Carved wooden masks for Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, Modern Magic at sketch, 2022
In 2021, I was commissioned to carve historic West African masks for artist Yinka Shonibare CBE RA.
These masks featured as part of Yinka's art works at the following exhibition:
Modern Magic
sketch Gallery restaurant, London, UK
March 2022
www.stephenfriedman.com/news/665-yinka-shonibare-cbe-ra-and-india-mahdavi-reimagine
With only a photograph as a reference, each mask is first modelled in clay before hand carving in laminated sheets of Quebec pine.
Some masks are then fully patinated to look aged, while other masks are left untreated ready for painting.
