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Geometric Paper Masks By Steve Wintercroft
These cool looking D.I.Y paper masks are created by Steve Wintercroft
ABOUT STEVE WINTERCROFT
“My name is Steve Wintercroft. I’m passionate about handmade, craftsmanship and quality. I design card masks, build fine custom surfboards and other unique, functional objects including Bento boxes, pots and furniture.
I starting making things as a kid with my granddad and have never stopped. I studied Art and design, then furniture studies and started building surfboards as a teenager. I’ve worked as a cabinet maker but have spent most of my time as a full time surfboard shaper.” – Steve Wintercroft
Masks from scrap
A couple of years ago, after receiving an invite to a Halloween party but struggling for costume ideas, I sat down with a pile of old cardboard, some parcel tape, a pair of scissors and plenty of hot tea. An hour or so later and after some trial and error I had made myself a fox mask. The mask was well received so this year I’ve redesigned it and added some other animals. I’ve drawn up the templates, written instructions and made them easy to follow. The goal is to create a set of masks that could be built by anyone using local materials removing the need for mass manufacturing or shipping and with the minimum environmental impact.
Reduce:
By supplying the templates digitally and enabling people to build the masks themselves, there is no energy wasted on manufacturing and shipping bulky templates and masks around the world.
Reuse:
The masks are intended to be built from discarded, reused or recycled card. For example old cereal boxes are ideal.
Recycle:
When you have finished with your mask you can strip the tape off and throw it in with the recycling.
Photos by Fearless Photography