Venue #18 - 43 Carlyle Place
Pierrot
Lorraine Pritchard
Mask Maker & Mixed Media Artist
Lorraine is an accomplished mask maker in the Venetian style and draws upon her experience as a graphic designer, model maker, illustrator, jewellery maker and artist to create works of wearable art and statement 3d wall art.
“Masks convey, transform and transcend personality & character whilst transfixing the imagination and that is what I hope to capture in my 3d artworks; some wearable, some purely decorative but the objective is always the same - to provoke emotion. From behind the mask, through the mask and of the mask, I believe now, this has never been more prevalent - 2020 is the year of the mask”
In her Masked Art series she aims to extrapolate the depth she sees in her favourite artworks through the playful and sometimes disturbing drawing out of the lifeforce captured within the 2nd dimension.
Lorraine originally studied model making at Glasgow College of Building and Printing and in 2018 completed a course of study in Venetian mask making with master sculptor and mask maker Agostino Dessi in Florence, Italy.
Her artworks adorn walls and possibly even faces in Australia, USA, Europe and of course the UK.
Lorraine’s mask artworks are now in such high demand that she has a waiting list for commissions.