1/4/25 UPDATE: This class is full, but I am teaching it again in the Spring and Summer. Register for one of the other classes HERE

Learn how to create a unique wearable mask using traditional paper mache techniques. This is a two-part class offered on adjacent Saturdays. The small class size allows plenty of individual attention from the instructor as the masks are coaxed into being from clay and into paper.

Our instructor is Moni Sears, Artistic Director of Wildland Roots and founder of Goblin Art, who has over 20 years of mask-making experience, and whose professional work includes masks made for the Cirque Du Soleil Gift Shop, the 2006 Wicker Man film, Iron Maiden, and Llewellyn Books.

Class Schedule:
Day 1:
Morning: Introduction to the technique + sculpting mask design with clay over a plaster face form.
Afternoon: Apply the paper mache in layers using a biodegradable paste.
Day 2:
Morning: Pull the mask from the clay + reinforce the inside and edges with paper mache.
Afternoon: Add paint, padding and ties.

Location: We are at Green Anchors, 8940 N Bradford St, Portland, OR 97203. The Wildland Roots community workshop is at the NW corner of the yard. Please allow extra time to find your way there from the street entrance. If you can find the Love sign, we are behind it, just uphill from the river.

Parking: Please park in the neighborhood, or in the Cathedral Park Boat Ramp parking lot (Pay-to-Park). Only pre-arranged accessibility parking is available within Green Anchors .

Class Cancellation and Refund Policy

Registrant cancellations made 1 week or more in advance of the event date will receive a 100% refund.

For registrant cancellations made less than 1 week before the event, but more than 24 hours before the event, we can offer you a credit towards a future class to be used within 6 months, but we do not offer refunds. If you know you will be unable to attend a class, please contact me ASAP so I can offer your space to another student.

For registrant cancellations occurring 24 hours or less before the class (or in the instance of your not showing up to the class) you will lose the payment for the class.

If you are unable to attend you can give your spot to a friend, but the same refund and credit policy for your payment applies.

When you register for a class, you agree to these terms.

Please contact me directly to make a cancellation, either via email (wildlandroots@gmail.com) or text (503-341-9176). Thank you!

Class Cancellation and/or Rescheduling Policy for Extreme Weather or Unusual Events

In the event of extreme weather, or unusual or hazardous events in the vicinity of Green Anchors and/or North Portland that make it necessary for us to cancel a class in the interests of registrant and instructor safety (including but not limited to snow and or ice storms, flooding, extreme winds, wildfires, or an environmental disaster) we will attempt to reschedule the class and/or offer make-up days to registrants. If it is not possible to find a suitable alternative date for a registrant within 60 days, class tuition and any materials fees will be 100% refunded.

More about Wildland Roots at www.wildlandroots.org

Mask-making with Paper Mache (2 part class)