animal sculptures

Paper Mache Hippo Wall Hanging is Finished

This is the second in the planned series of display masks/wall art/? – I haven’t quite figured out what to call them yet (suggestions welcome, as always). I’m happy with both the cougar and the hippo. They’re now hanging on my office wall, and I enjoy their company. Black Bear is next. I’m also enjoying [...]

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Ploughshare Tortoise Sculpture, Stage Two

The ploughshare tortoise that I started a week ago has been progressing slowly. I blame the rain. Everything seems to slow down at my house when we have unending clouds and rain – it just seems like the best time to curl up with a mystery novel and hibernate for a while. However, I have [...]

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Endangered Tortoise Sculpture, Stage One

Today I started a small sculpture of an endangered Ploughshare Tortoise, (Geochelone yniphora) — also known as the Angonoka, Madagascar Angulated Tortoise, or Madagascar Tortoise. I’ve been doing a lot of reading about endangered animals lately, and I found the story of this tortoise in Jane Goodall’s book Hope for Animals and Their World: How [...]

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Painting the Chimp

Recently Carmen asked me why I like using Golden Acrylic Glazing Liquid for painting my sculptures, so I thought it would be fun to show you how I use it. I confess – I don’t feel very comfortable using a brush, so my painting technique feels more sculptural than painterly. I put on color, rub [...]

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New Paper Mache Book Is Finished!

As you may know, since last November I’ve been working very hard to create my new book, Make Animal Sculptures With Paper Mache Clay. Now, (finally!) it’s finished and it’s available on Amazon.com. You can see the cover image on the right, in the sidebar. The table of contents is below: You can search inside [...]

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Begging Dachshund – Project #5 in New Paper Mache Book

Paper Mache Clay Dachshund

This video is part of a series showing the projects in my new book Make Animal Sculptures With Paper Mache Clay. (The video was made before the book came out – it is now available on Amazon.com) In this video I introduce you to the fifth project in my upcoming paper mache book. The begging [...]

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Spotted Piglet – Project #4 in New Paper Mache Book

Spotted Piglet, Paper Mache Clay

This video is part of a series showing the projects in my new book Make Animal Sculptures With Paper Mache Clay. (The video was made before the book came out – it is now available on Amazon.com) In this video, I introduce you to a spotted piglet. He’s the fourth project in my upcoming book [...]

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Emperor Penguin Family, Project #3 in New Paper Mache Book

Emperor Penguin Family - Project #3 from New Paper Mache Book

This video is part of a series showing the projects in my new book Make Animal Sculptures With Paper Mache Clay. (The video was made before the book came out – it is now available on Amazon.com) In this episode I show you how the emperor penguin family is made, using patterns, some Styrofoam cubes [...]

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New Gallery Page, Plus Rant About 18-hr Bus Ride

I’m back from my short vacation, and this morning I took all new photos of my recent work so I could create a new online sculpture gallery. Please check it out and tell me what you think – all comments, as usual, are welcome. Now that my visiting is done and the long-awaited gallery page [...]

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