# 1990s VHS • How to Make Masks the Death Studios 60 FPS

How to Make Masks the Death Studios Way is a two-hour instructional video presented by Jeff Cowan of Death Studios, covering the full process of creating latex Halloween and costume masks from sculptural concept through finished painted product. Cowan opens by showing his first mask, Antity, made approximately ten years prior, as an honest example of a beginner's result, and frames the program as an apprenticeship in craft where quality improves with each piece made. Materials and tools are introduced in detail: a sculpture stand built from two-by-fours and a swivel boat seat, Chavant Roma Plastilena No. 2 clay from Sculpture House warmed in a microwave for workability, thin line tools from Sculpture House alongside homemade wire loop tools, orange shellac as a sealer over the plaster life cast, ultracal for mold work, and glass eyes for eye shells. Two mask types are distinguished: smaller form-fitting masks with cut-out eyes, and larger full-face masks with painted eyes and hidden view slits concealed in the forehead, nose, or other features. The program walks through a live sculpting session building a gargoyle-demon character free-form on a life cast, with instruction on building symmetrically, checking clay depth with a pin tool, and targeting one inch of thickness for production masks to account for latex shrinkage of 10 to 15 percent. Mold-making in ultracal plaster, latex pouring in multiple coats, drying technique using an old hair dryer on a cool setting to…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1990
- By: The Vista Group®
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/TheVistaGroup-HowtoMakeMaskstheDeathStudios1990s)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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