Today the Onimen collection is out on @niftygateway in support of @venicefamilyclinic 💓 in this piece @ninocence is wearing a fearsome Japanese Hannya female demon mask.👹 historically, women didn’t act in traditional Japanese theater, so their parts were played by men wearing onna-men, or women’s masks, which take on a variety of forms. Which why I wanted to bring attention to female underrepresentation. Whilst they obviously hide the actor’s expressions, they’re carefully carved to catch the stage light and change expression depending on the angle of the mask’s shadow. When an actor wearing a Hannya mask looks directly at the audience they see an angry female face; however, if Hannya looks at the ground, the relected light creates the illusion almost as though she is crying. 👺🩸 join our Twitter spaces at 3PM PST to hear more details ❤️‍🔥 process will be shared with the hospital. Music by the talented @kimeramorrell 🎼🫀