Vasilisa Šelomovská

Costume & masks

Wearable characters

Costumes and masks built to be worn and performed in: sewn and layered garments, papier-mâché faces finished in acrylic, wigs and character make-up. Each mask is named and built as a person in its own right.

Costumes

Handmade costume of layered linen with a painted white mask, hood and leather satchel
The Wanderer · Costume and mask, worn
Costume of a stooped old traveller with long grey beard, shawls and walking stick
Old Traveller · Costume and character make-up
School blazer and tie worn with clown make-up, bells and a ruffled collar
Schoolboy Clown · Costume and make-up
Purple bunny wig and pink pinafore with a matching handmade plush toy
Bunny · Costume and wig styling
Feathers braided through hair and held against the face
Feathered · Costume detail

Masks

Papier-mâché, built over a mould and painted in acrylic.

Mask split down the middle in green and yellow with a copper tear
Marpha · Papier-mâché, acrylic
Broad-grinning mask with blue-rimmed eyes and star-shaped eye holes
Bartholomew · Papier-mâché, acrylic
Pale mask with long painted lashes, red cheeks and a red nose
František · Papier-mâché, acrylic
Mask with turquoise lashes and brows on a cream face with blue lips
Jane Doe · Papier-mâché, acrylic
Mask with gold-rimmed eyes and a black painted moustache
John Doe · Papier-mâché, acrylic
Mask with large black goggle eyes and an open jaw
Nikola · Papier-mâché, acrylic
Mask with heavy lashes, gold cheek spots and an orange mouth
Nikola II · Papier-mâché, acrylic
Raw white skull mask with a stitched mouth, held in one hand
Joe · Papier-mâché, unpainted

Open for commissions

Bring a character to life

Character portraits, book and podcast covers, masks and costume pieces. Tell me what you have in mind and I will send a quote.

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