Farming life at the foothills of the Alps, and thus Swiss culture, once was riddled with mystery.
Brutal Knitting is an absolutely delightful ongoing project of sci-fi-inspired monster masks handknit by artist Tracy Widdess. She has a Brutal Knitting
Selling Points 1. Gender: Women's Men's 2. Material: Latex 3. Types: Mask 4. What's in the box: Mask Specifications Gender: Women's, Men's, Material: Latex, Style: Funny, Scary Costume, Types: Mask, Halloween Props, Holiday: Halloween, Carnival, Mardi Gras, Age Group: Adults', What's in the box: Mask, Photos
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Inside the kitsch world of Ashley Williams, who shows for the last time with Fashion East tomorrow
Héctor Sos created the project ‘Paper Faces’ for a spanish paper company. The artist established a quirky relationship between paper and body by covering the faces of different models with various paper creations. It almost looks as if the paper would slowly grow out of their faces. Each work features a model with a mask […]
Today is Krampus Day in Austria, a day when this ancient monster returns to the community to frighten people into being good (his sidekick: St. Nicholus!) Krampus–a large, hairy, horned monster dragging chains, flailing clubs–enters festivals all over the nation to great crowd-shrieks, pretending to whip and beat people. Like a running-of-the-bulls, bystanders take great delight in fleeing the monsters. When I lived in Austria I absolutely fell in love with Krampus! It may seem strange but here's why: We live with terror all the time. It always appears in a frightening inhuman form that chills our blood and returns us to a primal role as prey. It takes a lot of power to overcome us so we tend to be scared by large, angry creatures with superpowers in place of reason. Terror is a combination of fear and helplessness. What makes Krampus fun is that it arose in ancient times, when such large creatures presented a real danger. Truth is that we are superhumans ourselves, armed with an intelligence that can overcome nearly all dangers. Yet we remain afraid. Why? Krampus reminds me of terrorism. In is presence we show the same emotions as a peasant facing Krampus. But although the visage is scary, we're the ones with the superpower. First of all we an choose to act, so we're not powerless. Also, any idiot can see that the monster is just a pipefitter in a costume, a person like you or me who probably needs a bathroom break. Krampus's only power is inside our own heads, where the real danger resides. If we were to slaughter the pipefitter, strangely enough, Krampus would still return next year! That's what we don't understand about terrorism. It exists only in our heads. Every so often someone gets hurt by Krampus, but it's very rare. Same with terrorism. Why waste your fear on a threat that is fairly harmless in the face of a real killer like heart disease, car crashes or a crazy gun-toting neighbor? To our detriment, we don't have anything like Krampus, so we remain in the thrall of a terror we cannot best; causing us to do ludicrous things (like start wars which only increase terrorism!) We're helpless only as long as we can't locate the real danger. If we don't face the darkness in our own heads we'll forever be running, screaming away from pipefitters who just need to borrow the restroom.
Crow Face II venetian mask in papier mache. Handcrafted according to the original Venice carnival tradition. Manifactured in Venice by the famous venetian masters. Each item is provided with certificate of authenticity. Mask Dimensions Width: 19 cm Height: 16 cm Depth: 10 cm
****All masks are handmade and made to order**** { they are all handpainted and will not always be exact to the original} **They can take up to two weeks** ( please contact me if you need them by a specfic date) They are made of thick abs plastic and are durable ATTENTION : Only comes with hockey mask (hood / bust not included)
