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Magnhild Kennedy, AKA Damselfrau creates intricate masks.

Magnhild Kennedy AKA Damselfrau is a contemporary maskmaker whose intricate work lands her in discussions surrounding fetishism in fashion. Her maskmaking started small, when she was creating only for herself, friends and family, and this gradually expanded to become a larger art practice. All her materials are found and second-hand as she likes each of the elements to have its own story. When required, she embroiders and beads the pieces herself, working in a trance-like state to complete these tedious processes.

Damselfrau was born in Norway and now lives in London.

Post by Rachel Cassandra

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Juxtapoz Magazine - Damselfrau's Fetish-like Masks

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Magnhild Kennedy, AKA Damselfrau creates intricate masks. Magnhild Kennedy AKA Damselfrau is a contemporary maskmaker whose intricate work lands her in discussions surrounding fetishism in fashion. Her maskmaking started small, when she was creating only for herself, friends and family, and this gradually expanded to become a larger art practice.

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Dutch designer Bertjan Pot's masks were the product of a failed material experiment. "I wanted to find out if by stitching a rope together I could make a large flat carpet. Instead of flat, the samples got curvy. When I was about to give up on the carpet, Vladi came up with the idea of ​​shaping the rope into masks. The possibilities are endless, I'm meeting new faces every day."

Studio Bertjan Pot consists of Bertjan Pot, Vladi Rapaport and Marjolein Fase.

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Juxtapoz Magazine - Studio Bertjan Pot's Masks

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Dutch designer Bertjan Pot's masks were the product of a failed material experiment. "I wanted to find out if by stitching a rope together I could make a large flat carpet. Instead of flat, the samples got curvy. When I was about to give up on the carpet, Vladi came up with the idea of ​​shaping the rope into masks.

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Shin Murayama's masks are a little bit disturbing but so very creative. They are available through I Don't Like Mondays and 50% of the proceeds go to

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Christopher Marley uses pristine, unparalleled natural artifacts of all kinds for his three-dimensional original artwork. Specimens are preserved in his propriety processes then used as a medium for his work.

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Death Masks

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Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter Group at MIT have expanded their collection of 3D-printed death masks with designs that cultivate new life after death.

The third and final collection in the Vespers series of death masks sees the Mediated Matter Group explore the concept of rebirth, with a collection of five, almost colourless 3D-printed masks that function as "biological urns".

The urns are inhabited by living microorganisms that have been synthetically engineered by Oxman's team to produce pigments and/or useful chemical substances for human augmentation, such as vitamins, antibodies or antimicrobial drugs.

The team said that the research is leading toward a future where wearable interfaces and building skins are customised not only to fit a particular shape, but also a specific material, chemical and even genetic make-up.

Oxman, an American-Israeli designer and professor, leads the Mediated Matter Group as part of the MIT Media Lab.

Their previous 3D-printing research projects include 3D-printed "wearable skins" designed to facilitate synthetic biological processes, and investigations into how to use silkworms to print architectural structures.

Björk unveils 3D-printed mask based on her musculoskeletal system

She first unveiled the Vespers collection in 2016, revealing the second part of the trilogy first, then following up with the first part.

Based on ancient death masks that were traditionally made from wax or plaster, Oxman's versions are formed using a Stratasys Objet500 Connex3 multi-material 3D printer, which constructs 3D forms by depositing polymer droplets in layers.

By using custom software, Oxman and her team at MIT are able to model high-resolution and complex shapes based on data. Each series comprises five masks that explore a different concept: past, present and future.

Combined, the 15 masks represent the transition from death to life, or from life to death.

In Series I, called Past, The Natural World, the mask's 3D-printed structure encompasses colourful swirling patterns made using minerals that have been informed by the physical flow of air emitted from the martyrs' last breath.

In Series II, named Present, The Digital World, the masks convey the notion of metamorphosis. The shapes and colours of the five masks in the first series informed the designs of this second set.

"Using spatial mapping algorithms, the culturally coded surface colorations and truncated geometries in the first series are transformed into colored, internal strands within transparent, smoothly curved volumes in the second," explained the team.

"For example, the distribution of colors across the 'crown of thorns' mask in the first series becomes internal nerve axons in its martyr's mask in the second series."

For the newly-unveiled Series III, called: Future, The Biological World, Oxman explores the concept of rebirth. These almost colourless masks function as habitats for living microorganisms.

Once again, the masks feature patterns derived from the previous series, while the microorganisms that inhabit the mask reinterpret the colour palette of the first series.

Using 3D printable bioactive materials, the Mediated Matter Group has been able to synthetically engineer the microorganisms to produce specific pigments and/or useful chemical substances for human augmentation, such as vitamins, antibodies or antimicrobial drugs.

"Devoid of cultural expressions and initially nearly colourless, these masks are paradoxically the most 'alive' of the three series," said the MIT team. "They literally 're-engineer' life by guiding living microorganisms through minuscule spatial features within the artefacts of the dead. Their microorganisms are distributed according to the spatial logic provided by the second series."

"The project points towards an imminent future where wearable interfaces and building skins are customised not only to fit a particular shape, but also a specific material, chemical and even genetic make-up, tailoring the wearable to both the body and the environment which it inhabits," they continued.

"Imagine, for example, a wearable interface designed to guide ad-hoc antibiotic formation customised to fit the genetic makeup of its user; or, consider smart packaging or surface coatings devices that can detect contamination; finally, consider environmentally responsive architectural skins that can respond to, and adapt - in real time - to environmental cues."

The team concluded: "Research at the core of this project offers a new design space for biological augmentation across a wide breadth of application domains, leveraging resolution and scale."

The Vespers collection is made of up three series of deaths masks. The first series, revealed in 2016, is designed to contain the wearer's last breath. Photograph by Danielle van Zadelhoff. The Vespers collection is made of up three series of deaths masks. The first series, revealed in 2016, is designed to contain the wearer's last breath. Photograph by Danielle van Zadelhoff.

The Mediated Matter Group is made up of Christoph Bader, Rachel Soo Hoo Smith, Dominik Kolb, Sunanda Sharma, João Costa and James Weaver, as well as Neri Oxman.

The release of the group's final collection of Vespers is in conjunction with Paola Antonelli's &Design exhibition for the Tribeca Film Festival, which will see Antonelli and Sibling Rivalry partner/creative director Mikon van Gastel create a virtual reality experience rooted in universal themes including death, love, play and the idea of self.

The Vespers death masks were created for The New Ancient Collection by 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys, which is being curated by Naomi Kaempfer.

Photography by Yoram Reshef.
Project credits:
The Mediated Matter Group: Neri Oxman, Christoph Bader, Rachel Soo Hoo Smith, Dominik Kolb, Sunanda Sharma, João Costa and James Weaver.
Contributors: Jeremy Flower, Kelly Egorova, Ahmed Hosny, Wendy Salmon, Tzu Chieh Tang, Noah Jakimo,Naomi Kaempfer, Boris Belocon, Gal Begun, MIT Environmental Health and Safety, Media Lab Facilities, The Center for Bits and Atoms

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Neri Oxman's new death masks contain pigment-producing microorganisms

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Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter Group at MIT have expanded their collection of 3D-printed death masks with designs that cultivate new life after death. The third and final collection in the Vespers series of death masks sees the Mediated Matter Group explore the concept of rebirth, with a collection of five, almost colourless 3D-printed masks that function as "biological urns".

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botanical illustrations

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Before Macro Photography Was Invented, This Scientist Used to Illustrate His Microscopic Findings

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This German biologist from the 1800s didn’t just study science; he also created incredible illustrations of his research.

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Subjective Freedom

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Nesta revolução do cuidado, onde o inimigo invisível aterroriza quase todos os países do globo terrestre,

nunca tantas pessoas estiveram reclusas ao mesmo tempo.

Nos tocamos menos. Nos abraçamos menos.

E se este ítem de fato ficar, nossos olhos serão o nosso maior e primeiro elemento de comunicação

com o mundo externo, ao sair de casa.

Os recursos, vão ficando escassos.

A natureza, volta a preencher espaços invadidos.

Uma crise global nos faz repensar no que nos tornamos, e nos põe em dúvida sobre para onde vamos.

O mundo não será o mesmo.

O novo normal será mascarado.

Curadoria: Alice Floriano

Design e direção de arte: Alex Sernambi

Assistência: Laura Goldstein e Marilia Santos

Artistas selecionados:

AISEGUL TELLI

ALDAHIR MONTAÑO FLORES

ALENA KOCHNEVA

ALICE LEITE

ANNA CALBUCCI

ANGELIX OLIVEIRA

ANNA BORCSOK

ANU KIRKINEN

ÁUREA PRAGA

BÁRBARA GARCIA

CARMEN CIANCIO

CAROL BERGOCCE

CATARINA SILVA

CHRISSIE BARBAN

CLÔ PERUFFO

CRISTINA ARMESILLA

DANIEL JOHNSON

DANIELA SCORZA

DARIA EDSTROM

DENIZ TURAN

ESPERANÇA LERIA

FERNANDO AQUINO

FRANCESCA GUARNIERI

GISELLE LEKERMAN

ILARIA DE LORENZI

JOÃO PEDRO VELLACO

KATHERINE JAMES

KIKA RUFINO

LÍVIA VOLPATO

LODOVICA FUSCO

LOUISE DESCHAMPS

LUCA UJVÁRI-SZIGA

LUCIA HIGUCHI

LUCILA MARCONDES

MAI ZARKAWY

MARCELA SARDAS

MARCIA PINHEIRO

MARIANA GENOVEZE

MARINA SHEETIKOFF

MARINE DOMINICZAK

MIRIAM PAPPALARDO

NICOLE UURBANUS

NINA PETROVA

NÚRIA ANGUREN

RASA VILCINSKAITE

RENATA MEIRELLES

RENATA PORTO

ROCHELE GLOOR

RUUDT PETERS

SANDRA MARCH

SHIRAZ ELOHEV

SOTIRIA BRAMOU

STEVE ALEXIS

SYBILLE JAGFELD

SZIDONIA CSIKI

TELMA OLIVEIRA

THAIS COSTA

TIINA RAJAKALLIO

VERNA JOOSTE

VINCENT VERSTREPEN

VIOLA PINEIDER

VIVIANNE KIRITANI

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Nesta revolução do cuidado, onde o inimigo invisível aterroriza quase todos os países do globo terrestre, nunca tantas pessoas estiveram reclusas ao mesmo tempo. Nos tocamos menos. Nos abraçamos menos. E se este ítem de fato ficar, nossos olhos serão o nosso maior e primeiro elemento de comunicação com o mundo externo, ao sair de casa.