Expedition Maker
Week 1 : Episode 1
Masking Up
Feb 21-27, 2021
Make a mask or costume that taps into something that has been brought into the light during pandemic. This could relate to your identity or personality and skills, Jewish community, society at large, etc.
Week 1 Projects
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Alix Kramer
History Has Its Eyes on You
A political statement piece encouraging Jewish people to use their privilege and whiteness to be allies to the people of color in the US who currently need our alliance and support.
Eli Kaplan Wildmann
The Nahafoch Hu Mask: Turning the Tables
While this mask initially shows a globe with a pandemic, full of hot spots and a medical mask, a quick spin turns it into a disco ball Purim costume. Mirrors help us reflect on what within ourselves was revealed during this period of isolation.
Eugene Zeleny
Crouching Tiger, Armored-Dillo
This leather and 3D printed wood mask offers layers of adjustable protection while illuminating the wearer. A representation of the new layers of protection we’ve all acquired during COVID, but also a reminder that we are the highlights of our own quarantine.
(Eliminated Wk 1)
Hadar Cohen
The Velvet Experience
How can masks reveal and conceal who we are? This piece explores the relationship of the self with the clothes that interact with it.
(Eliminated Wk 1)
Hillel Smith
Emotion Decoder Breastplate
This version of the Kohen Gadol’s (High Priest’s) breastplate helps look under the masks people put up so you can better understand how they’re feeling and be there for them in tough times. It’s made of cardstock, foam core, chandelier chain, and lens filters that decode colorized photos.
Kayla Ginsburg
The Just Missed You Mask
A mask that tells a story of all the missed connections, the longing, and the isolation of the pandemic. Pull the curtain and wind the scroll to see a figure reaching down but always just missing a parade of figures.
Mia Schon
Botanical Boom
Houseplants are trending! This costume and mask highlight the physical and mental benefits of surrounding yourself with plants during the pandemic.
Noam Mason
Mycelium and Human Interconnectedness
My mask is the mushroom, the myth of independence, and beneath is a silk tichel (Jewish headscarf) dyed with chestnut and turmeric and printed with a block print pattern of mycelium, our sprawling networks of support, care, and mutual aid that we all engage in to survive and flourish.
Rachel Jackson
Writing Your Own Destiny
Esther wrote her own Megillah! Inspired by my work as a scribe, I made a mask and jewelry set out of materials used to create holy scrolls (parchment, quills, ink). Let this be the year we all write our own destinies!
Yehoshua Hooper
Peeling the Klipah
I created this mask to represent the various experiences I’ve had during COVID and the process of shedding the attributes that kept me in the dark. The mask has three layers, representing Nefesh, Ruah, and Neshama – the three levels of the soul in which we are given an opportunity to refine.
(Week 1 Winner)
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