I’m designing props and masks for The Odyssey Experience for McCarter Theatre’s education department. Here are the drawings I’m sending up to them for review.
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 The idea is that rather than masks, each character has a helm which they wear, to signify which character they are. Athena has her classic helm, which I want to be silvered to make her really shine.
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 Athena’s shield plays with the look of Greek vases. However, that is the most unfortunate Gorgon that I’ve ever seen. I was working from an actual vase and yet somehow I’ve wound up with Betty Boop.
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 Again, using the lines of a vase, but here, for the Eagle, it is batiked on China silk and used like a ribbon dancer.
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 For Poseidon’s helm, I’m using the shape of his beard to suggest waves. I also want to make this one look like copper with a heavy blue-green patina in the beard. From the crest I want something that has the shape of a classic Spartan plume, but can double as a wave about to crash down.
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 Finally, Zeus. Here I see weathered bronze and gilding.
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I’ve got no idea if the director will accept these or not, but I’ll keep you posted.
Sold.
I got the Jim Henson book in the mail the other day, too; thanks.
Ha! Those are really good, but I do see what you mean re: Betty Boop! *g* Kinda what I end up with when I try and draw my pseudo-Maori characters.
Irresistable! What a splendid display of your talents.
Sadly, they do seem to be resistible. He’s asked for some other concepts than the helms.