(Tea) Leafing it out

After the initial ideas I picked the two I liked best and thought I could work with easiest, Teapot and House (house partially pictured here). I made sure as I was mapping out a more considered version of the mask, including annotations of what I wanted it to look like. 

Once decided I then began to utilise the materials, trying with different coloured card (red and blue, purple and yellow) until I came to one I liked (blue on blue). 

I then experimented with different strengths of card to see what held up the pot the best. I then covered the card with brown paper bag to disguise it as "tea" pouring out. 

Next was how to make it stick to my face! I felt like string was flimsy and the mask was pretty weighty up top. I played around with the idea of masquerade masks and the idea of a stick but it just didn't seem to fit in as well. I decided on a good old around the head card strap and then proceeded to have a go at making it adjustable (this worked for some people I tried it on who had smaller heads than me).