Alter Ego Mask Project

For this project, we were meant to create a mask which represents our alter egos. The mask should use both high and low relief and still be in the round.


My alter ego was a spider and each color represented some aspect of a different spider. They combined in order to create my personality. Here is the story...
Kayla Harbeitner was one day walking the campus of Ringling College of Art and Design and came upon a familiar person in a villainous mask. She stared at this person and realized this was no one ordinary but her alter-ego! Kayla, very confused, approached this masked alter-ego and they began talking. The alter-ego’s mask was none other than a spider. The classical gold represents the non-aggressive aspect of the St. Andrews Cross Spiders, while the red/pink comes from the deadly Black Widow. The blue is the psychotic, high-strung aspect of the Cobalt Blue Tarantula. The textured purple legs represent the hair on legs of the Wolf spider and the Tarantula. The spider can live anywhere, which makes the alter-ego a person without boundaries or restraints. Learning about each aspect of the mask and what each represents made Kayla a little nervous, so she decided to back away slowly without upsetting her alter-ego. Luckily she escaped to live another day, but she will always be worried about seeing her alter-ego in the mirror.