Anna Coleman Ladd took great care to produce masks that would allow men who gave so much for their country to return home as physically whole as possible. If the disfigurement included the entire mouth, she would model the lips with space to accommodate a cigarette holder.įor those who desired, a moustache could be added. The gutta percha mask was suspended in a copper bath for two days until a thin film of copper was deposited on it, resulting in a light weight copper mask that could be painted.Īnna painted the mask while it was on the man’s face to better match his skin tones. Some masks covered the whole face but most were partial masks, covering a chin and one cheek, or a nose and an eye, whatever had been damaged. Next a gutta percha (a type of latex) mask was made of the area that need to be restored. Then, using the information garnered from her interviews and photographs, Anna would build-up the missing or ruined features on the plaster cast until the soldier said, “ C’est moi!” (It’s me!). The first step, in the actual process of restoring a mutilé’s face, was to make a plaster cast of his damaged face. Two soldiers play cards while wearing Ladd’s handiwork. Inspired, Ladd set up her own studio in Paris and set to work sculpting new faces for those who had lost a piece of theirs in trench warfare. It started in 1917, when Ladd, who was then a sculptor and socialite living in Boston, read about the work of a sculptor who ran what was called the “Tin Noses Shop”, a mask-making studio for disfigured British soldiers. Pioneered by English sculptor Captain Derwent Wood, and improved upon by American sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd, portrait masks were modeled from photographs taken before the injury and were painted in oils to resemble the former features of the patient. These unfortunate soldiers turned to portrait-masks. Surgery and skin grafting were an option for some, but many sustained injuries that went beyond the ability of surgery to repair. These men worried about their homecoming - how would strangers react, but more importantly how they would be treated by friends and family. Perhaps the most disheartening were facial injuries, as soldiers had to not only deal with the physical loss, but also the constant psychological stress of wondering how people would react to their changed appearance. World War I caused the death of millions of combatants and civilians, while countless soldiers suffered from injury and disfigurement. Please message the mods or report submissions and comments that don't follow these guidelines.French soldier whose face was mutilated in World War I, being fitted with a mask made at the American Red Cross studio of Anna Coleman Ladd, 1918. Posts asking the identity, or social media of a cosplayer are prohibited. Examples are posts that claim to be the photographer, or the creator of the cosplay when they are not. Posts that claims another’s work as their own is considered fraudulent and are not permitted. Images that violate this rule should be reported.įraudulent Posts or posts seeking to ID a cosplayer are prohibited. See this reference image for additional guidance on the minimum coverage to be considered /r/cosplay appropriate. This includes pornographic and lewd content that is generally inappropriate for minors.Memes, image macros and bots are prohibited. The subreddit uses qualityvote bot to help remove low effort cosplay Pictures of the same cosplay or event should be combined into a single post. Keep all posts to no more than one post every 24 hours. Don't promote stuff for sale, contests, upvotes, likes, pay sites like patreon or kickstarters here. Titles should be free of emojis and social media account information, and include character name and/or event. This includes sexism and objectification.Īll posts must be correctly titled. Your opinion on someone's body, presentation, or gender is not permitted. Personal attacks, name-calling, degrading, and shaming of any form are not permitted. Being creepy, vulgar, invasive, or abusive is not permitted. Rules, hover over them, or click here to view full text This includes minors, so posts or comments steeped in sexualization are not tolerated. The intent of this subreddit is to provide a safe and accepting community for all cosplayers. r/cosplay: for photos, how-tos, tutorials, cosplay news, etc.Ĭosplayers and fans, amateur and professional: welcome. Featured Cosplayer of the week: /u/jpwep - Link to Instagram Introduction
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