Death Masks *

Another way the Victorians remembered their dead was by creating Death Masks. These masks were a clay mould of the deceast's face. A particularly famous example of a Death Mask is the face of a woman who was pulled out of the river Seine in the 1880's. Her face is now used as the face of a First Aid CPR training doll.

I unfortunately missed the lesson in which we were shown how to create death masks, but I asked a friend how she achieved hers and gave it a go.

I sat in my corner window, so more light shone on my face from one side. Using a dark grey powder eyeshadow I shadowed the spaces that were naturally darker such my right eye, and around my right nostril area.