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Masquerade Wedding Masks and What Makes a Great One!

Masquerade weddings have grown greatly in popularity over the last few years, and many people are beginning to realize that the masquerade ball theme is one of the best wedding themes that is available for people who are getting married. Still, many people are still unsure about what an actual masquerade ball looks like and what a great masquerade mask is supposed to look like. In this article, I will give a quick outline of what a traditional and high quality masquerade mask consists of, and how to choose a great one for yourself to make sure that you stand out and impress your guests on your special day!

A wedding mask is usually white, in keeping with the traditional colors of the wedding, and can be made from leather, paper mache, plastic, or many other materials, but the most popular, elegant looking, and by far the most comfortable material that a masquerade wedding mask should be made from is fabric.

Fabric masks should be firm but flexible, comfortable, fit well, and have a soft felt backing so that they are comfortable on the face and do not cause any perspiration when they are worn. Fabric masks are definitely the best choice for you if you are planning to get married in a masquerade wedding mask.

Also, a great masquerade wedding mask should be fairly elaborate and well decorated, although you do not want one that looks too complicated or overdone. Try to find a good balance so that you appear very elegant and beautiful, but you do not take any attention from your expensive and gorgeous dress!

The best looking masquerade wedding masks have large, white ostrich and rooster feathers, as well as white trims and appliques to accentuate the mask. Also, it is very popular for a wedding mask to have a flower theme, and also to have a veil or some kind of white mesh netting as well.

If you follow these tips, you should be able to choose a gorgeous masquerade wedding mask that makes you look absolutely amazing on your special day!

Author: Sherri Wiess

Sherri Wiess is a masquerade wedding planner and enthusiast who has years of experience with masquerade wedding masks. Click the links to visit her sites and check out her beautiful masquerade wedding mask creations!

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Masquerade Masks – Bringing Them to Life

A mask creates an instant character-persona for the wearer, be it masquerade masks, Venetian masks, feather masks, animal masks, historical or any other style of mask. The mask itself does the work of creating the character; the wearer does not need to do this through any great effort, or facial expression. To fully maximize the character of the mask, one must allow the mask to come alive and do its job. All masks have a character that upon correctly wearing jumps to life. To unleash your masks potential, ones facial expressions are replaced by the mask and by what is known as ‘the gaze’. All well made masks will have this quality.

Upon putting on your mask it will appear instantly to be gazing – looking, watching, observing. This is the masks character, it has come to life. To master the gaze, so that it is not lost, one must allow the masks character to dominate and not project one’s own ideas and experiences into the mask, once the wearer does this the character of the mask is lost and so is the gaze. One must keep in mind that the mask, once put on is no longer inanimate, it comes to life and IS your job as the wearer is to allow it to BE. To maintain the gaze, one must acquire a sort of tunnel vision, the mask has one eye and this can be imagined to be at the end of its nose. The wearer looking out of this eye creates the tunnel vision, isolating the character of the mask. One literally follows ones nose.

Once you have mastered the gaze, the wearer needs to bring the rest of their body into play to follow and accentuate the character of the mask. The neck can be used independently from the shoulders and trunk of the body to make exaggerated moves of the head, accentuating character, or of the lower body. Note that to keep ones audience engaged one should have a minimum of one eye and the nose of the mask viewable to ones audience at all times, whilst on stage and exiting, whether it be at the theatre, in the ballroom, or the garden, otherwise the audience looses the character & the gaze of the mask. One should never bring ones hands to the mask and touch it. The hands are an extension of the character and should not be brought to where they can inhibit the gaze.

There are many types of masks each with their own character, one to suit all, for all occasions, be it a ball, the prom, a party, a theatre night or a fancy dress party.

A mask always wants to be animated, so wear your masks often and enjoy the gaze.

Author: Melanie Robson

Hello my friends my name is Melanie Robson, I am an Author, Screenwriter and specialist in masquerade masks You can see my authentic handmade venetian masquerade masks on my site, just click the links.

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