2015 March | Gourmet Paper Mache

Your Paper Mache -Page 10

I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos and to make something they love. Here are more photos sent to me from people doing paper mache. If you would like to share a paper mache project on this site, send it to me at: dan@gourmetpapermache.com.

Here is Annie Joy’s paper mache snake. She saw the video of my Naga and made her own snake. This has way more charm than my snake. I really like it.

Below is Dakota’s first paper mache dragon trophy. Fantastic!

And here is Dakota’s second dragon (two views). Amazing!

Speaking of dragon trophies, check out Luke Salter’s first trophy. Again, fantastic job!

Here is something a little different. Jeff Sherer decided he needed a drinking helmet. (Luke is the one in front, with the beer) Fun!

Jeff has been at it again. Look at his viking helmet below! Wonderful!

Jeff doesn’t just make masks Here is his “Krampus” with “Freaky the Snowman”. Love them!

Here is Megan’s first paper mache dragon. So cute!

Check out Marty Armentrout’s paper mache projects! How would you like to have this staring at you while you work!

And Marty also made this paper mache “Baba Yaga’s house on legs”. Incredible!

Those of you who have played the video game “Zelda”, you’ll recognize this. It is Maria’s paper mache “Majora’s mask”. I love it!

Garth and Marisol have been busy making paper mache. Below is their “Medusa” followed by “Zeus.”

And here is something different! This is Garth and Marisol’s latest, “Baby Tyson” and “Baby Grover.” Cute… I think.

I love marionettes. Below is Marcus’ paper mache puppet. Great job!

Dan Fitzpatrick goes all out for Halloween. Look at this paper mache Dragon over his door! Just fantastic!

This deserves a close-up. I love it this.

Sherie made a paper mache mask for her fiance, Nick. What a great mask! that is Sherie on the right with Nick wearing his mask.

Speaking of masks, here are some “Walking Heads” made by Willow Roseaux. These people are on their way to Mardi Gras. What fun! See more at Willows website here.

My friend Justin decided to make a very large paper mache dragon for a castle close to where he lives. Look at what he made! Just unbelievable!

Here is Justin hanging his dragon. In this context you can see how big this dragon is. He definitely pushed the paper mache envelope! Wonderful!

Speaking of big paper mache projects. Steven Lott was asked to make a paper mache “Smaug” for a theater production of “The Hobbit.” This was his first paper mache attempt! Check out what he made! Anyone who tells me that they can’t do this work, that they think paper mache is just too far beyond their experience…. I show them this photo. Amazing!

By the way…. It’s articulated! The mouth opens and closes!

Below are two of Miguel Ruiz Fuentes’ paper mache Mexican “catrinas”. Great examples of a wonderful tradition!

Marco is a wonderful kid from Spain. He watched me make Daenerys’ baby dragons (from the Game of Thrones) and decided that he wanted a baby dragon and egg. So he made his own. Look at this!

He also saw my Naga- Paper Mache Dragon Snake video and wanted his own snake. I’m very proud of him. Great job Marco!

PS. You can see these videos on my Youtube channel, here.

This is Aarons paper mache angler fish. What a great job! I made something like this once. This makes me want to make another.

And here is Aaron’s paper mache dragon trophy. He calls it “The Predator.” Magnificent!

I met Merin on Youtube. She goes by “Blackdragon7468”. Now I know why. She has made some great paper mache dragons. Here are a few.

First, her “Red Dragon”.

Then, her “Green Dragon.”

And then her “Blue Dragon”.

With a little close up. Wonderful work!

Look at this cute little fellow. This is Devin’s paper mache monster. Great personality!

And finally, here is Andy’s paper mache mask. Just a great job!

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Some older Paper Mache Dragons

This is just a page with photos of a few dragons. Most are old photos, from back in the day when cameras used film and you had to get them processed at “One Hour Photo” (which always took a full day), resurrected from boxes.

I thought I’d start with my first paper mache dragon, made in 1980-ish. His name was Punk. He was supposed to be a young dragon, almost fresh from the egg.

Punks stands about 5 feet tall. I still have him in my studio, although he has fallen into severe disrepair. In fact, I just took his eyes to use for my latest iteration of Drogon (the young adult version). It’s a bit sacrilegious to do such a thing. But, it’s also kind of the circle of life when it comes to paper mache art.

Now the second paper mache dragon I made was his mother. It was also the first drogon trophy I made. I wanted it to look like his mother, big and protective. She also had to have features that would lead you to believe that punk would some day grow up and like her. Now the photo of punk is terrible by today’s standards. He actually had elements of orange and red on him. And she had elements of green on her that matched her son’s colors.

I am severely disappointed that I never got a photo of them displayed together, as they were intended. He stood underneath her in my grungy, little, monster-making apartment by the zoo. She hovered over him protectively. They were a perfect pair of dragons.

Some other older dragons include the one that hangs over my bathtub.

A little closer look.

And then there is this red dragon. It was very large and very heavy. I donated this to a school that is housed in a public building at the base of the Space Needle (in Seattle, where I live). They are the “Center School Dragons”. It is permanently displayed outside the front door of the school. Sorry, this is a terrible photo.

And another older project, a paper mache “Sea Dragon”. It is obviously based upon those little sea dragons that live in the sea.

As opposed to another paper mache Sea Dragon that I made within the last couple of years. It is still my current, favorite dragon.

I really like the baby in the nest.

Speaking of babies…here is a dragon I made as a commission . It was supposed to be a “toddler”.

Here is another older project that I made for my daughter, Allison. It is titled “Family Jewels”

I forgot. Here is another very old paper mache dragon. I show it because it has a very different shape than most of my dragons. I wanted it to look more like a dinosaur, a raptor. Hence the short neck and stubby head.

I do want to mention another little dragon I made in conjunction with a baby lion. I call this project “Parallel Paper Mache”. I tried to maintain parallelism in every aspect of the two pieces, the same basic shape, the same look on their faces, the same attitude. It was quite a challenge. I think it turned out very well.

I’ll end with a notable project. This are not terribly old, but interesting. Here is a piece I call “Double Trouble.”

The challenge here was to entwine two dragons.

Your Paper Mache – Page 9

I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos and to make something they love. Here are more photos sent to me from people doing paper mache. If you would like to share a paper mache project on this site, send it to me at: dan@gourmetpapermache.com. Note: Partly because of my trophy videos that went viral (and my books showing how to make them) I’ve received many photos of paper mache dragon trophies. They are all great. There are quite a few on this page.

Here are the first two dragon trophies made by Andy Matthews. Excellent work!