Leather mask workshop: 11 - 20 June 1999
Day 10
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This workshop did run over 10 days despite the fact that I've described all the processes over 9 days. This elastic use of time came about through people's different working processes and speeds at handling the variety of materials. Carving the wooden blocks was a daunting prospect for most which slowed us all down. Some people were called away by the pressures of their daily lives for brief periods of time. There were also over 100 visitors to the workshop during the 10 days that it ran. Lunches were magnificent feasts catered by the participants, and Vianne Tourle, in which we all delightedly indulged at a shared table. Fresh bread from a home made wood oven was provided by Patrick Foreman to everyone's delectation. There were morning and afternoon teas and breaks for chats and reflections on the work, Dante, the music and life in general. Whatever, the masks were brought to completion in the early afternoon of the tenth day. There were explorations of how they moved and spoke and reacted to each other, which indicated their performance potentials and were also great fun. The workshop had been cleared and cleaned on a daily basis by all participants. The final day was completed by a long table, candle lit meal in the site of the freshly cleaned workshop. Partners and friends had been invited. At some point in the evening the makers donned their masks for a brief introduction of these new characters to the world. It was a generous and cheeful conclusion to an intense process that everyone had clearly gained from personally, artistically and socially. Special thanks must go to Paolo Consiglio, Vi Tourle, Patrick Foreman, Malcolm McCausland, the Crago Mill Regional Arts Centre & CSU’s Visiting Artists' Fund for making it all possible. Bill Blaikie, |
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Bill
Blaikie
Workshop organiser
Coordinator BA Communication Theatre / Media
Charles Sturt University
Paolo Consiglio's website can be visited at: www.webitaly.com/personae/welcome.html