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Your Paper Mache – Page 6

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.

I just love Peter Overstreet’s paper mache “Gill” (or, aptly, “Don’t Swim”)

I love the clipped scales and the webbing.

From the side

Here is Ryan William’s first paper mache project. What a great mask!

Ryan has finished a couple more excellent pieces. Here is his dragon trophy.

And check out Ryan’s paper mache Jaguar! Beautiful!

This Heather Hearing’s first paper mache dragon. Fantastic job!

Check out Rose Almere’s paper mache chickens! So fun!

More chicken’s made by Rose’s students. Fantastic!

Here is Nat’s little paper mache dragon “Nubs.” Very nice.

This is Austin Smith’s paper mache dragon. Excellent job!

Look at Lydia Kuperus’ paper mache project. So adorable!

Meredith made this great little paper mache monster, “Elmer”. And what would Elmo be without his friend, “Chewie”

Here is a paper mache mask made by Steven Lewis. Excellent!

And below are two of Hugo Silva’s very cool paper mache dragons.

This is the green one (obviously) and the red one is below.

Here is a fun, paper mache hot air balloon made by Sue Alexander.

And Craig Thompson’s paper mache dragon trophy.

This is Harold Hugue’s fun little paper mache monster. This is his first project. Great!

Check out this series of paper mache horses made by Prahalad Gond. Very nice work!

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Cats and Paper Mache

Anyone who knows me knows about my relationship with cats. I like dogs too. I have a granddog that I love dearly. But I own cats. I’ve always thought that there is a strong relationship between cats and dragons. In fact, when Eddie is in a bad mood, I’m very happy he can’t spit fire. Every so often I make a dragon with a cat in mind. My albino dragon is a case in point. Here he is in the very early stages with Eddie. See the resemblance?

Here is that project finished.

By the way, if you are going to argue with me about the albino coloration of this project, then look at the photo of this real, albino alligator.

I made another dragon with cat features in mind. I made he forearms to match a cat’s forearms. I think I captured that pretty well.

I envisioned a cat scratching himself. Here is the dragon in progress, before adding the head.

And from the back. Note the cat photos I was using as a guide.

Here she is finished, with a couple of her babies. If you look closely, you will see a resemblance to kittens in those projects as well.

Eddie loves to stand on top of this project.

I have two cats (I had three until recently). Max is always around for the crumpling and tearing of paper. Eddie shows up later in the process. When he wants attention he will work hard to get in the way of whatever I’m trying to do.

Max loves to tear paper so much that I keep a pile of it behind my chair in my office just so that he can chew it up when he wants.

Here is Eddie next to my dragon puppet. He just loves dragons.

Your Paper Mache – Page 5

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 Lee’s first dragon trophy. Excellent job! What a great attitude.

And this is Lee’s second trophy. Equally wonderful!

First is Mary’s paper mache mechanical octopus. Just amazing!

This is Davide’s paper mache dragon trophy. Just a great job!

Ben’s made two great paper mache dragons. This little guy. So fun!

And Ben’s dragon trophy. Very nice work!

And here is Arin’s paper mache dragon trophy. Look how well it matches the color scheme of the room! Excellent job!

Below is Steve’s first attempt. Not quite ready to hang, but fantastic nonetheless. It was his wife, Maureen, who sent me the photo because she thought I should see it. I couldn’t agree more. I especially love the colors on this.

And Steve has just continued to work. He has finished a few more projects. Another dragon trophy.

And his little paper mache dragon. Wonderful!

Here is a baby dragon just coming out of the egg.

And Steve also decided to take a radically different path for this strangely ugly, but cool head!

And Steve’s paper mache Dire Wolf

Steve has been at it again. Check out this paper mache crab!

And Steve’s latest dragon head! Fantastic as always

Below is Kalei’s first paper mache dragon trophy. She modeled it after my Son of Maleficent. What a great job! Kalei is in Kevin Griffith’s high school art class in Sandy Hook Kentucky.

This is Sean Moser’s first paper mache Gargoyle. Excellent job!

And below is Vicki’s first paper mache dragon trophy. Really nicely done Vicki!

And here is Nathalie’s dragon trophy. While these were all made using my book, note how different they all are! There is just an infinite variety of dragon trophies waiting to be made.

This is a photo that was sent to me a while back. It is a dragon bust made by Jeannine. Wonderful!

On a different topic, check out Annie J’s paper mache headress! I love it.

Here is Annie J in wearing the headress. Looks fantastic!

And here is another paper mache dragon made by Chris. Great job!

Again, if you would like me to post a photo or two of your work, send them to me at dan@gourmetpapermache.com.

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Halloween Paper Mache

I love Halloween. But when I was writing my book “Papier Mache Monsters” I was very resistant to my editor’s request to make a “Halloween” section. Specifically, they wanted a paper mache pumpkin and a paper mache Vampire. I resisted because I didn’t want people to think it was a Halloween book. I think monsters and other fantasy creatures are great, year-round projects. But I gave in when I was told that a major book chain would be interested only if it had a Halloween section. That was going to be their “hook” to sell the book. So strange. So I made these projects for the book, although the Gargoyle ended up getting left out. Poor Gargoyle!

I have to say that because I was given this task I ended up creating one of my favorite paper mache projects. Below is “Fab Frank”, my interpretation of the ageless Frankenstein monster. I wanted more a lounge-lizard look. So I gave him a suede coat and some nice “bling” (the pad lock and the bolt above the eye). Perhaps you have met someone like this. Oh….and he has human teeth (I have dentist friends).

Here is the paper mache pumpkin my publishers wanted.

And the required Vampire. He’s not very interesting. But he IS a vampire. Requirement met!

I also made a paper mache bat for that section of the book. I like bats. I think he turned out kind of cute.

And finally, the poor, unpublished Gargoyle.

Your Paper Mache – Page 4

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.

Below is Joey’s paper mache “Jabberwock”. It is an amazing articulated head. The jaws will open and close!

Below is Liza with her pet paper mache dragon! This is her first paper mache project! Love it!

Sandy’s paper mache “Kylie”. Can’t tell which dog is cuter! Okay, both are adorable.

This is Jeremy’s paper mache “Critter”. Personality plus!

Jeremy is also a master at paper mache zombies. Here is his “Toxic Zombie”

Bailey and paper mache paper mache Nibbles

Bailey and Calvin are brother and sister (Mike’s kids). Above is Bailey with her paper mache “Nibbles”. Below is Calvin with “Marlin”. These two photos are a couple of my favorites. This is Julie’s paper mache (articulated!) dragon, “Dimi”

My good friend Suz makes the most fantastic shoes…out of paper mache! Well, she alters shoes using paper mache. I just think they are the coolest things! (And Suz is cool too!)

Fish and Shoe

And her Giraffe shoe. Magnificent!

And of course Suz would have a dragon shoe!

See more of Suz’s work here.

Below is Maria’s little paper mache dragon named “Genaro JeJeJeJe”. Great job!

Here is Nessa’s first (amazingly) paper mache project. A Cheshire Cat. Fantastic!!

My friend Mona has made some great paper mache projects.

I really love this little guy riding a turtle! It’s called “Faster Faster!” So much fun!

Monas paper mache two headed turtle with driver

Mona also made this little guy called “Franky the Dentist”. Mona’s cat loves it!

Check out Sabine’s giant paper mache Doll! And her first paper mache dragon (below).

Jean made a paper mache goldfish. Cool!

Up close. And Jean’s paper mache Seahorse below.

Oh…and she made a paper mache dragon coming out of a wall!

Check out Sonja’s full size, paper mache “Tinkerbelle” pinata. So cool! But I would hate to hit this with a bat!

From the back

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Your Paper Mache – Page 2

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.

Andrew with his paper mache Bat. Andrew used my Papier Mache Monsters book to make this. I just love it.

And, here is Jean’s paper mache “Priscilla”. What a great dragon!

Gerards’s “Byorshniven the Lake Goblin.” And his dragon, (below)

Below is Rick Pelletier’s Balrog. Rick is magnificent paper mache artist, and a good friend.

And here is Rick’s Elephant. Magnificent!

Here is Sandy’s Frog (above) and her Bill Clinton (below)!

Matt’s paper mache Monster. Great!

close-up

Brookbend Ferris made this paper mache Lion Head and Eagle. Wonderful work! Visit Brookbend on Facebook. She also raises Bengal cats. You can find them here.

Here is Alexander (from Moscow) with his fantastic fish!

This is Martha’s “Deep Water Bob”

This is Kent’s paper mache “Mr Krinkles”

Tom’s paper mache Screamer!

Mary’s excellent paper mache Angler fish!

Finally, Lori’s paper mache Dragon!

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Naga-Paper Mache Dragon Queen of Snakes

This is one of my favorite projects. I made this during a time when I was trying to deal with my “dragon problem.” I was forcing myself to make a few non-dragon paper mache items before allowing myself another dragon. Turns out I didn’t get too far from dragons. A friend of mine was visiting in Thailand and she sent me some photos of a snake deity. Apparently, Naga- Dragon Queen of Snakes is hot stuff in the Hindu world (in Thailand at least). I decided to make my own paper mache version after seeing her photos.

The photos of this snake are a bit deceiving. This snake when unfurled is over 6 feet long. But it is nice and compact when coiled. Of course the coiling made adding scales and breast plates difficult. Speaking of breastplates, check out the view from the bottom.

I think it’s cool. And speaking of scales….I have to say, that was quite the labor intensive task.

It took three weeks just to add the scales. Note that they had to grow in size from the tip of the tail to the head. And, as I mentioned, since the project is rigid, getting them into the places where he overlaps was a real challenge. That was true for painting as well. But you know, this kind of detail makes all the difference. I realize as I’m building a piece like this that I’m probably making the piece too expensive to sell by spending so much time on things like the scales. There is a point where you just put more labor into a project than you can get out of it financially. That is, unless you are willing to work for less than minimum wage. And I won’t. (That of course doesn’t even take the “art value” (how much of my soul I put into the project) into consideration.) Sorry, don’t know why I got into that.

I wish that these photos would show the paint more clearly. There is a lot of subtlety in the color that my camera just doesn’t catch. Here are a couple more photos.

If you’d like to see more about the making of this piece, please visit my blog.

Rum and Paper Mache

I really want to profile one of my favorite paper mache projects. It is also the most controversial. Why? Because it involves Rum. And puppets. Did you know that there are a bijillion people out there with a crippling fear of puppets? Yes, there is. I have met half of them. The condition is called Automatonophobia. It seems like they were the first to see my “Rum and Paper Mache” video featuring a cute couple (well, not cute to automatonophobiacs) and a dragon who arrives one evening with some Rum. Aside from the puppet part of the video, the Rum also caused a ruckus. Some saw the video as promoting drinking. I agree, but only among puppets! Here’s my defense. This wasn’t my idea. I heard a piece of music from a group, Alpha, that I really liked. It was really catchy and had a nice beat. It was the kind of music that make your toes tap (whether you want to or not). I’d been wanting to make another music oriented marionette video. (My first was called “Paper Mache Dragon Marionette.” More about that at the bottom of the page.) And this music just fit the bill. It happened to be called “Rum”. Hence the rum in video. In other words, it was Alpha’s fault that there is drinking in this video. Anyway, this project was one of my favorites. It involved making three puppets and scrounging and buying clothes, furniture and making the set. And it took six months to make.

They started like this….with lots of crumpling.

After the paper mache, the three characters looked like this.

After sculpting with the paper mache pieces they got their “skin” of cloth mache.

And after the paint.

If you’d like to see more about the making of the dragon, see the posts on my blog.

And if you want to see the video, then just click on the photo above.

By the way, I handled all of the controls in the making of this video. I had a crazy contraption for that. But I loved it. Here is what it looked like from above.

I mentioned that this project followed an earlier video I made called “Paper Mache Dragon Marionette.” If you’d like to see that video, just click on the photo below.

Paper Mache Dragon Marionette

And….I bought the rights to another piece of music. I’ve got some plans for that! Sorry all of you automatonophobiacs!

Your Paper Mache – Page 1

The best part of having this website is meeting people who enjoy paper mache like I do. 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.

Bernardita’s paper mache Dragon (named “Dan”) and Fairy

coys Chupcabra and Miss Irenes paper mache

Coy’s paper mache Chupacabra with Miss Irene (on the left)

Travis’ paper mache Dragon Trophy

Chris’ Screamer

Kent’s paper mache “Karl”

Tim’s paper mache “Lil Red Dragon”

Ben and his paper mache Red Dragon

Alyse’s paper mache Octopus and Elephant

Jeannine’ paper mache Dragon Head

Eva’s “Checker”

6th Grade paper mache “Odyssey of Mind Dragon” made by Michale, Noelle, Samantha, Marie, Nick, and Zachary from Newtown, CT

Bridget’s paper mache Gargoyle

David’s paper mache “Alice” (above)
and
“Three Headed Snake” (below)

Chrisian’s First Paper Mache Project- love this monkey!

Karen’s Sea Serpent (head above, rest of the 30 ft below)

Hugue’s paper mache Dragon

And speaking of Screamers…

Chris’ paper mache “Screamer Class”

Anthonys Paco Steves paper mache screamer

Anthony’s paper mache “Paco Steve”

Lauren’s Screamer (below)

and Tiffany’s Screamer (below)

Willow’s “Tea for Two”
(okay, as Willow points out, this is not paper mache. But it is too good not to put on this site as well as her own. Visit Willow)
Below is Willow’s paper mache skull. It’s called “Draco Eatonus”

And Willow’s “Harey” (above)
and
“Barbie’s Bear” (below)

Jamie’s “Earth Dragon: Master of Might”

Lucie’s paper mache “Big Titus”

Konstantin’s paper mache Art (above and below)

Bill’s paper mache Fish Head

Luella’s paper mache Pumpkins

Dave’s paper mache “Chuckle Butt”

Colleen’s Pumpkins, Witch, and Monster

Carlos’ Green Monster with Christopher and Nicol Carlos likes to surround children with monsters (See below)

carlos new paper mache project w daughter

Matt’s paper mache Troll

Lucie’s Dragon (look below, after making lighting and color adjustments I found Lucie’s cat “Blacky” in the background…appropriate name!)

Crisi’s paper mache Scary Gary”

Erik’s “Dragon and Dinner”

Mary’s Dragon (above and below)

Zoe finishing her paper mache Dragon

Joel’s paper mache Dragon

Carlos’ Dragon Warrior (and cute kid)

Carlos’ dragon cyborg warrior

Another Carlos’ Warrior

Leslie’s paper mache Dragon– front and back

Cathy’s paper mache Dragons

Ana’s paper mache Dragon

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Pascal’s Paper Mache Dragon

I made a dragon for my friend Pascal and his family. Here he is. If you are interested in how he was made, you can see this on my blog, here.

One of the interesting things about this dragon is that when he is hung like this, he looks to be surveying the ground, perhaps looking for little children to eat.

When his vertical, he looks ready to fight.

From the back

And a close up. I think the color of the eyes make them really pop.

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Posts by danmonsterman

Your Paper Mache – Page 6

Cats and Paper Mache

Your Paper Mache – Page 5

Halloween Paper Mache

Your Paper Mache – Page 4

Your Paper Mache – Page 2

Naga-Paper Mache Dragon Queen of Snakes

Rum and Paper Mache

Your Paper Mache – Page 1

Pascal’s Paper Mache Dragon