Owl mask ready for Halloween mischief

I designed this owl mask for the Beast for Thee exhibition, but since it is Halloween on Monday I thought it might be useful for a little trick o' treating too! You can download the PDF here - http://www.mediafire.com/?237txy2qib0io. Cut it out, colour it and staple some elastic to the tabs at the sides and you'll be ready for some nocturnal revelry.

We all designed a paper mask each for Beast for Thee so if you are nearby you can collect all four masks from The Oats Factory.

Have a fun Halloween everyone!

Some beastly thanks

Til wears her customised Beast for Thee mask and shows us how it's done!

Thanks heaps to everyone who came along to the Beast for Thee opening last night and made it extra grand! I had a wonderful time and I hope you did too. My biggest thanks go to The Oats Factory gallery director, Melody Smith. She is one awesome, hard working lady who knows how make great stuff happen!

The show will be open until the 30th October, so if you missed last night there is still plenty of time to visit.

See The Oats Factory website for details http://www.theoatsfactory.com.au

Beast for Thee: opens next Friday!

Photo by Belinda Gittos

Our exhibition Beast for Thee is opening at The Oats Factory next Friday at 6pm.

You are welcome to join us for a drink and a look at the beastly delights we have created.

If you can't make it on opening night the exhibition runs until October 30th.

Beast for Thee: Claire Bushby, Claire Canham, Maria Hildrick & William Wernham

Opening 6pm 7th October 2011

Runs 8 - 30 October Wed – Sun 12 - 5pm

The Oats Factory  69 Oats Street Carlisle WA 6101

Masked and animal

I'm working on a project at the moment with animal masks and heads, here are three of my favorite study drawings over the last couple of weeks.

If you have a picture of yourself wearing an animal mask, that you don't mind me using as a reference image, I would be interested to see it : )

Likewise, I am looking at a lot of animals in art generally, do you have any favorite animal flavoured artworks that you think I should see?