Paper Mache Projects

How to Make a Paper Mache Cat, Lesson #2 – Making the Armature

Share This video is a little long, but I wanted you all to have plenty to do until the next one comes out. Please let me know if you have any questions. If you’ve read my book Make Animal Sculptures With Paper Mache Clay, you’ll notice right away that I didn’t cut the foam blocks [...]

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How to Make a Paper Mache Cat, Lesson #1 – Making the Pattern

Share A few days ago I asked if anyone would like me to put together a series of lessons, a “class,” if you will, on how to make a paper mache cat. The response was pretty overwhelming. In fact, there are now over 70 comments on that post, more than I’ve ever received so quickly. [...]

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Want to Have an Online Paper Mache Class?

Share [Edit: the lessons have begun! You can find lesson #1, How to Make a Paper Mache Cat, here.] I’m not procrastinating, honest. I really did start my figure sculpture. In fact, I’m now on the third one, because there’ s a bit of a learning curve going on. In fact, right now my latest [...]

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The Wolf Mask is Done…

ShareHe’s finally done – the grey wolf display mask is painted. Well, he still isn’t entirely done – he hasn’t been varnished yet. But close enough. Big question for you: Do you ever work very hard on a project, and about half-way through you realize that you’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about [...]

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Paper Mache Wolf, Part 5 – Plus, Pinterest – Are They Violating Your Copyrights?

Share The wolf is coming, but first — after seeing all the Buzz about Pinterest and looking around their site for a little while (because so many people claim it’s the next big thing) I started to get a bit worried. It looks to me like Pinterest is making it easy, (and heavily encouraging), the [...]

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Sculpting a Paper Mache Wolf Mask, Parts 3 and 4

Share I don’t usually put two videos on one post, but this time I thought it made the most sense. A few days ago I filmed myself working on the wolf’s ears while I talked. (That’s part 3.) Then I woke up the next morning and changed my mind about most of the things I [...]

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Sculpting the Wolf’s Eyes and Nose – Wolf Mask, Part 2

Share This is the second video in this series. You can see the first video here. This time I add the eyes and nose, and put on the basic shapes that surround the eye. The sculpture still has a very long ways to go. I do like this guy, and I’ve decided to make a [...]

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How Mardi Gras Floats are Made in Mobile, Alabama

Share I actually have two articles that will probably be posted today – I hope all of you who have subscribed to these posts don’t mind getting two emails in one day. This article is a guest post from Ari Kahn. It was originally posted as a comment on another page. Ari has helped to [...]

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Sculpting a Wolf Head Display Mask, Part 1

Share I tried out the human skull-shaped mask form I made, but adding the features of a wolf’s head. It will eventually become a display mask for my wall. I thought there could be problems with the human bones inside the wolf’s head, but it is actually helping. For one thing, it’s making sure that [...]

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Making Changes to My Mask Making Studio

ShareI spent some time today making a new mask form over a life-sized plastic skull, and then modified it a bit so it will (hopefully) work for animal masks as well as people. I also made a few changes to the tiny rolling table that I like to work on, so I can work on [...]

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How to Make a Pantalone Mask, Part 3

Share In the first two videos I created a mold for a traditional Pantalone mask with modeling clay, and then covered it with two layers of fast-setting paper mache. In this video I show you how I finish the mask. This is similar to one of the mask projects from my new book “How to [...]

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How to Make a Pantalone Mask, Part 2

Share This is the second of three mask-making videos. In this series I’m making a traditional Pantalone mask using the same methods and materials that I used for the masks in my latest book, How to Make Masks! If you didn’t see the first video, you can find it here. We made the positive mold [...]

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How to Make a Pantalone Mask

Share My book How to Make Masks! is now officially published, and it’s available on Amazon.com. To celebrate, I put together the first of a short series of videos so you can see the actual process I use to create the masks in the book. Pantalone is one of the characters in the Italian Commedia [...]

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What Makes a Good Artist’s Website?

Share I’m between projects now. My new How to Make Masks! book has gone to the printer, but it still hasn’t appeared on Amazon.com. Soon, though, so I’m on pins and needles, waiting… Meanwhile, my daughter and I have been having long discussions about artist’s websites, and we’d like to get some feedback from you, [...]

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Paper Mache Wall Art with a Sentimental Twist

Share Today’s guest post is by Barbara M. Kaplowitz, who offered to tell us how her interesting sculptural piece was made — and what all the individual design features mean to her. I love the way she created a piece that will be such a strong reminder of her mother – and it is a [...]

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