Paper Mache Animal Sculptures

My Paper Mache Book Project, Suggestions Please…

This morning I received a comment from a reader who has been searching for a pattern she could use to make a monkey or gorilla in paper mache, like the patterns I’ve been creating for the elephant, panda, and others here on this blog. Unfortunately, I haven’t made the pattern she’s looking for yet, and [...]

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“Ghost Cat” – Snow Leopard Sculpture

This is one BIG cat. 28″ long, 22″ high and 16″ wide. I really enjoy making the large sculptures, especially now that I’m using the home-made paper mache clay recipe, but really – what was I thinking? The snow leopard needs to be transported to Bellingham in time for the after-Thanksgiving art show. I’d better [...]

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Bobcat Sculpture

This sculpture is all about the spots. The bobcat is 21″ from nose to tail, 14″ high and 12″ wide. It was made with papier mache and paper clay over a wire, paper and masking tape form. Lately I’ve been using Dan Reeder’s method of creating the inside form. Dan’s the author of Papier-Mache Monsters, [...]

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Life-Sized Lion Cub Sculptures

I’ve been working on a set of four large sculptures of lion cubs, and two of them are now finished. These two are playing with each other, in cat-like fashion. These are quite large – the sitting lion cub is 15″ high, 22″ long and 12″ wide. The upside-down cub is 14″ high, 26″ long [...]

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Paper Clay Hen with Siamese “Chicks”

This hen and “chicks” is the first project I’ve completed using my paper clay recipe. The base is paper clay over particle board, and the hen and kittens are made from paper clay over a crumpled paper and masking tape form. The feathers are paper clay over plastic mesh drywall tape (you find it right [...]

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2 Angel Cat Sculptures

This week I’m working on a series of four winged cats. I haven’t really decided if they’re cat angels, super-hero cats, or a half-remembered scene out of the Wizard of Oz. But I do know I’m having a lot of fun making them. Two of my very non-angelic cats posed for me. Their modeling fees [...]

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Museum-Quality Paper Mache Sculptures

I just found this newpaper article about a Canadian sculptor in Yellowknife who creates museum-quality sculptures out of paper mache. SOMBA K’E/YELLOWKNIFE – Sculptor Monique Robert is marshaling a myriad of monsters in midtown Yellowknife. Her work space on Forrest Park seems more like a whimsical museum than a home studio. Sculptor Monique Robert depicted [...]

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Kids Make Giant Dinosaur Come Alive

When I saw this newspaper report of a giant dinosaur, completely kid-designed and built, I couldn’t resist showing you. According to the newspaper report, the project started months ago in a class for 3 to 7-year old kids who were learning about these ancient creatures. They decided to make one of their own, so they [...]

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Oops, Elephant Needs a Bandaid…

I was so excited this morning when I woke up. This was the day that Elsie the Elephant would be finished. But dang - it looked like she’d come down with some rare disease during the night. In five or six spots on her legs and tummy perfectly round areas about the size of a [...]