Comments on: Make a Delicate Butterfly with Paper Mache Clay

By: Jonni

Jonni — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:00:50 +0000

Lovely!

By: Ekaterina

Ekaterina — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:08:59 +0000

Jonni, thanks again for the great idea!

By: Jonni

Jonni — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:06:27 +0000

Gracias.

By: stella

stella — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:30:18 +0000

con iman detras, para poner en el refrigerador, es una buena idea…

By: stella

stella — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:27:23 +0000

Hermoso, todo tu trabajo, tus tutoriales son muy claros y completos..
este de la mariposa, me encantó..
gracias por la generosidad con que compartes tu experiencia y creatividad.

By: Jonni

Jonni — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:40:45 +0000

What a nice illustration. Thanks for sharing!

By: Ekaterina

Ekaterina — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:04:51 +0000

Hi Jonni,

Big hello and THANKS for this tutorial from Russia. I ran across your site looking for ways of making a butterfly. And found the best one here! Thank you!
Hope soon to finish my project

Also nice coincidence about elephant and butterfly’s friendship – look at one of my works. I called it “Elephant that failed to fly up”

Suprising, isn’t it? )

Good luck and inspiration!

By: bernadine

bernadine — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:12:50 +0000

HI – I made a papier mache tree to use on a canvas for a collage I made. I used a commercial papier mache and I fashioned the tree on a board on some paper. Once dried, I then removed the tree and sanded it to get rid of the edges and then painted it and then glued it to the canvas. In the drying process it warped a little bit but this was not a problem for me as I just applied the glue on the sculpture where it was going to attach to the canvas. It is still attached.

By: diane

diane — Sat, 15 May 2010 06:05:31 +0000

There is a ‘stained glass’ like liquid available in the kids craft section of Wal-Mart that does not require heat – just let it air dry…and safe to use with my 4 year old granddaughter. We have used it to fill in designs of string/flowers/etc in canning jar rings/ribbon(& the rolls they come on) as well as to fill in butterfly AND fairy wings -Unfortunately, I can not remember the name at this moment – when I do, I’ll come back and let you know.

By: Jonni

Jonni — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:43:54 +0000

Hi Brynn. That sounds like an interesting project. However, it’s somewhat unusual, so I haven’t tried it myself. I would suggest that you try a small bit of your commercial paper mache product, and stick it to an old piece of canvas you might have sitting around. Let it dry completely, and then see if it’s attached as solidly as you want it to be.

One problem I see that might crop up – your canvas is flexible, even though it’s probably tightly stretched. You’ll need to test your experimental gob of paper mache to make sure it stays stuck on, even if the canvas moves.

Good luck with it. I hope your project turns out just the way you wanted it to.