Whilst living in Sydney, I made these three masks for Dazzle exhibition at the National Theatre, Christmas 2005. The production at the time was an adaptation of Phillip Pullmans' trilogy, 'His Dark Materials', one of my favourite books. I jumped at the chance of taking part especially as they could be made in any material. Within the limitations imposed by my budget and location I had to make them light and easy to post. So I made these three masks based on characters in the story; Iorek the armoured bear, Mrs Coulters' golden monkey and Lord Asriels' snow leopard. Each one is a single piece of paper that is carefully cut, folded and fixed to create a three dimensional mask. Making them look like their animal characters while at the same time fitting onto a human shaped head proved more challenging than I had anticipated. I sent them from Sydney to Dazzle at the National Theatre, but unfortunately it was decided they should not be exhibited.

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