Re: Demon mask Scratch made by me in Pottery in late 90's.

Posted by Umboman on Sep 28, 2010; 12:04am
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This is based on Hannya the vengful & jealous woman turned demon as seen in the Japanese film "Onibaba" black & white,1964 by Kaneto Shindo(later made Kuroneko 1968).Also used by Mugenkyo in their concert see-www.mugenkyo.com/concert.php.Another great Japanese film of supernatural(ghost) fantasy is "Kwaidan" by Masaki Kobayashi-winner of the special jury prize Cannes film festival 1965,PG.I was going to buy a hand carved wooden one on the internet but when I found that they cost about £450 I decided not to. The kiln was too small to fit the horns so the face & horns were fired independently & glued together with wooden posts & pva & then the whole lot painted gloss black.I was going to paint the face flesh colour but after I saw the contrast of gold & black I decided to stop there.