We had a guest come in called James Ward who does special effects masks.
We had a volunteer from the class (Alexi) to have a mask made on him and James started by putting on a bald cap over Alexi's hair and sticking down contact glue so it stayed on. The next bit was when James put a blue mixture all over Alexi's face but to make sure he could still breathe he put to pipes in his nostrils. When Alexi's face was completely covered Amber helped James put bandages on Alexi's face and sticking them down with water. After this James mixed together some powder to make it into a paste which went onto Alexi's face. Once this was done James took the mask off Alexi and passed it round the class. It surprised me that the mask was so warm. I thought it would be cold because the mixture had been mixed with water. I enjoyed it when james was talking to Alexi and because Alexi couldn't move his mouth he couldn't reply properly. I learnt to always make sure there is no air bubbles when putting on the paste because otherwise that will make lumps on the mask when you get to the finished product.
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