Papier Mache Art

Question about Foam and Paper Mache, and My First “Review”

This will be a quick post this morning. First, I received a question from a reader that I can’t answer, but if someone else out there has some experience and can shed some light on this issue, I would like to know, too. Here’s the email: Hello from Cape Town, South Africa Jonni! I just [...]

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Life-Sized Christmas Nativity Made with Paper Mache

We have a wonderful guest post today, by Ann Halim. I’ll let her take it from here (be sure to see the gallery of photos at the end – click to enlarge): Christmas 2011 Nativity Project By Ann Halim I had the idea to do a life-size interactive Nativity late in 2009, though it seemed [...]

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Last Two Masks – Texas Outlaw and Iron Celtic Helmet

Well, this is it – the last two projects I planned for the book are finished. I think I’ve run out of pages, so one or more of the masks I’ve shown you might not be included – I’ll have to make some tough decisions in the next few days. In fact, in the last [...]

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Three More Masks Made, One More to Go…

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope life is treating you well so far. My paper mache mask book project is winding down – just one more mask to finish, and one more chapter to write. I ordered some Instant Iron and Instant Rust so my ancient iron Celtic helmet should look very realistic. The [...]

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Paper Mache Mask Book Progress Report

Several months ago I had this crazy idea that I could finish my paper mache mask book by the first of December. Ha! I’m still not even close, and here it is almost Christmas already. Well, I may not be very fast, but I’m having a great time with these projects. I’m using positive molds [...]

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Theater Masks and Props Using Paper Mache Clay

Today’s guest post is by Richard Curtis, who sent in some fabulous photos of masks and props he made for a recent theater production. I’ll let Richard take it from here: I have enclosed a few of the shots from our production of Oedipus Rex. All the masks and props were created using the paper [...]

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Paper Mache Seahorse by Hazel Bryce

Yes, it’s paper mache. Wow. The work is by artist Hazel Bryce, who lives in Reading, UK. Hazel recently completed a new video showing her paper mache seahorse, which you can see below. She also has a number of close-up photos on her website, and photos of her other work. According to Hazel, the seahorse [...]

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Paper Mache Masks, Japanese Daruma Dolls and Plaster of Paris Gesso Recipe

These masks were made with paper mache clay by Mark Morse. The masks looked like this before finishing: From Mark: I have also included some others. I was especially fond of the little monk as I used the the card board toilet paper tube as its frame. So its really one complete roll of toilet [...]

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Paper Mache Masks from Cory and his 8th grade class

You will all remember Cory and his students from his previous guest posts, so no introduction is needed. Fabulous masks – what a great art class! Here’s the email Cory sent in with the photos: Jonni, It’s Cory from Royal Valley Middle School again (we made the panther and the the Sarcophagus). I thought that [...]