Brooke

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Brooke I chose the area carbon monoxide for my mask because October 7, 2010 my whole family was greatly impacted by it. All seven members of my family had carbon monoxide poisoning. We woke up that morning with bad headaches and were feeling dizzy. We were very fortunate my mom’s friends came early that morning and had my sister call 911 because we wouldn’t have realized anything was seriously wrong. For my family this project will be a reminder of just how lucky we were. While making this mask I began with the idea to paint it to resemble a face, but the tempra paint I used kept flaking off. I had to sand my mask down to the plaster and start again. I decided to use acrylic paint and see if that would work any better. After deciding to start all over I changed my idea to a carbon monoxide detector. Adding plaster to build up the mask became difficult once I had to sand it down so it was smooth and blended to the face. I had a hard time trying to figure out how I was going to make the button so I asked Mrs. Ruggles for some help, she suggested covering a nickel with plaster and this worked perfectly. I believe this is a successful piece of art, but if I could do anything differently I would have spent more time on the words, making them neater and larger. Using a finer marker for the letters would have made it easier to write. I’m happy with how smooth my mask turned out. Overall I’m happy with how it turned out. I think my mask reflects my idea pretty well.