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  • Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Employees of mask-maker Ogawa Studios posed Friday in Saitama for a photo wearing masks modeled after Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan.

    A Push to the Finish in Japan 2009

  • Printing the article about the mask-maker had been an act of desperation.

    Break the Night Stuart, Anne 1994

  • And then he remembered she was a mask-maker, working in papier-m~eh~ and clay, and even stone and metal.

    Break the Night Stuart, Anne 1994

  • It is the oldest mask-maker in France, which is saying something.

    The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

  • Everything went so well that, lest some god should be getting jealous, we were almost relieved when the mask-maker told Menekrates his Pentheus mask had been spoiled by some apprentice spilling paint on it, and would not be ready till the day.

    The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

  • From the mask-maker I had bought it a new, fair wig.

    The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

  • At my request, Hagnon was painting the masks for the principals; the local mask-maker was fit only for chorus work, but Hagnon worked wonders with his carving, as a good painter can.

    The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

  • Outside came a lull; Phantias the mask-maker had come to condole, bringing a grave-pot painted to order with two masks and Achilles mourning by a tomb.

    The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

  • Cory Doctorow at 2:14 AM Saturday, Apr 23, 2011 Loving steampunk mask-maker Bob Basset's foray into goggled-out Venetian carnival masks.

    Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011

  • Yet such was the dread entertained of Cleon and his faction, that no mask-maker would venture to execute his likeness: the poet, therefore, resolved to act the part himself, merely painting his face.

    Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature August Wilhelm Schlegel 1806

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  • Conceive, my Lord, my pride and pleasure when Mercury flew into my shop, one night last year, and made me Apollo's warrant-holder. It is the highest privilege that any mask-maker can desire.

    —Max Beerbohm, The Happy Hypocrite, 1897

    December 31, 2008