I want to go back to the bar to see my friends.
Maker:
Fraser Muggeridge
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Paper printout
Description:
Looking forward to more zoom meetings.
Maker:
Vanessa Rolf
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Party hats
Description:
What happens when the party guests are virtual.
Maker:
Louis Nixon
Location:
Sha Tin, Hong Kong
Material:
Moulded glass
Maker:
Nell Nixon
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Post-it notes
Description:
Lockdown Yoga.
Maker:
Sophie Beard
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cardboard, toilet rolls and masking tape
Description:
Social distancing extendable nose mask.
Maker:
Pete Maloney
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Stool and racket
Description:
Ad-hoc mask.
Maker:
Magnus Irvin
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Eggshells and pen
Maker:
Nafiseh Tabatabaei
Location:
Tehran, Iran
Material:
Iron and cardboard
Description:
The mask is not just an ornament which accentuates the face, it's a character with an extreme strength.
Maker:
Vanessa Ainsworth
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Plastic and paper shopping bag packaging
Description:
Homage to the weekly lockdown shop.
Maker:
Alec Gatenby
Location:
Utrecht, Netherlands
Material:
Canvas and acrylic paint
Maker:
Saffron Naylor
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Tinfoil and makeup
Maker:
Craig + Max Brooks
Location:
Bath, UK
Material:
Duplo Lego bricks
Maker:
Gavin Fry
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Acrylic yarn and crochet hook
Maker:
Carmel O'Connell
Location:
Portland, USA
Material:
Cantaloupe melon and glasses
Maker:
TR McGowran
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Cardboard box, coloured paper and pens
Description:
Meta mask.
Maker:
Carys Taylor
Location:
Epsom, UK
Material:
Marshmallows and coloured paper
Maker:
Cai Taylor
Location:
Epsom, UK
Material:
Kitchen mop
Description:
Lockdown mess.
Maker:
Christine Berrie
Location:
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
Material:
Garden weeds, dock leaf and buttercups
Description:
Leafy lockdown.
Maker:
Natalie Ainsworth
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Lampshade and sunglasses
Description:
Lockdown shade.
Maker:
Tasha Levytska
Location:
Kyiv, Ukraine
Material:
Papier-mâché and acrylic paint
Maker:
Leo Taylor
Location:
Epsom, UK
Material:
Cardboard box and acrylic paint
Description:
Homeschooling and minecraft mask making.
Maker:
Home Couturière
Location:
Biarritz, France
Material:
Leaves
Maker:
Rufus Wiley
Location:
New York, USA
Material:
Candyfloss
Maker:
Hannah Morris
Location:
York, UK
Material:
Coloured paper and pencil
Maker:
Daniel Normal
Location:
São Paulo, Brazil
Material:
Cardboard box packaging
Description:
Quarantine Day 1.
Maker:
Eliza Davis Beard
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Pineapple
Description:
Furlough life.
Maker:
Tom Mcgowran
Location:
Wiltshire, UK
Material:
Plastic bucket, felt and scouring pad
Description:
Lockdown shielding and lockdown gardening.
Maker:
Tasha Levytska
Location:
Kyiv, Ukraine
Material:
Hair
Description:
Self-isolation.
Maker:
Rex Mcgowran
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Hands
Maker:
Felix Carpenter
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Post-it note and coloured pens
Maker:
Angus Grant
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cornflake cereal
Description:
Home isolation boredom.
Maker:
Christopher Allen
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cardboard, sticks and rubber band
Description:
Real Reality headset.
Maker:
Emmi Taylor
Location:
Epsom, UK
Material:
Wool, feathers and pom poms
Maker:
Gemma Burgess
Location:
Montreal, Canada
Material:
Paper bag
Description:
New brand - fragile.
Maker:
Paul Plowman
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Lego bricks
Description:
Watch out! the virus is still about.
Maker:
Zale Sommer
Location:
Biarritz, France
Material:
Leaf
Maker:
Chris Bigg
Location:
Isle of Wight, UK
Material:
Card, paper and metal letters
Description:
S.O.S.
Maker:
Mette-Sofie D. Ambeck
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cardboard box and packaging
Description:
Silent-locked-in-robot, ready to spread its ears and turn on the lights.
Maker:
Anouk Stocks
Location:
Sydney, Australia
Material:
Paper and coloured pencils
Maker:
Judith Pickles
Location:
Devon, UK
Material:
Flowers and string
Description:
Shielding isolation garden.
Maker:
Ivana Zorn
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Toilet roll and sunflower
Description:
Seeking the light of truth under circumstances.
Maker:
Brian Johnson
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Paper and acrylic paint
Description:
Time flies.
Maker:
Rufus Wiley
Location:
New York, USA
Material:
Skateboard
Maker:
Sandy Suffield
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Coloured paper
Maker:
Renesha Taj
Location:
Banyuwangi, Indonesia
Material:
Bubble wrap packaging and acrylic paint
Maker:
Sam Anthony
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Paper printout
Maker:
A. B. Charlton
Location:
Devon, UK
Material:
Acrylic paint on cereal box packaging
Description:
Can one social distance from oneself?
Maker:
Greta Rowley
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Watermelon
Description:
Reversible and edible survival mask.
Maker:
The Red Mailbox Project
Location:
Daegu, South Korea
Material:
Paint, bottle and paint caps
Maker:
Stewart Francis Easton
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cardboard and acrylic paint
Description:
Comfort Quilt.
Maker:
Nya Wyss
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cardboard, coloured tape and pegs
Maker:
Rex Mcgowran
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Play dough
Maker:
Greta + Stuart Rowley
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Lego bricks
Maker:
Ruth Waller
Location:
Nottinghamshire, UK
Material:
Plasters
Maker:
Anna Harvey
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Cardboard and acrylic paint
Maker:
Mike Nicholson
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cardboard packaging
Description:
Not feeling like myself.
Maker:
Gina McAdam
Location:
Godalming, UK
Material:
Cardboard packaging, sunglasses and purse
Description:
Dead Broke - A reaction to the financial effects of the virus upon the arts community.
Maker:
Marjolein Burbank
Location:
The Hague, Netherlands
Material:
Rubber glove, thread and ink
Description:
Close Your Eyes - everything will be alright.
Maker:
Chris Roberts + Rebecca McClelland
Location:
Bruton, UK
Material:
Cardboard packaging and coloured tape
Maker:
Amanda Willemse
Location:
The Hague, Netherlands
Material:
Printed paper
Description:
Stay Safe.
Maker:
Diana Ammann
Location:
Basel, Switzerland
Material:
Jute cloth bag and embroidered thread
Description:
Imaginary friend no.1.
Maker:
Nick + Nell Gant
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Glass
Description:
A reflective time of countryside and clear skies, clouds with silver linings.
Maker:
Rosie Upright
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cat fur
Description:
Lockdown has been a routine of hoovering up cat hair and brushing a moulting cat.
Maker:
Maria Mie
Location:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Material:
Papier-mâché and paint
Description:
Meet Eggman.
Maker:
Petra Lukovicsova
Location:
Slovakia
Material:
Recycled paper
Maker:
Andrew Demetrius
Location:
Fife, UK
Material:
Dollhouse paper plan
Maker:
Claire Scully
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Coloured paper
Description:
Now we’ve gone through all this before - this is not how essays are written.
Maker:
Sam Anthony
Location:
London, UK
Material:
K’nex construction toy
Description:
Lockdown games, cabin fever.
Maker:
Sonia Boué
Location:
Oxford, UK
Material:
Digital radio and screwdriver
Description:
Broken. My digital radio just went bust and I couldn’t resist opening the back to see the workings. Repurposing and reclaiming - kind of broken but not broken.
Maker:
Nina Chakrabarti
Location:
Hastings, UK
Material:
Cardboard veg box and acrylic paint
Maker:
Ellie Nixon
Location:
Devon, UK
Material:
Wax and acrylic paint
Maker:
Laura Brown
Location:
Winchester, UK
Material:
Cardboard box, neon gaffer tape and screws
Description:
Reuse and recycle - make do and make good.
Maker:
Molly Powell
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Polystyrene packaging, glue and acrylic paint
Maker:
Tim Ereneta
Location:
California, USA
Material:
Plastic wrapping and sunglasses
Description:
Quarantine Shopping.
Maker:
Iommi + Benjamin Edgar
Location:
São Paulo, Brazil
Material:
Paper bags and pens
Maker:
Rose Thomas Stopher
Location:
Epsom, UK
Material:
Coloured paper off-cuts
Maker:
Nicola Tree
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Coloured paper
Maker:
Sam Anthony
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Paper and coloured card
Description:
All seeing mask.
Maker:
Kate Rogers
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Hessian material
Maker:
Scout Dobson
Location:
Farnham, UK
Material:
Pink net fabric, toilet rolls and thread
Maker:
Alice Beard
Location:
Sha Tin, Hong Kong
Material:
Toilet roll packaging, shoelace, tape
Description:
Hoarding.
Maker:
Alf Williams
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cardboard packaging and paint
Description:
Plague Doctor inspired mask using Amazon packaging from excessive lockdown ordering.
Maker:
Dave Williams
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cardboard off-cuts from making isolation stations
Description:
Isolation Station Master.
Maker:
TR Mcgowran
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Polystyrene packaging
Maker:
Arthur Powell
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Paper and acrylic paint
Description:
Rorschach.
Maker:
Mariana Boff
Location:
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Material:
Paper and embroidered thread
Description:
This mask is a reflection of all the wobbly feelings of quarantine.
Maker:
Tessa Stocks
Location:
Sydney, Australia
Material:
Paper and coloured pens
Maker:
Carole Billett
Location:
Cowbridge, UK
Material:
Flowers, string and paper
Description:
Flower Power.
Maker:
Lyubka + Solomiya Franko
Location:
Kiev, Ukraine
Material:
Cardboard and acrylic paint
Maker:
Lars de Ruyter
Location:
Heemskerk, Holland
Material:
Made from various kinds of cardboard, glue and tape
Description:
CYCLOPS - representing my mood during the first few months of this global crisis! I felt like an old robot with an error in its mainframe; feeling lonely, feeling creative, feeling confused, feeling creative, feeling down, feeling creative and so on.
Maker:
Franco Chimento
Location:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Material:
Recycled paper
Description:
This piece arises from an exploration around the new reality of covering the face and the feeling of confinement. It is inspired by ritual masks and the use of basketry.
Maker:
Rex Mcgowran
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Cardboard recycled packaging and acrylic paint
Description:
Monkey or mouse? Or mouse monkey?
Maker:
Chris Holding
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Recycled cereal packaging
Maker:
Lexicon Love
Location:
Sydney, Australia
Material:
Collage material
Description:
Do Not Disturb.
Maker:
Raina Kilner
Location:
Melbourne, Australia
Material:
Made from a set of vintage orbit material for mathematics
Description:
This mask is not for hiding from a virus, but is a powerful teleporting mask that can take us to far away places to be with our families.
Maker:
Fiona Oliver
Location:
Belfast, Ireland
Material:
Towel, cucumber and hand sanitiser
Description:
Lockdown spa.
Maker:
Adam Copeland
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Watermelon
Description:
Seeing with fresh eyes.
Maker:
Ciara Finnegan
Location:
Île de Ré, France
Material:
Fresh seaweed, oyster shell, and limpet washed up by the Atlantic Ocean
Description:
Organic Seaweed Face Mask
Maker:
Liz Stirling
Location:
Leeds, UK
Material:
Paper and watercolour paint
Maker:
Isobel Smith
Location:
Oxford, UK
Material:
Sliced white bread and string
Maker:
Mick Marston
Location:
Sheffield, UK
Material:
Lego bricks
Description:
I’ve been mainly drawing buildings or heads for the last few weeks so this is the amalgamation of the two.
Maker:
Polly Stirling
Location:
Leeds, UK
Material:
Paper and coloured pens
Maker:
Jenny
Location:
Chichester, UK
Material:
Cardboard packaging and marker pen
Description:
Expressing my inner frustrations.
Maker:
Alex Merry / Boss Morris
Location:
Stroud, UK
Material:
Embroidered net fabric
Maker:
Nikki Crichton
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Paper and coloured pens
Description:
Reflecting on those awkward lockdown moments.
Maker:
Niloufar Afnan
Location:
Montreal, Canada
Material:
Recycled paper bag and coloured paper
Maker:
Karen + Georgia Lovett
Location:
Banbury, UK
Material:
Bicycle tyre and ribbon
Description:
Reflecting on the positives of lockdown - sunshine, rainbows and empty roads cycling.
Maker:
They Call Me Ninu
Location:
Waikato, New Zealand
Material:
Coloured paper and glue
Description:
I started making masks thinking how often we tend to reject feelings that we regard as negative like anger, sadness, jealousy, boredom. But I feel those feelings have a reason to be and it’s good to let them be and not repress them so that they don’t end up overtaking. The mask in the photo is my bored mask. During the lockdown I realised how much I missed having a bit more variety in my day-to-day. It’s kinda like, let your monster out and embrace it.
Maker:
Natasha Hirschfield
Location:
San Francisco, USA
Material:
Papier-mâché
Description:
Meet Önc.
Maker:
Jessica Ison
Location:
Coventry, UK
Material:
Paper plate and coloured pens
Description:
Spiral of hope through the madness.
Maker:
Sam Anthony
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Coloured paper and elastic
Maker:
Lisa Arnold
Location:
Minnesota, USA
Material:
Cardboard and acrylic paint
Description:
Plant-based.
Maker:
Abigail Newton
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Card and acrylic paint
Description:
A submission via University of Brighton School of Art, Summer School that engages local schools in art activities. Expressing that this unusual time has been confusing.
Maker:
Marisa Matush
Location:
Brighton, UK
Material:
Paper and watercolour paint
Description:
A submission via University of Brighton School of Art, Summer School that engages local schools in art activities. Keeping it together.
Maker:
Harry Hudson
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Pizza base, olives, lemon, salami and lettuce
Maker:
Matt Mcdermott + Lou Wilkinson
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cardboard and acrylic paint
Description:
Inspired by an art project from the 1950’s called ‘The Mask Series’ a collaboration between a photographer and a cartoonist and the paper masks and costumes designed by Charles and Ray Eames. An exploration into how the post Covid-19 world - the ‘New Now’ feels on a subconscious level.
Maker:
Matt Mcdermott + Lou Wilkinson + Lottie
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Cardboard and acrylic paint
Description:
Inspired by an art project from the 1950’s called ‘The Mask Series’ a collaboration between a photographer and a cartoonist and the paper masks and costumes designed by Charles and Ray Eames. An exploration into how the post Covid-19 world - the ‘New Now’ feels on a subconscious level.
Maker:
Karen + Alice
Location:
Bristol, UK
Material:
Coloured paper and acrylic paint
Maker:
Sophie Beard
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Coloured paper and marker pen
Description:
A card from yet another lockdown birthday.
Maker:
Flora Hudson
Location:
London, UK
Material:
Pizza base, olives, spring onion, cornflakes and cheese
Maker:
Phil Simon
Location:
Salford, UK
Material:
Cardboard and coloured paper
Description:
Through visual discovery and playing with simple paper shapes, mask making allows me to give birth to a character. This physical form of play helps me understand the world around me and ultimately what it is to be a human.
Maker:
A Little je ne sais quoi
Location:
Oxford, UK
Material:
Cardboard and acrylic paint
Description:
These masks have had many roles during our family lockdown. They have been zoom masks, window decorations to cheer up passers-by and used as props for a show for our neighbours birthday.
Maker:
Andrea + Felix
Location:
York, UK
Material:
Polystyrene packaging and flowers
Maker:
Pete Hellicar
Location:
Lewes, UK
Material:
Wood and diffusion screen
Description:
You can’t mask a culture that no longer works.
Maker:
Margot + William Jolly
Location:
Tenterden, UK
Material:
Recycled paper bags
Maker:
Akiko + Amie Ferris
Location:
Tokyo, Japan
Material:
Cardboard, pens and tissue paper
Description:
Our feelings were confused but stay strong - a confused faced lion.
Maker:
Yuqing Wang
Location:
Epsom, UK
Material:
Red wool
Description:
This work expresses the relationship between mask and prejudice.
Maker:
Veronica Cordovadelarosa
Location:
Oxford, UK
Material:
Cardboard and acrylic paint
Description:
When I was little I had a Fisher Price cow that I loved very much. The cow from my childhood has come back travelling through time and saved me in my flat in Oxford. I got Covid-19 on the 10th March and I promised I would make a cow mask the day I recover and I would dance with it. I have not recovered completely yet. However, the cow has been like a protection against illness.
Maker:
Ursula Dimitriou
Location:
Athens, Greece
Material:
River wood washed ashore
Description:
Used as camouflage to help the wearer blend in the natural surrounding. To counteract the unease with which one walked outdoors during the first weeks of the lockdown.