Jodi Forster Sculpture Gallery
Jodi's Sculpture Gallery is now part of Jodi's Wood Carving & Mask Gallery.
Visit page below to see work in progress.
Jodi scraping hide with ulu
Jodi Forster alder mask in process
To create works for the Meeting the Muse art show, Jodi began with a carved mask from which hide masks were cast. This required not only finding and carving the preliminary mask, but soaking, scraping, washing and moulding the hide. After soaking the hide in a bath of lime to loosen the hair, Jodi scapes it with an ulu (an Inuit hide working knife), then washes the hide in the ocean to remove all lime deposits. Next step - soaking the hide again in fresh warm water so that it is maleable for the casting process.
Jodi forming hide mask
rinsing hide in the ocean
To see finished masks and carvings go to Jodi's Wood Carving and Mask Gallery
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