Comments on: Jonni’s Sculptures

By: Anechy

Anechy — Sun, 13 May 2012 18:21:45 +0000

Dear Jonni,

I am a puppet builder and puppeteer. I found your website when I was looking for plaster of paris to put on the face of my puppets to make it smooth. In those days I was working on these couple of puppets called Ceredonio and Catalina, so when I found your recipe for the clay I was half the way through and I said: well I’ll finish them in my all fashion way (layer by layer) and next time I use this wonderful clay. That way I didn’t need to do the finished with plaster of paris and sand a lot.

Anyway, Thank you and all your readers for posting wonderful ideas and please keep posting. I definitely will use the paper mache clay next time.

thank you

By: Jonni

Jonni — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:02:07 +0000

Hi Kerry. The bowl is lovely – very nice work.

By: kerrie thomsen

kerrie thomsen — Wed, 02 May 2012 11:33:42 +0000

Hi Jonni
I have been visiting your website for 6 months now and love all your work. I have made and finished a paper mache bowl by painting in acrylic in my contemporary indigenous Australian style. I have lots of ideas for more pieces of art and thanks for the inspiration.
Hope you like it

Kerrie

By: Jonni

Jonni — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:50:39 +0000

Hi Stefani. I made the horns for my kudu wall mask out of twisted aluminum foil. They look pretty realistic. The sheep's horns are thicker, but I think it would still work.

By: Stefani

Stefani — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:00:59 +0000

Hi,
I’m helping my son with a sheep horns project and we are having a hard time forming the horns
Any suggestions on how to form them
It’s a mask with sheep horns
Thanks!

By: Jonni

Jonni — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:11:53 +0000

The unicorn is wonderful. Your granddaughter must be so proud of it. (you didn’t give us your web address, though…)

By: wrecmom

wrecmom — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:32:02 +0000

Jonni, I think I love your owl mask the most, as I collect owls. Beyond that, I could not pick a favorite because I love them all.

I found your site through stumble upon, and favorited it long ago. Forgive me for not responding sooner. I am in awe of your work. You have real talent.

I am adding a picture of the unicorn I helped my 8-year-old granddaughter make for her 5-year-old cousin at Christmas. It’s rough, but we had never done paper mache before and we used the traditional method.

I’d like to try your method on something a little more sophisticated.

If you get some time, check out my site. It’s only a sub domain for now, as I’m still testing the water there and have not made a commitment. Too many health issues have made me disabled and unemployed. I haven’t done any tutorials, either. There are only pictures of some of my crafts, most of which are not paper mache.
Have a great day, and so glad I finally got a chance to say Hi and I love your work.

By: Jonni

Jonni — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:22:29 +0000

Hi McKenna. I haven't done a whole giraffe, but I'd love to do a baby. I did do a head and some of the neck, and it's one of my favorite sculptures. You can see it here and here. Several readers have sent in photos of their paper mache giraffes, and Nan Burger sent in a photo of a paper mache giraffe that was made by her grade school class. When you say you're "trying it out," what exactly isn't working?

By: McKenna

McKenna — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:57:43 +0000

Hi Jonni,
I love what you can do with paper mache! You’re AMAZING! Have you ever tried a giraffe? I am trying it out but can’t get it to work…Any suggestions?

By: Jonni

Jonni — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:12:53 +0000

Yes, I use a water based varnish.