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By danmonsterman on November 12, 2021

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!

Mark McCauley just finished this dragon trophy. He made it for his son! Look at those amazing colors! Lucky son!

Another view

Kelly Morrison is a master artist. Look below to see what I mean! First two projects are from Stranger Things. This is “Vecna.”

And this is “Demogorgon.” Wonderful!

And check out Kerry’s version of “Krampus!” Love it! Underneath is a photo of Kelly’s back deck! I love it!

Matthew Koedyker has started making dragons! Lucky for us! Below is his first, a beautiful green dragon. And underneath is his 2nd, a wonderful Red Dragon! More on the way!

Grzegorz is an artist living in Poland. Here is his dragon. Wonderful!

Grzegorz also made this amazing Anubis! Excellent work!

Below is Marshall Penn’s first dragon! Amazing!

And the other side

Shane douglass has been making some dragons! And they are terrific! Below are three!

Here is Claudia’s first dragon. Fantastic!

David Drollman is a dinosaur maker and teacher. Here a couple of his projects hanging at a summer camp! David has some videos to share here and here. Also check out his website, Whizzer Studios!

And check this out. David’s sister-in-law liked the Eragon series of books. So David decided to make her the star character in the books, the dragon Saphira! Magnificent! Lucky sister-in-law!

And check out his student’s nine-foot long “Reaper Leviathan!”

And a cute pencil holder!

Here is Susan Brown’s excellent first dragon!

Here is a dragon made by Sharon Czekala for her Halloween display. Really excellent job!

Needs a bit of a close up. Fabulous!

Below is a fantastic project made by Connie Lanz. It is “The Elven War Elk”

And here is the rider! A couple photos is needed.

From the back. Wonderful!

Here is Lisa Dawson’s “Felice the Juggler” Fantastic!

This is “Jenny Greenteeth” a legend from Old Lancashire (England) who pulls unsuspecting folk to a watery death! Made by Denise Wilkin. Wonderful!

Below are some wonderful paper mache works by Sams Foil Creations! First is the fantastic “Tundra dragon”

And check out this writhing little guy!

And my favorite, a feathered dinosaur, “Coelophysis bauri” Very cool!

This is Oliver (the nice looking one) from Australia. He decided to make something terrifying! And he got it! Oliver wants you to meet “Thinnamie”. Perfection!

Here are some wonderful projects that Veronique Smeulders made to hang where she works, in a home for the elderly in Belgium. She thought the decorations would brighten their day. Sounds like they did that and more! It helped bring the artist out in Veronique! The projects are magnificent.

First, this very cool head! Great textures!

Another of Veronique’s fantastic trophies!

And still another. Excellent projects! What nice pieces of art for her clients!

This is Rob’s latest dragon head. What a fantastic piece! Great colors and lots of personality!

This is Scott Lander’s crazy cloth mache head! Excellent!

This is Jonas’ first paper mache dragon. Magnificent! Note: Since the photo of this first dragon was posted Jonas has made many more wonderful dragons. Check out his website here to see what he is up to!

And Jonas’ son, Hans, made his own dragon trophy! Wonderful job!

Hans just finished another dragon. Wonderful!

An here is another great dragon by Jonas. He is called “Nidhug”

And here is a photo in the dark showing the lights inside Nidhug. Fabulous!

And this is Jonas’ latest Blue dragon. Wonderful as always!

Jonas just finished dragon number 6. This one is really cool. It is “Behir” from Dungeons and Dragons. You can see a video of it’s making here. Fabulous!

It’s hard to keep up with Jonas! Here’s his new masterpiece, You will recognize “Demogorgon” from the hit show “Stranger Things”. Strange indeed! And wonderful!

Here are two paper mache projects made by Karla Gabriela Gutierrez. You might recognize the first. It is a Skeksis from the Dark Crystal movie! Fantastic! The second is Karla’s dragon. Excellent!

And here is Karla’s fantastic dragon

This is Tamara Nelson’s “Man Eating Plant.” Magnificent! I love this project. So detailed. Beautiful in ever way!

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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!

This is Duain Kelaart’s Animatronic Sea Dragon. It is really fantastic. Operates with motion in front of it. I can’t put the on this post, but you can see it in YouTube, here. You can see more of Duain’s excellent projects lower on the page. And you can see a lot more information on his website, here.

Here is Ivona Velinovskis’ first paper mache dragon. Beautiful job!

And here is Ivona with her dragon. A great match!

And here is Ivona’s newest project. Love the lights. Love the attitude of the animal! Beautiful!

Check out Jeff Mongloux paper mache dragon! Jeff is on the left. 🙂 Excellent!

This is Duain Kelaart’s paper mache dragon. Very nice job! Check out his Youtube channel, “DK Arts.”

And Duain has made another fantastic Animatronic Sea Dragon! Excellent work! So great in fact that it was featured in a book and website that you can see here.

Here is Duain’s latest project. This is his Chupacabra – Gargoyle Hybrid. Just fantastic!

You can see more about this project here, https://bit.ly/2VzKrmw and here, https://bit.ly/2S8CmTW. .

It also glows in the dark.

Here is Duain’s halloween project this year. A fantastic Werewolf! You can see a photo progression on Youtube, here, https://youtu.be/VcTL4m7VxOw

Another great project by Duain. A lovely mixture of 2 and 3D. Great work as always!

And here is Duain’s newest 2D/3D masterpiece! You can see a video of this build here.

Agnes Klein-Orban is a paper mache artist living in Vienna. Below are three of her wonderful pieces, three beautiful women!

Here is a great “water dragon” trophy made by Maygan Frederick. Fantastic!

Here are some terrific sculptures made by Nareth Fernández. First, two great owls!

And look at Nareth Fernández’s dragon and cool monsters head! Excellent!

Here is Mark McCauley’s first dragon. Fantastic!

Check out Kim Wendelin’s great dragon trophy! This on her first attempt! Excellent!

Here is Tamaka Bailey’s eagle. What a great project!

Here is Uwe Luckhardt with his second paper mache dragon head! You know what they say about two heads being better than one! Excellent job!

This is “Craig’s Ice Dragon.” This is fairly large project, about 2 meters tall! Very cool!

Below is Kipp’s first paper mache dragon trophy. Magnificent!

This is an ugly, and beautiful, little monster named “Burp” made by Barry. I always love a good monster!

And here is Barry’s newest project, his “Terrordactyl”. The project is articulated and the wooden mechanism makes it fly. Excellent!

Speaking of great monsters, my friend Don Hagemeyer has been making them for a while n ow. Here is one who just had a monster-make-over. Meet “Mr Green, Hello Good Bye.” Fantastic!

Here is the first dragon made by Meredith Leopard. Fantastic!

Below are some projects made by paper mache artist Pamela Spiro Wagner. All great! To see more of her work go to her blog, https://arteveryday365.com

Here is “A fanciful Dr Geuss.”

This is “Decorated Betsy”

And Pamela’s “Giant Dream Tortoise”

This a “Life-size paper mâché psychiatrist John Jumoke”. Amazing!

Here is a fantastic display of dragon trophies made by Ross Sprovieri. He made these as a display for his business. A great display indeed!

Justine Pipitone used my videos to make some wonderful trophies for family and friends. Lucky them! Here is Justine with “DeSoto.”

And this is Justine’s “Kratos.”

Heather Forster really loves paper mache. It shows. Here are a few of Heathers wonderful projects!

Elizabeth Mason made her first paper mache dragon, “Argoth the Terrible.” What fun! (That’s Elizabeth with Argoth)

Duane Berry just finished his first dragon. Very nice!

Duane also made this “halfhalf” minion for his son. Lucky!

David O’Gara’s made this fantastic dragon puppet named “Shiela.” Just amazing.

Here is a close-up of Shiela. Great face!

Here is a dragon made by Jools Dumbrell for a theater production on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Very striking!

Look at this great newborn dragon made by Ann Wright. So cute!

Anne MacKinnon made this wonderful dragon named “Audry III.” Love the paint job on this! Just excellent!

Here is another great dragon Sandra Bäumler made using one of my books! Love the movement of this piece!

Guido Reuter watched my dragon trophy video and made this excellent “Firedragon” for himself. Really great job!

Catriona’s made this great head dress of a snapping turtle! So cool!

Here is George Chave’s first paper mache dragon. Fantastic! Wonderful energy in this one.

Magda lives in Poland. After watching some of my videos she decided to make some of her own projects. Below is her dragon trophy, and under that, her “White Dragon” costume. Excellent job!

And here is Magda’s newest “Blue Dragon.” excellent once again!

Here is Bert Houbrechts’ little dragon. Lots of personality! Excellent work!

And a few dragon trophies. Below is Alexander Wachsmann’s first paper mache dragon. Very nice job!

This is Marissa Plowden’s “unemployment” dragon (because she made it while between jobs. So great!

Christopher Re has decided to fill his workspace with dragons. He is well on his way with these two excellent trophies!

This is Milton Montaño Rojas’ dragon. Wonderful colors! Very nice dragon!

Hannah Mae Sovinski has been making some great monsters! Here is one of them.

Akhilesh made his son a wonderful paper mache minion! Here it is with his son, Bhaumik.

Koni Lanzius’ made this wonderful dragon, VAKAROS! Beautifully done!

And here is the rider on the dragon. She has her own costume!

Koni has just finished another wonderful piece, this time the Elf King from Lord of the Rings!

Some close-ups….

Thomas Rozek makes GREAT masks! Some are paper mache, some are more mixed media. But they are all very cool. Here are a couple. If you’d like to see more, visit Thomas here.

Check out his Scorpion mask! Two angles.

And Thomas calls this “Casual Friday Mask”. Wonderful!

Janet Davison has made two great dragons (so far!)! They have each won awards at a local state fair! Great job!

Chris Gilbert decided to give his cousin a really cool wedding gift. And he did! Look at the paper mache dragon he made for him! He named it “Prometheus” after a character in Dungeons and Dragons. Fantastic!

Patti Shirley has a wonderful sense of humor. She made this paper mache “PENNYWISE” in order to sneak it into her brother’s bathroom and give him a scare. I guess it worked! It certainly would on me! What a fantastic rendition!

Patti has just finished this fantastic rendition of “Groot.” Excellent!

Shannon Gray decided to make her son, Evan a great Halloween costume. So she made this “‘Sorceror Dragon” for him! Fabulous! What a lucky kid (and talented mom)!

Jeanne Greenleaf made this incrdible “DragonChicken!” Love the expression!

Jeanne has also made a number of excellent fish! A sample below. Great work!

Check out this fantastic dragon trophy made by Marko Salomäki! Love the textures and colors. Excellent job!

If you like Tolkien, you’ll enjoy this dragon! This is Maygan’s version of Smaug over the Lonely Mountain. Fantastic!

A closer look is warranted, especially the fire that she added!

Nipsolass Clark has been making some great masks the last couple of years. Here is his fabulous gremlin mask! Wonderful!

And here is Nipsolass’ Triceratops mask! Incredible!

And Nipsolass finished a couple more fantastic masks before Halloween. Check out this dinosaur/dragon mask!

And this very strange character!

Look at this adorable photo of Alex holding her first paper mache dragon sculpture! (She had some help making the dragon from mom, Jessica) Wonderful!

Bill Wehmeier made a great paper mache dragon for his Halloween display this year. It is about 5 feet tall! Fantastic!

Below are some excellent dragons made by Gord Merritt. First are a couple of wonderful babies!

And here are a few of Gord’s trophies. Fantastic!

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I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos and 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!

Steph Skipworth works at a 911 call center. She made this dragon to hang on the job. What fun!

Here is Chris Fitzhugh’s first paper mache dragon! Fantastic job! Congratulations Chris!

Chris just finished his first dragon trophy. Really great!

And Chris just finished these great pumpkins for Halloween this year! Excellent!

Below is Maddy JULIEN’s fantastic paper mache dragon. Incredible! And I love the backdrop!

Check out this wonderful dragon made by Uwe Luckhardt! He shot the photo on green screen and put it on a great background. Fantastic!

What fun to have an artistic grandpa like Richard! He worked with his grandkids to make these fantastic bugs! This is Isabel with her praying mantis. Excellent!

And here is Caitlin with her incredible bug! Love this!

By the way…the bug’s eyes light up!

Jeff Bullard works with a marching band (Mid-Carolina High School Marching Band, Prosperity, SC.) whose mascot is “Harvey” the dragon. They decided to build the mascot, complete with smoke coming out of the mouth! Very cool!

Arthur Wallis’ made this dragon for his father. It is called “The Red Terror,” understandably! Great job!

Honna O’Connell wanted to make something great for her son. And she did! Her is her son with “Knarly.” What a lucky kid!

Markee has been doing art for many years but has only just begun using paper mache. And look what popped out! A very cute monster (with great taste in literature)!

And here is Markee’s second little monster. This one is titled, “Monster Holiday!” Wonderful!

Speaking of great monsters… check out this fantastic beast made by Noninox Cenicerox! Fantastic!

Peter (dad) and Kelsey (daughter) worked together to create a wonderful dragon. They named it “Irma” because they were finishing as the hurricane blew through! Below is Irma, Kelsey and their cat, Loverboy. All three…adorable!

Mary Z made some great gargoyles for a Harry Potter dinner party (at Christmas time). The one below is “Sid”…

…and this is Ethyl. Such fun!

Below is a dragon trophy made by Olivier alias Elyrius Jablonski from France. Wonderful job!

Kseniya lives in Yekaterinburg, Russia. She has been making some great dragons! Here is a couple of them. First the blue dragon.

Then a green, hanging dragon (along with a close up). And finally a photo of Kseniya with her dragon.

Christopher Solchen worked with kids from School District 197 in Minnesota this summer. They made a dragon while in the day camp. This was the only photo he was able to capture before the camp ended. It is certainly a worthy project! So here is “Storm the Dragon!” Congrats to Christopher and all the kids!

Look at “Masha” from “Masha and the Bear,” made by Dazz (D.A.). Wonderful likeness!

Jeremy Boelter made his first paper mache dragons recently. Very nicely done! You can see what Jeremy is up to on his Facebook page.

And this is Jeremy’s first full dragon. Very cool!

And here is Jeremy’s third trophy. Excellent!

And his latest, “Ice”. Great!

Below is Linda Bunnell’s turtle. Just an amazing job. Love the shell!

Look at Chad Dean’s great dragon trophy! He made the plaque as well. Sweet!

Grace Jerome has made some fantastic paper mache works! Here is her Zebra.

And Grace’s incredible dragon!

Her amazing Lion!

Look at Grace’s Fox!

Finally, look at this incredible, full sized Giraffe! Check out her Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/gracejeromeart.

Trecy B just finished her first paper mache dragon. Wonderful!

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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.

Glenn Barry makes some fantastic paper mache projects! Below is an amazing owl, a couple dragons, a lizard, birds, angler fish, and an incredible costume! You can see more of Glenn’s work on Facebook. Check it out! https://www.facebook.com/berrypatch.art.14

Pete Marinelli’s is a 7th grader living in Ohio. He loves art and has recently been obsessed with paper mache. Below are some of his cool projects. First, his “Seaweed” dragon trophy.

Pete also made a marionette sitting, where else, on another dragon!

Pete also made this excellent Leprechaun.

Here is Pete’s “Freak”.

And here is Freak with his pal, a great screamer!

Finally, here is Pete’s baby dragon. Excellent!

Pete has been in his workshop again making more great pieces! Here are his new projects. First, a new trophy. Excellent!

And a great cyclops! And a nice dragon winding around a branch!

Look at this fantastic zombie arm made by Sophia Barton! Simply elegant!

Below is Heather Hearing’s dragon trophy. Excellent!

Heather just finished this dragon with feathers! Wonderful!

And here is her latest dragon, “Miirii. Gorgeous!

Lel Bevan wrote a children’s book called “Peanut Butter Boy”. She used paper mache to make the main character. Wonderful job!

Here is another great trophy made by Cheyenne Badolato. A great rendition of Smaug!

This is Julia (from Russia) with her paper mache dinosaur. She made it with her mother Zamorina. Fantastic job!

Here is another photo of Zamorina’s daughters with another dinosaur they made. Wonderful.

Wendy Morris’ first dragon. Really beautiful!

Here is Katrina Ssnowski’s “Steve.” Love that pose!

Rene Schoellkopf is a middle school art teacher at The Salisbury School. She grouped her kids and had them make dragons following the steps in my book. What a great project! What a brave teacher!

Here is “Toothless”

Here is “Goldilocks”

Here is “Benito”

Finally, here is “Firefly.” Great job all!

Here is Kimberly Winberry’s dragon trophy. Wonderful personality!

And here is another great trophy. Erin made this one. Love the intensity!

Check out Al Plata’s “Sauron” mask! Love the detail on this.

Al has just finished a new mask. Love this one!

Speaking of masks…. Here is a great one made by Bob Centamore.

Linda Nelson made this dragon, named “Hepzahbah,” for her cabin. She says it has freaked out many a visitor! I believe it! Cool!

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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. Enjoy!

Look at this magnificent paper mache sculpture of Cecil the lion. It was made by Terry Camp and is displayed at a nursery in Cambria. I love the little cat with Cecil!

Another fair, and another great project from Terry! Magnificent!

And here are a couple of Terry’s newest projects. First, a tribute to Diana. Wonderful!

And another tribute to Hispanic Women. Great work as always from Terry!

Terry has just sent me his latest masterpiece. It’s called “Fight Like A Girl!” Perfect title. Another amazing project!

Bradley Pierce has used the techniques in my book to make some fine dragons! Here is his latest, named Vesper. Check out Bradley’s website, Awoken Rising.

And here are a couple of Bradley’s other dragons. Excellent work!

Meera Schuhmann made this amazing dragon with some preschool kids. That must have been fun to watch!

Cathy Price made this great trophy (with some help from her son, Finn). Wonderful!

Ed wrote to me saying how much he liked my books. I’m really flattered. Below are a few of his excellent projects. First his little dragon and little monster. Underneath is his weight lifter. What fun!