Monster Mask Making

Description of a RISD Continuing Ed. class I would love to take this Fall:

Nothing screams Halloween like a good silicone rubber monster mask.  In this course, we push it further with a DIY mask -- a creation that begins as a drawing but is then given three-dimensional reality as an oil-based clay sculpture.  With this technique, you can be as realistic (with pores, wrinkles and creases) or as otherworldly (with scales, wounds and craters) as you can imagine.  The sculpting is just the start, as you next cast your mask in rubber, a fluid and durable synthetic material that has become the agent of choice among West Coast special effects shops.  The course concludes with demonstrations of painting and finishing techniques that make your mask startlingly authentic and ready for debut in your video thriller or at a costume ball.