Masques by Marie Rime – in pictures

“I started out just gluing everything to my head, but my teachers suggested that it might be better to glue the pieces together [in a mask] instead,” explains Rime Photograph: Marie Rime

“This is one of the masks that I made about two months after the others – you can see they were definitely starting to get more complicated" Photograph: Marie Rime

“The knitted accessories are a reference to the chainmail worn under armour. My grandmother knitted them" Photograph: Marie Rime

“I like that you can see that it's handmade and where the paper background ends at the bottom. It sets the person in the image, like a statue" Photograph: Marie Rime

“I chose female models because, as a woman, that’s what I know best. All the models are actually my family members" Photograph: Marie Rime

"It was important that the mask stayed symmetrical," says Rime. "Masks in tribal art are like flags, in that they are constructed in a symmetrical and geometrical way" Photograph: Marie Rime

“This is my favourite image because of the way the model is looking at you. I like the way her lips can be seen through the mask" Photograph: Marie Rime