The Prop Builder's Mask-Making Handbook

I) Preface 1) The Materials of Mask-Making 2) Mask-Making Considerations II) Masks and Persona 1) Mask 2) Masque 3) Maskers 4) Mask Makers III) Early Man and his Masks 1) Origins 2) The Initiate 3) Early Mask-Making Materials a) Animal Fur Masks b) Metal Masks IV) Life Masks 1) Making a Life Mask from Alginate 2) Molding and Casting a) Positive and Negative Molds b) Mold Release c) Making a Positive Plaster Copy of the Life Mask V) The Neutral Mask 1) Designing a Neutral Mask a) Sculpting a Mask with "Life" VI) Character Masks 1) Making a Negative Mold a) Mixing and Using Plaster 2) Casting a Mask in a Negative Mold a) Papier-Mache b) Liquid Latex Rubber c) Neoprene Casting Rubber d) Friendly plastic 3) Making a Positive Gypsum Cement Mold a) Waste Mold b) Mixing and Using Gypsum Cement 4) Casting a Mask Over a Positive Mold a) Vacuum-formed Styrene b) Thermoplastic Orthopaedic Tape c) Celastic d) Glue Cloth 5) Decorating Techniques a) Covering a Mask with Fabric b) Covering a Mask with Animal Fur c) Simulating a Metal Finish VII) Leather Masks and the Commedia Dell'Arte 1) Journey in the Beginnings of Commedia Dell'Arte 2) The Mask of the Commedia Dell'Arte a) Zanni b) Arlecchino c) Brighella d) Pantalone e) Il Capitano f) Il Dottore g) Puncinella h) The Suitors VIII) Mask-Making Workshop in Padua, Italy 1) The Italian Way: An Overview of Leather Mask Making IX) Making a Mask in Leather 1) Leather Mask Characteristics 2) Tanning 3) Preparing the Mold a) Providing a Tacking Surface to a Cement Mold 4) Leather-Working Tools a) Sticketta b) Cow Horn Hammer 5) Basic Leather Forming 6) Making Sharp-Angled Features a) Skiving 7) Making a Splice in Leather 8) Finishing the Perimeter of the Mask 9) Sealing the Interior of the Mask 10) Coloring the Leather Mask a) Liquid Asphaltum 11) Opening the Eyes of a Leather Mask 12) Making Head Straps a) Leather Straps b) Elastic Head Strap c) Velcro Head Strap 13) Attaching Face Hair a) Pantalone's Eyebrows b) Brighella's Moutache X) Other Leather-Working Techniques 1) The Nature of Leather 2) Making a Leather Press 3) Finishing the Perimeter of the Mask (Easy Method) 4) Coloring a Leather Mask with Pigmented Paints a) Making a Smooth Finish on Leather XI) Appendix 1) Glossary 2) Where to Get Your Supplies 3) Bibliography