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I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos to make something they love.   Makes me feel like a grandpa to these projects.  Here are some more photos of paper mache art people have sent to me. If you would like me to post your photos, send them to me at, dan@gourmetpapermache.com.   Enjoy!

Ryan Pace is an art teacher at the American School of Doha in Qatar.   He took on a very ambitious project with his students this year.   Ambitious is actually understated.   I know how difficult it is to teach a paper mache class to many students.   I is very messy and requires a lot of discipline, by both teacher and student.    His class made dragon trophies (and one full dragon).  This is appropriate because the mascot of the school is a dragon.   These are “American School Dragons!”    And the results were spectacular!   Below are photos of only a few.   I couldn’t post every one of the dragons.    But this is a very nice sample!   Note that many projects were team efforts.   The artists are listed above the pieces shown.     What lucky kids to have such a dedicated teacher.    And Ryan is very lucky to have such motivated, talented students!

First, a look at the dragons on display in the school!  How great is that?!

Now, in no particular order….

Sandra, Stefano

Raha, Ranya

Paisli, Eliza

Maddy, Reagan

And check out this double headed beauty by Sarina Kii

Isobel, Adalynn

Another double headed dragon by Finn, Aleksandra, Idela

Fabiola

Erumi

Amira, Talia

Abdullah, Nathaniel

Aamna, Natasha

To top this all off, here is a full dragon made by Tameem, Nicole, Lia, Tala, and Christa.  Fantastic!  Congratulations!

Mark Bradford is an amazing paper mache artist.   Here are a couple of his most recent pieces.   The first is a lamp called “Billy the Kid.”  Wonderful!

And here is a few views of his more serious piece called “The Dog Faces of Guadalcanal”.    Incredible.

On a lighter note, here are some older pieces of Mark’s.  First one is called, rightfully, “Machine Gun Monkey.”    Brilliant!

And this monkey isn’t Mark’s only masterpiece.   Here are a couple more.   First, his “Cheyenne Dog Soldier in Ghost dance attire.”   Such detail!

And here is Mark’s “Tree Demon.”  Almost calm by comparison, but still lots of intensity.  Excellent work!

Katie Glenn Trusiak made this fantastic dragon for Halloween!   What an amazing piece of art!  What lucky neighbors!  Here are some photos of the dragon in the day and the night.   Wonderful!

Michael Esker finished his first dragon.  Excellent!  You can see videos showing him making this project here.

Mike (a.k.a.  The Old Geek) has been very busy.   Here is his latest, appropriately named “Chester the Creepy grinning cat spider”.     You can a video of the build here.   Excellent work!

William Wehmeier made this incredible two headed dragon!   What a great job!

Look at this fantastic Halloween project Suzanne Matthews made for her grandson.  Fantastic!

Here are some really fun projects.  They are made by Joe and they are titled, “Joe Jr 1, 2, and 3”.  So much fun!

And here is Joe’s newest Joe Jr!  So cute!

And four more “Joes”.  Joe has been busy!

Judi Brereton from Umbria Italy says she has a “crazy house”.  It is filled with wonderful paper mache animals!    Here are a few of them.    Excellent work!

Here is Judi’s latest project, a great bull!

Look at this adorable little dragon!  This was a project made by Beatriz and son, Jo Jo.   What a wonderful piece!

Another view

Eric Garard is an artist who has added paper mache to his tool kit.   Below are some of his wonderful projects!   First his “Butterfly totem.”

And here is the totem with lights on!  Great job!

And check out Eric’s “Jack Skelinton” wreath!  Excellent!

Look at Eric’s Giant Black Widow!  Perfect for Halloween!

Here is Sabra Overby’s first paper mache dragon.   Magnificent!

Steven Lewis and his family are making paper mache projects together.  And they are terrific!  Steven’s project involved using his own hair!  First is his shrunken heads on a stick.  So great!

From the side

Steven’s daughter, Ariel, also made a shrunken head.  Wonderful!

From the side

And here is Steven’s other daughter, Leah, put a multi-colored haired monster on her stick.  So great!

Here is Lori cole’s eagle.  What a great piece of art!

another view

Below is Janet Post’s new dragon.  Fantastic!

From another angle

Cass Gordon is an amazing paper mache artist!  Unbelievably, she is only 15 years old!  You can see here work on her YouTube channel here.     Here are a few of her amazing dragons!  First a “Volcano Dragon”

And look at the fantastic multi-eyed dragon!

Here, an excellent “Sea Dragon”  made by Cass.

And another green dragon.

And look at Cass’ “Feral Hog!”  Wonderful works!

Zuzana_Sittková made her first dragon trophy.  Fantastic!  If you’d like to see some of her process photos go here.

A close up of the mouth!

Here are two great dragons made by Duane Berry!  A fantastic red one he made for his mother (lucky mom!)…

…and a green one inspired by Game of Thrones.  Excellent!

The photos on these pages are almost exclusively made of paper mache.   But Karen Kingsley’s dragon deserves recognition even though it is made of Pal Tia, a paper and cement product that can be be used for outdoor sculptures.   Look at this fantastic dragon she made after adding tile work to the Pal Tia structure!  Karen teamed up with another paper mache friend of mine, Diane Sorensen, in a dragon-making challenge for charity.   Very cool idea!  You can see both dragons in process here.

Here is Ben Hellman’s “Catoblepas”    Fantastic!   If you’d like to read the fascinating story about the project and what it represents, go here!

Sara Hospador has been experimenting with paper mache bowls.   Here is a photo showing the progression and a couple of finished projects.   Excellent!

Below is Lynette’s wonderful “Blue Dragon!”   Very nice!

Here is “Opal the Dragon”  made by Lynette and Hazel.  Fantastic!

And here is Opal with the lights on!

Look at this beautiful project titled “The eagle has landed” by Jon Keller.  Magnificent!

And here is Jon’s latest, “The Doggie!”  What a great piece!

And here is Jon’s dragon, “Black Sabel”.    Excellent!

And Jon’s “The Mighty Ant”.   Fantastic as always!

And a terrific new project called “The Lion Sleeps Tonight!”  Just gorgeous!

And here is Jon!  A paper mache “selfie” made by Jon.    Excellent!

Here is Andy Slater’s magnificent dragon!  Great job!

And here is Andy’s dragon mounted from the ceiling of a very cool room!

Check out MitchTheCreator’s “Cacodemon” (from the game Doom Eternal).  Fantastic!   Mitch shared his steps on his Instructable’s page.

Here is another view

Mitch’s “Leonopteryx” from the movie Avatar.  Beautiful!

And here is Mitch’s latest, Godzilla!  Fantastic!

This deserves another view.    Love the lights!

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