paper mache horse

Paper Mache Horse, Last Post

If you’ve been following this series of posts, you know I started this paper mache horse almost exactly two weeks ago. It stands two feet high, not including the ears. There are a few things I would do differently if I started over, and I’m not entirely satisfied with how some areas of the horse [...]

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Paper Mache Horse, Day 12

It’s finally looking like a horse! It’s been almost two weeks already. Here’s what I did yesterday and today: Rebuilt the face with Super Sculpey Covered the plastic clay with one to two layers of paper mache Added the mane and tail Getting Both Sides The Same I have a hard time getting my sculptures [...]

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Paper Mache Horse, Day 10

Now I know why this is the first time (and perhaps the last time) that I show you a project before it’s finished. Here it is Day 10 already, and my paper mache horse isn’t done. But I am happy to say there are a lot of lessons learned with this project, and I’ll be [...]

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Paper Mache Horse, Day 6

I can see now that I really need to build a solar dryer if I’m going to continue making larger paper mache animal sculptures. It’s warm enough on my front porch to make wild yeast happy (that’s why paper mache paste gets that watery grey liquid on top if you leave it out for a [...]

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Paper Mache Horse, Day 4

Oops. I missed a day in this series because the paper mache horse had to spend the night in the ER with a cast on her ankles. The plaster board legs were, (I now realize), a bad idea. Fortunately, even when things break with paper mache you can almost always fix it. The water in [...]

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Paper Mache Horse, Day 1

A recent visitor asked for some tips for making a paper mache horse for her daughter. I’ve never made one, but I think my grandson would love one for his room, too. I chose an appaloosa foal for my sculpture for two reasons – I love the long legs on a new colt, even though [...]