Making Masks

I have been teaching two women from the San Cristobal de las Casas theatre group FOMMA how to make masks. We are modeling them in clay & then covering the clay with latex in the case of the older people portrayed & covering them in papier mache' in the case of the young people portrayed. We will also make the jaguar mask out of papier mache'. FOMMA stands for Fortaleza de la Mujer Maya, which translates as Strength of the Mayan Woman.

These are photos of the masks in progress & the women who I am teaching to make them.