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How to Make a Paper Mache Cat – Final Lesson

Share Well, it took a bit longer than usual, but my paper mache cat is done. I made a video showing how I painted my cat, (shown below). If your paper mache cat is a portrait of a different feline, or if you added less texture, you’ll want to use different colors and probably smaller [...]

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How to Make a Paper Mache Cat, Lesson 6

Share We finally made it to the step where we get to start adding paper mache clay (or paper strips and paste, if that’s what you’ve decided to use.) I’ll keep working on this part of my kitty for the next few days. If you have any questions about this part of the process, please [...]

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How to Make a Paper Mache Cat, Lesson #5 – Toes, Ears and Tail

Share This is the very last step before adding paper mache. I feel like this project is taking a lot longer than usual, but that’s mostly because I’m doing too many things at once. One of my big projects is trying to make it easier for people to find their way around this site – [...]

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Paper Mache Clay Video – the Sequel…

Share Since we’re getting very close to the day when we can add paper mache to our paper mache cat, I thought this would be a good time to do another video about the paper mache clay recipe. There are some very common questions about the clay, and I hope that this video will answer [...]

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How to Make a Paper Mache Cat, Lesson #4 – Sculpting the Face

Share My cat is getting much closer to the day when I can start adding the paper mache. I really did think I could add the ears, toes and tail in this lesson, in addition to filling out the face, but the video would have taken way too long. Besides, it took me a long [...]

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How to Make a Paper Mache Cat, Lesson #3 – Padding the Armature

Share Today we start filling out the padding on our paper mache cat. This portion took quite a long time, so I’ll wait and do the head and toes on the next video. As you’ll see in the video, I made a little clay model to make it easier for me to see where all [...]

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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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