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This account curated by artist @jymdavis in U.S. 🌞 Celebrating masked wildness around the globe 🌎 My personal handmade masks for sale at my website:

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Bat false faces I made and modeled over the years 🦇 Who else is ready for Halloween season? @jymdavis

Most of these bats were made during my five U.S. National Park Artist-In-Residencies. The first slide, for instance, was inspired by the endangered Townsend Big-Eared Bats at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona📍A couple others were made a Lassen Volcanic National Park (North California) and Craters of the Moon (Idaho). The American west is big time bat country @lassennps @cratersofthemoon_nps @petrifiedforestnps @lavabedsnps @craterlakenps taken in Craters of The Moon by @_false_face

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Surreal false faces by @wanmeibaobirenjian 👁️👃🧿👂China📍 by @_false_face

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Vintage Halloween photos are the best.

Something about the handmade quality of the old costumes... by @_false_face

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Remember this book? Famous Monsters Do It Yourself Monster Make-Up Handbook by legendary movie make-up artist Dick Smith. Smith (1922-2014) was the guy who did the award-winning make-up for movies like The Exorcist, Little Big Man, The Godfather, Taxi Driver and Ken Russell’s Altered States. Smith’s special edition illustrated magazine presented a 100-page step-by-step guide on how to get the look for some of cinema’s best-known movie monsters. Using a range of everyday objects—from crepe paper and breadcrumbs to ping pong balls—Smith shared some of his best-kept secrets of the trade. Alot of the models in this book are Dick Smith's 10 year old son David by @_false_face

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Whimsical looks that make me smile 😌 Pick your favorite 👉 Left to right: 1. Biblically accurate furby by @strawhiskey at @dragoncon 2. @puppetheap 3. @chriscreatures in Berlin 4. @balletetudes in Arizona 5. @teatropavana 6. @walkwithamal 7. @wgipercussion 8. @snuffpuppets by @_false_face

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Last year's Halloween display: CANDLE HEADS. Working on a new one for this year! - @jymdavis 🕯️🎃🌙 Stay tuned #falseface taken in Atlanta, Georgia by @_false_face

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👁️👁️ Left to right: 1. & 2.) Make up by @thomasdekluyver for HODAKOVA summer show / photo by Gianluca Carraro, video from @cathyhoryn 3. @weisstub 4. @millybampainti 5. & 6.) Testament of Orpheus film by Jean Cocteau 7.) @she.llphone 8.) @nastia_pilepchuk by @_false_face

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Festival and celebration! 1. The departure of the Farândula at the Festes del Tura in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain @festesdeltura 2026 (video via @farandulaolotina) 2. Sebeïba celebration 🇩🇿 with the Touaregs algériens via @dar_imajaren. 3. RETURN OF THE BUFFALO: TATANKA OWE AKUPI in NYC (via @danceparadenyc) Weaving together the origins of the American Buffalo and its near extinction. Created by Amir Nizar Zuabi with Elders from the Lenape and Lakota communities. 4. Dance of the Devils at the festival of the Virgin of La Candelaria / Danza de los diablos en la fiesta de la virgen de la Candelaria 5. Deer dancers in Romania via @tijanatimebomb by @_false_face

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Jean Benoît (1922–2010) was a Canadian-born French Surrealist artist known for his elaborate costumes, masks, sculptures, and provocative performances. He became closely associated with André Breton and the Surrealist movement in Paris. His best-known work, L’Exécution du testament du marquis de Sade (slides 5 - 10. I had censor the 10th slide), culminated in his branding the word “SADE” onto his chest. Benoît created an elaborate costume filled with masks, wings, symbols, and objects connected to the life and imprisonment of the Marquis de Sade. The performance was conceived as a kind of funeral ritual marking the anniversary of Sade’s death. As Breton read Sade’s final testament, Benoît gradually removed the layers of his costume (some layers represented in the slides). This transformation moved from an elaborate constructed persona toward his bare body. Although the photographs of Benoît in the costume are well documented, the original performance was intentionally not photographed by @_false_face

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Back to nature false faces 🌺 Left to right: 1. @supinatra 2. @jesi__jordan 3. @brooquecreative 4. & 5. @auber.songseulki 6. @randomtearoom by @_false_face

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The tomb effigy of François de Sarrà (died 1363 AD) is a great example of a 'transi' tomb. It shows his body being eaten by frogs and worms 🐸 🪱A medieval transi (from the French transir, “to pass away”) is a tomb sculpture showing the deceased as a decomposing corpse, rather than as an idealized living person. They became particularly common in Europe during the 14th–16th centuries.

Several legends were told about this particular 'frog' tomb in La Sarraz, Switzerland. One legend stated that he died a violent death while hunting and fell into a lake. When he was found much later by his family he was covered with frogs and snakes which were then depicted on his tomb. Another explanation for the grotesque display is that he was portrayed like this by his vassals who wanted to be avenged for his tyranny. Another possibility is that (in the 'transi' tradition) the frogs and worms simply symbolize decay and returning to nature and the stories were made up after the tomb was completed. by @_false_face

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Fake film heads! Left to right: 1. Bill Skarsgård in Hemlock Grove by @masters.todd 2. Harrison Ford stunt double mask in Indiana Jones 3. Denzel Washington severed head in Macbeth by @vincentvandykefx 4. Sean Astin with mini-mask in Lord of the Rings 5. Matthew Brodrick head in Inspector Gadget mechanical test 6. Drew Barrymore head in Scream 7. @laura_birn head by @millennium_fx_ltd for the show Foundation 8. Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) big stunt double head for Harry Potter 9. @willpoulter head for Midsommar film 10. Infamous blowing up double in Cronenberg's Scanners

Did I miss any?? 👤 by @_false_face

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