By Kristina Laine
This workshop offers participants an explorative experience in crafting masks using natural and recycled materials, combining creativity, personal insights and nature awareness.
Most of the materials will come from nature: branches, roots, plants, etc. Additionally, we will use recycled materials such as fabrics and cardboard. Iron wire or string will be applied as some of the structural binding materials for the masks. The materials and tools will be provided by the organizer. Participants are welcome to bring their own materials that bear personal significance. Participants are welcome to bring their own tools.
When: 21. October 16-19:00
Where: Oranssi (Helsinki, Kaasutehtaankatu 1 Building 11)
About the artist:
Kristina Laine (Žičkutė) is an interdisciplinary artist working in visual art, animation, performance, and collaborative projects. Her practice moves between digital and material processes, combining individual inquiry with community-based projects. She explores how materials and their layered meanings can be transformed into narratives through visual art. Through tactile processes, she examines how making becomes a form of thinking.
