Yesterday, while I was waiting for the final coat of paper and paste to dry on my pair of jackrabbits, I decided to do a bit of surfing to find a few paper mache artists’ sites to share with you.
My first stop was The Papier Mache Resource, one of my favorite sites. Their forum members have helped me out several times, and I feel I should visit much more often.
While I was there I checked out their links page. I was disappointed to find that so many of the sites they link to are no longer online. (If you’re about to give up on your own site, be sure to read my post about how to improve website traffic).
Below are a few of my favorite paper mache sculpture websites.
Figure Sculptures:
Tiffany Ownbey. Scroll down the page to see her imaginative figure sculptures, which are deceptively simple. She uses many found objects in her work, and she shows her work at many galleries nationwide.
Orhan Taylan. Papier mache figure sculptures in the classical style.
Animal Sculptures:
Karen Cronor. I do appreciate realistic animal sculptures, and these are really wonderful. Love the coyotes.
Lorraine Berkshire-Roe’s Papier Mache Pets. Her critters have such interesting characters – you just know they’d be fun to live with.
La Machouille. Even if you can’t read the French (I admit I can’t), the paintings and papier mache sculptures on this site are definitely worth a visit. There’s a very interesting contrast between the artist’s highly realistic paintings of animals, and the whimsical, loosely interpreted sculptures of the same subjects. Is it the medium imposing itself on the artist, or the other way around?
Ellen Carlier’s Papier Mache Art. Cows, a kangaroo – lovely, whimsical critters.
Nancy Winn. Found objects create amazing fur and textures on these imaginative paper mache animal sculptures.
Hitomi Oikawa. I’m particularly fond of her pig – click around until you find it. I discovered a bit of history on this site – according to the artist, paper mache was first used in China to make warriors’ helmets. The craft was later brought to England for use in making furniture. Did you know that?
That’s all for today. My jackrabbits are now ready for their ears…
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A favorite of mine –I own several of her sculptures:
http://papierdog.com/
What a great site! Thanks for sharing the link with us.
I love creating jackrabbits. Have a few photos to share if you’d like them for your next posting. Enjoyed reading about my papier mache contemporaries. I rarely investigate on line but it was worth the time today! Nancy
Hi I’m looking for a paper mache artist in Carmel/Monterey Ca who made small houses as Christmas decorations name… AP Smith. Thanks.
Hello Mike, so I was doing the google thing..you know looking to see where my name comes up…anyway found this site and saw your question on here….I make all sorts of papier-mache pieces, but funny thing is I love making houses….I’m not the pereson you where looking for however….if you look at my blog you will see an old photo of a log cabin I made for my Dad…I’m on to other buildings now….thinking of how to make a rock house with pine cone roof…it will take some thought but all things take time….anyway nice to see someone else that loves little houses….oh and this is a great site….and one last thing I’m a northern CA artist…yes we are around!….melissa
You should check out this artist, it’s amazing what she can do with paper!
http://merveillesenpapier.typepad.fr/merveillesenpapier/