March 2010

How to Build a Book – Part 1

ShareThis video is the first of a short series showing you the tools I used to build my new book about paper mache clay. If you’ve ever considered writing or illustrating a book, but you let the idea drift away because you thought it would cost too much money or it would just be too [...]

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Sculpt a Dragon with Paper Mache Clay, Part 2

ShareIn this video I let you watch over my shoulder as I add paper mache clay to the dragon armature I made for a previous episode. The dragon came out a little bumpier than usual, just because I was trying to hurry. The process of applying the paper mache clay is usually a nice slow, [...]

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Win an Original Oil Painting by Jessie Rasche

Snow Geese, Oil Painting by Jessie Rasche

ShareExciting things are happening over at my daughter’s blog this week. She’s giving away one of her beautiful small oil paintings to celebrate the one-year anniversary of her blog. But that’s not all. In addition to the gallery exhibit during the month of March, she was also interviewed by a local reporter about her art, [...]

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Sculpt a Dragon – Part 1, the Armature

ShareThe very first post on this blog, back in November of 2008, was a tutorial I wrote to show how to sculpt a dragon with traditional paper mache strips and paste. I thought it would be fun to make another one, using some of the techniques and materials that I’ve developed in the last 13 [...]

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Paper Mache Easter Bunny – Guest Post

ShareReader Sara Carlson finished this bunny just in time for Easter, using our new paper mache clay recipe. You can see more about how he was made (and see the bunny before he was painted, on her blog, or see him and other work she’s done recently on her etsy shop. Sara softened the bunny [...]

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Horse Sculpture – Project #7 from Paper Mache Book

ShareThis horse sculpture is the last project in my new book Make Animal Sculptures With Paper Mache Clay. (The video was made before the book came out – it is now available on Amazon.com) In the video you can see how I reinforced the legs so the armature is strong enough. A larger horse would [...]

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African Elephant – Project #6 in New Paper Mache Book

African Elephant Made with Paper Mache Clay

ShareThis video is part of a series showing the projects in my new book Make Animal Sculptures With Paper Mache Clay. (The video was made before the book came out – it is now available on Amazon.com) This video is a bit longer than normal, because I wanted to show you how the paper mache [...]

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Begging Dachshund – Project #5 in New Paper Mache Book

ShareThis video is part of a series showing the projects in my new book Make Animal Sculptures With Paper Mache Clay. (The video was made before the book came out – it is now available on Amazon.com) In this video I introduce you to the fifth project in my upcoming paper mache book. The begging [...]

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Spotted Piglet – Project #4 in New Paper Mache Book

ShareThis video is part of a series showing the projects in my new book Make Animal Sculptures With Paper Mache Clay. (The video was made before the book came out – it is now available on Amazon.com) In this video, I introduce you to a spotted piglet. He’s the fourth project in my upcoming book [...]

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Emperor Penguin Family, Project #3 in New Paper Mache Book

Emperor Penguin Family - Project #3 from New Paper Mache Book

ShareThis video is part of a series showing the projects in my new book Make Animal Sculptures With Paper Mache Clay. (The video was made before the book came out – it is now available on Amazon.com) In this episode I show you how the emperor penguin family is made, using patterns, some Styrofoam cubes [...]

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What is “Joint Compound” Called in Your Country?

ShareYou may be able to help out our growing international online artist community. We need to know what joint compound is called in other countries. The home-made paper mache clay recipe I created (recipe here) is made with premixed drywall joint compound and Elmer’s Glue-All® as the main ingredients, along with toilet paper and linseed [...]

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Clownfish – Project #2 in New Paper Mache Book

ShareThis video is part of a series showing the projects in my new book Make Animal Sculptures With Paper Mache Clay. (The video was made before the book came out – it is now available on Amazon.com) This video is the second in a series showing off the projects in my upcoming book Make Animal [...]

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Vintage Chicken – Project #1 in New Paper Mache Book

ShareThis video is part of a series showing the projects in my new book Make Animal Sculptures With Paper Mache Clay. (The video was made before the book came out – it is now available on Amazon.com) You haven’t heard much from me in the last three months, because I’ve been working so hard on [...]

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Jessie’s Oil Paintings – Spokane Gallery Show

ShareMy daughter, Jessie Rasche, has been invited to present her work in a gallery in Spokane, beginning this Friday and continuing all through March. As you can imagine, the family is rather pumped up about it. I’ll let you tell you about it herself: I am having my first art show in a gallery this [...]

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