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Tuesday, September 01, 2020
Makers Use Facial Coverings as Creative Outlets
www.cmu.edu/news: Life on Carnegie Mellon University's Pittsburgh campus will be a little different this fall. Everyone must wear a facial covering (sufficient to cover the nose and mouth) at all times — both inside and outside of buildings.
2 comments:
Maureen Pace
said...
This article from CMU is a great example of how we can use the circumstances around us (that are almost entirely out of our personal control) to create community, support safety, and utilize the materials and skills available to each of us. Creating masks from old shirts and fabric reduces waste, a small way to prevent adding to the immense amount of waste we produce. Shields can be designed for essential workers using design skills and different types of tools. Artists can design their own patterns, and use the masks as a way to raise money (for living expenses, or some have been donating the money if they can). I see this as yet another example of adapting to the circumstances and creating art, joy, and resources for our communities. Much like how the entire theater industry has had to turn this season into something completely different and new, things like masks are likely to be a large part of our communities for a long time to come.
This article is a wonderful demonstration of artists taking challenges making the most out of them. It’s been pretty interesting watching all of the art community use their skills and make the masks another creative outlet. Outside of this article, I’ve seen examples of prop makers and special effects people create some really funny and crazy face coverings as well. It helps inspire people to wear masks more and helps keep the spread of the pandemic lower. It’s also great that artists have been using the sales of customized masks as a way to bring in some income and raise money for various causes. Something from the article that was pretty interesting was the fact that people not only used artistic skills to make fashionable masks, but their knowledge of materials to make things like face shields and a moldable mask. Seeing how this pandemic looks like it won’t be over anytime soon, I can only imagine that people will continue to find cool new things to do involving masks.
2 comments:
This article from CMU is a great example of how we can use the circumstances around us (that are almost entirely out of our personal control) to create community, support safety, and utilize the materials and skills available to each of us. Creating masks from old shirts and fabric reduces waste, a small way to prevent adding to the immense amount of waste we produce. Shields can be designed for essential workers using design skills and different types of tools. Artists can design their own patterns, and use the masks as a way to raise money (for living expenses, or some have been donating the money if they can). I see this as yet another example of adapting to the circumstances and creating art, joy, and resources for our communities. Much like how the entire theater industry has had to turn this season into something completely different and new, things like masks are likely to be a large part of our communities for a long time to come.
This article is a wonderful demonstration of artists taking challenges making the most out of them. It’s been pretty interesting watching all of the art community use their skills and make the masks another creative outlet. Outside of this article, I’ve seen examples of prop makers and special effects people create some really funny and crazy face coverings as well. It helps inspire people to wear masks more and helps keep the spread of the pandemic lower. It’s also great that artists have been using the sales of customized masks as a way to bring in some income and raise money for various causes. Something from the article that was pretty interesting was the fact that people not only used artistic skills to make fashionable masks, but their knowledge of materials to make things like face shields and a moldable mask. Seeing how this pandemic looks like it won’t be over anytime soon, I can only imagine that people will continue to find cool new things to do involving masks.
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