Carved wooden masks for Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, Restitution of the Mind and Soul, 2022
In 2022, 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:
Restitution of the Mind and Soul
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
15 September – 17 November 2022
yinkashonibare.com/exhibitions/yinka-shonibare-cbe-restitution-of-the-mind-and-soul
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.
