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Leather Clown Nose Making Workshop
Posted October 12, 2006
Note: Posted as received.
Making well over 100 custom clown noses for clowns in
the New York area and around the world Stanley Allan
Sherman is going to teach a two-day workshop in how to
make your own leather clown noses.
In the class you will learn how to:
Choose leather for the nose
- Prepare the leather
- Mold leather into the clown nose
- Sharpen the knife blade. Very important, you cannot
cut leather with a dull knife
- Fit the clown nose
- Cut the clown nose
- Paint and finish the clown nose
- Prepare and fit the elastic and string
One great thing about the leather clown nose is they
do not sweat like rubber or latex and they have a much
more natural look than rubber. To see examples of
Stanley's mask and nose work please go to
www.maskarts.com.
Dates: November 13th and 14th
Time: 6:30 PM till about 8:30 PM
Place: Stanley Studio
Class size is limited to a maximum of 10 people
Price: $100 for the class
Tool fee: $74.80 (you get to keep the 7 tools)
Material fee: $22.00 (Leather, paint, elastic, silk
thread)
Total $196.80
To reserve your spot you must pay the full fee in
advance. (Will accept 50% deposit for those for people
with financial needs).
To sign up or find out more info please
email: stanley@maskarts.com or
jeffseal237@yahoo.com
Stanley Allan Sherman is a graduate of, Ecole Jacque
Lecoq, Theatre, Mime Movement in Paris France and has
been making leather theatre masks since 1976. He was
in the original cast of the Off Broadway Show, Grandma
Sylvia's Funeral that ran for 3 ½ years. On NBC's
Late Night with Conan O'Brien he has been in over 40
comedy bits. Stanley is co-director and founder along
with Hovey Burgess of Roving Classical Commedia
University* (Totally Unaccredited). He is also known
for his solo clown and commedia style shows that
toured around the country and has been the featured
show at many festivals for over 25 years, Stanley
Allan Sherman's AERO SHOW Featuring The Star Spangled
Banner was critic's choice in the Los Angles Times.
He was a teacher and mask maker in the late 70 under
the direction of the master of Commedia dell'Arte,
Carlo Mazzone-Clementi at his school Dell'Arte School
of Mime and Comedy in Blue Lake, California. As a
master leather craftsman he created the world famous
Mankind Mask (the Arlecchino of the WWF) for the World
Wrestling Federation. He had the longest running
exhibition in the history of the NY Lincoln Center
Museum of the Performing Arts. As a leather craftsman
he has traded leather techniques and secrets with
leather workers from around the world. Stanley
directed and developed the children's show Bride of
Beowulf, which toured for over 6 years. He has written
three plays, teaches mask masking, performing,
commedia, mime, clown and mask. His mask making web
site is www.maskarts.com his Commedia dell'Arte web
site is www.commediau.com.
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