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I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos and to make something they love. 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!

We’ll start with Giovanni’s “Fantasy Paper Mache Design”. Magnificent!

Below are a few of Cindy Newbry’s projects. First, a very nice dragon!

Cindy also made this cool puppet.

And another excellent looking piece. Great job Cindy!

Here is Cindy Newbry’s newest project. An amazing multi-piece deep water dragon! Fantastic work!

Here is another great project made by Cindy. Amazing!

This Peter Scott’s cat head. I love cats, and this is wonderful. Better yet, he makes his paper mache projects to raise awareness of cat rescue. Couldn’t be a better cause. To see more of his work, and his rescue efforts, visit, snuzplanet.com

Below is elementary teacher John Rose’s dragon. He made this for a float. Excellent!

Here is another shot of the dragon with his friends. This shows you the scale. Love the costumes too!

Speaking of great dragons, look at the one Chantilly Ortiz made. Really beautiful!

Here are a few of Jonathan Gunter’s “abominations!” Love them! First, the rabbit mask.

Then this thing coming out of the wall. I think “abomination” is a perfect description!

And finally Jonathan’s last abomination. Cool!

Here is Maureen Pitz’s dragon. Wonderful!

From the back. I know how long it takes to add that many scales! Very impressive Maureen!

Below is Bob “the artist” Sigsbury’s pumpkin. What a great theme!

Another great dragon. This made by Darren Whittaker.

Here is a close up of the face. Great colors!

I love this photo. This is “Ramitheen” who soars above the Mineral Springs, Texas High School Library joined by the Readers of the Written Forest Library Club.

Here is Cindy Bushell with her family and her new dragon, “Eracorn”. What a lovely photo!

Here are two pieces of Susanne’s art. First her Tapir…

…and her deer trophy. Beautiful work!

Look at Mimi Nouveau’s paper mache dragon heads. Magnificent!

I really love the teeth! And the colors. Very nice!

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Your Paper Mache – Page 25

I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos and to make something they love. Here are more photos sent to me by people doing paper mache. If you have paper mache art that you would like me to display just send them to me at dan@gourmetpapermache.com. Enjoy!

I want to start with my friend and fellow artist, Matt, aka “Nubbie.” He’s been making some great art. I love the size and attitude of his projects. Let’s start with his dragons. Here is Matt with his giant dragon trophy! Matt is the one on the left. 🙂

And look at this beauty!

And another, this time his “Wyvern.”

And here is Matt again with this blue woman and another big trophy. So cool!

Finally, Matt also made this cool unicorn.

Here are some amazing paper mache projects made by Carla Shipley’s classes at Hoffmann Lane Elementary School in New Braunfels, Texas. This is “Artemis”.

Carla’s paper mache “Mariposa Bonita.” Very nice!

Below is Tiffany’s trophy, “Millie.” Exceptional.

Check out Sharon Armstrong’s house elves. The first is “Bobbins”. What fun!

Sharons paper mache 2 Bobbins- House Elf (1)

And here is “Doubie”.

And Sharon also made this dragon. Cool!

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Kim and Katrina made a couple of paper mache dragons. Here is “Pete.”

And here is “Ruth”. Wonderful!

Here is the first monster made by the Dennis family. Remember, the family that does paper mache together, stays together!

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The dennis family paper mache monster close up

This is Suzy with her first paper mache project/costume, “Billy.” Excellent!

This is Alex’s T-rex along with his son, Girassol. Great piece, and I love this photo!

Okay, so Anita had cancer. Her two friends Makayla and Madison made some cancer fighting paper mache monsters. Perfect!

Here is Meike’s first dragon. Great job!

And here is Meike’s second dragon, a trophy this time. Really great!

Lisa has been doing some great paper mache work. Here are some of her projects. First, the bear.

And her fish.

And her giraffe. Wonderful projects.

Below is Jerry’s paper mache “Mean-n-Green” monster. Fun!

jerry and lindsay paper mache Mean-n-Green

And this is Lindsay’s monster with cat, Allie. Lindsay is Jerry’s daughter. You know what they say…”The family that makes monsters together….(well, you know the rest).” Delightful.

Here is Lee’s paper mache ET. A perfect rendition. And the finger and chest light up.

This is Jerry Phelans paper mache “Peep Eater”.

You need a close up of this. So fun!

Jerry has been at it again. Look at his newest project called “Gladiators Who Cook!” Funny!

Jerry Phelan's paper mache "Gladiators who cook"

This is Tracie’s paper mache bust. Just beautiful!

I love this paper mache rabbit made by Jo Schaefer. Magnificent!

This deserves another look. Lovely.

Finally, this is Charlene’s paper mache “Luis Gluton” (a.k.a. Luis the Glutto). Excellent.

You have to see the tongue close up. Look at the texture on the tongue. And cool drool too!

charlenes paper mache luis gluton tongue

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Various Paper Mache projects

I’m going to use this page to put a few projects that don’t fit into other categories. I’ll start with this little paper mache baby dragon.

Paper Mache Baby

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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 by people doing paper mache. If you have paper mache art that you would like me to display just send them to me at dan@gourmetpapermache.com. Enjoy!

This is Mike Murphy’s paper mache “Audrey”. Great!

Mike also made this Marlin. He based it upon the one in the house on the Adam’s Family TV show. Fantastic!

Rachel Sarsfield is a terrific artist! She has been sending me photos for a long time. I love each project! Below you will see quite a few. The first is her most recent masterpiece, obviously based upon the Predator concept. She called this one, “Fred the Head.” Excellent!

Here is one of my favorites of Rachel’s. It’s also one of her oldest. It’s called the “Three Wise Gollums!”

Here is Rachel’s cute little dragon.

Below is another piece by Rachel, a very cute monkey with hat.

This is Rachel’s Billy Bob

Also Rachel’s paper mache “Arthur Pendragon”. Adorable.

Here a few of Rachel’s fantastic Mariachis!

Here is Rachel’s latest… “Marcie” as in ‘Lady of Marseilles’. Wonderful!

And here’s Marcie from the back.

Rachel has been at it again. This time she chose to create Arnold Schwarzenegger! She noted how much clay it took just for the muscles on the arm. And love the shiny surface,! “Arnie” never looked so good! So fun!

Here is Siebe Vu’s first paper mache dragon trophy. Very nice job!

Here is a project made by the art class run by Bryan Medina Mr Hill. It won an award at an exhibition. Congratulations!

This is Que Bigg’s paper mache dragon. Wonderful. Look at those scales!

Now this is something amazing. Paolo Orlando’s made a paper mache Empire State Building. That is astounding enough. But then he made two paper mache dragons climbing it! If you look closely you can see Spider Man attempting to capture one of them. Really cool!

Another look.

And a close up.

Here are a few of Jolene De Swardt’s paper mache projects. First, a great dragon!

Next, a cool paper mache mask! And then a great “Angry Birds” pinata.

Check out John Daly’s paper mache Praying mantis costume that he made for his son! What a lucky kid!

This is Heath Lambert’s paper mache dragon trophy. If you look closely you will see metal parts because it is a Terminator dragon. Very cool!

And here is another of Heath’s dragons. Wonderful!

This is Kelly Mazzeo’s paper mache “Toothless”. Perfect rendition!

Look at Inga Aleknaviciute’s giant, paper mache white bear. This is one of two. They are in Watermill Center, NY. Wonderful!

This is Mattie Sue Athan’s paper mache project she calls “Head Shot”. Beautiful!

And here is Mattie Sue’s mask. Very cool indeed!

And here is David Syer’s dragon! Nice!

Below is Castelletti Carla’s paper mache Halloween project. Kid’s will be running by this house!

While I’m thinking of Halloween, here is a paper mache mask made by Brandon Jackson. So fun!

Here is another great dragon made by Craig Jameson. Excellent job!

Craig decided to take a break from making dragons to make this amazing Jackolantern. Fantastic!

And another really great dragon trophy. This by Arnd Willmann. The eyes light up! I love these colors!

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Your Paper Mache – Page 23

I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos and to make something they love. Here are more photos sent to me by people doing paper mache. If you have paper mache art that you would like me to display just send them to me at dan@gourmetpapermache.com. Enjoy!

Look at these two beautiful pieces made by Chris Riccio. The first is called “Crimson Angel”

And the next is called “Stone Angel”. If you’d like to see more of Chris’ work, visit her on Facebook.

Here are a few very cool paper mache masks made by people.

First, Theresa De Hoyos’ “Big bad wolf” and that’s her daughter Dana as Little Red Riding Hood. Wonderful!

And Zachary Jackson Brown’s paper mache mask. Fantastic!

And here is Zach’s new project! Excellent!

Remember the video game Zelda? Here is Ethan Brett’s “Majora’s Mask.” Very nice!

And look at Dave Meyer’s Cthulu costume! Fantastic mask!

Speaking of great costumes, check out Benjamin Baugh’s elaborate costume. This is obviously from Jim Henson’s “Dark Crystal” movie. In fact, if you want to see this in motion, look at Benjamin’s video on Youtube of this costume.

Below is Frank Carrillo’s paper mache dragon. Beautiful!

Here it is with another of Frank’s dragons.

And here is Frank’s latest dragon (with his son Kobe). Wonderful!

Before Frank started making dragons he made great pinatas for his kids. Here are a few…

Look at this sweet baby dragon made by Joanne Secord. It is reading a book! Nice to know that some dragons are literate!

And here is another cool dragon. This is Alex Mitro’s “Earth Dragon.”

Andrée Deedee and her kids, Gabriel and Rock, made these wonderful paper mache projects. A dolphin.

Sponge Bob!

And this cute little Minion. Very nice work!

Below is Joanne Secord’s paper mache dragon trophy. Love these colors! Great project!

And this is Frances Summers’ version of Maleficent. Excellent!

And here is another great dragon made by Courtney Ames!

This is David Bombara’s first paper mache dragon. Beautiful!

David just finished his second dragon. This one is called Rex. Wonderful!

Below is Dom Bianco’s paper mache dinosaur. Great job!

Here is Jason’s paper mache dragon. Love these colors!

Here is Geoffrey Wonderdog’s paper mache dragon trophy. Wonderful!

Below is Jennifer Pratley’s paper mache dragon. Wonderful colors!

I love marionette’s. Below is Gregga Johnn’s paper mache puppet named “Trollee”. Excellent!

Davide Felicione’s paper mache dragon. Very nice!

This is just to cool! Amanda Gathright’s paper mache “Frankenweenie”. Adorable!

This is Tanya Johnson’s first paper mache dragon. Amazing job!

And this is Jake Hickey’s 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 by people doing paper mache. If you have paper mache art that you would like me to display just send them to me at dan@gourmetpapermache.com. Enjoy!

I have to start with Jack. I love this photo. After watching my Paper Mache Sea Dragon video he decided to make his own mother dragon with baby. I think he did a magnificent job!

Below is Ailyn Nannig’s paper mache dragon. Look at the size of this! What a great piece!

It deserves a close-up. So cool!

My friend Janet is an Advanced Calculus teacher by day. By night she makes monsters! Both are important life skills!

She just finished her first dragon trophy. Excellent!

She got a hold of my “Make Something Ugly” book. It described a project with heads in a jar. Janet decided to make some.

Adorable. Below are more of Janet’s paper mache art. A basic Screamer! Cute

Janet’s pterodactyl in a cage.

Her fish (in a plastic block)

Her Screamer martini! So fun

And another magnificent dragon.

Janet has been at it again. This time a three headed dragon. Photos just don’t do this justice. She designed circuitry for this so that the eyes light up in all three heads, and they also cycle through different colors! Just amazing.

Below is Robert Bunker’s paper mache “expired ouphe” (mummified Fairy). Very cool!

This is Trevor’s first paper mache dragon head. Very nice!

And check out the paper mache costume Rebecca Brissette’s made for her horse! Yes, it’s Maleficent! Amazing. Love her costume too. And I love the photo.

Below is Miguels’ paper mache dragon trophy. He named it “Shenron”. The eyes light up as well. Cool!

This is different…. look at Bryan’s paper mache “Santa Cruz Skate Hand”. Very nice!

Here is another of Bryan’s paper mache art pieces. Love the eyes in the hands of this monster!

Here is another great paper mache dragon trophy, this time made by Casey. Excellent job!

My friend Don Hagemeyer has been making great paper mache art for a while now. Look at his “Bird Eater”

And here is one of Don’s Screamers.

And Don’s paper cache “Frog.” Very cute!

It’s the Christmas season and Don made an adorable little snowman for his niece Layla. His name is “Olaf.” Wonderful gift.

This is Shawn’s paper mache dragon trophy. Beautiful!

Below Bryan Kyle’s paper mache mask. He just finished it for Halloween. Wonderful!

Kamila Plicha is from Poland. Here is her first paper mache dragon. Love the colors!

Kamila also made this fantastic mask! Lovely!

Here is Seth Bleeker’s paper mache dragon. Very nice job!

Here is Paul Disdle’s paper mache dragon trophy. Very nice job!

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Your Paper Mache – Page 20

I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos and to make something they love. Here are more photos sent to me by people doing paper mache. If you have paper mache art that you would like me to display just send them to me at dan@gourmetpapermache.com. Enjoy!

This is Tanya’s paper mache dragon. His name is “Nero”. Perfect!

Colin wanted something dramatic for the front of his house. He succeeded! Colin is Swiss. He calls this piece “Drouw: A Swiss Demon.”

Here is a photo of Colin with his project, so that you get a sense of scale. So cool!

Below is Annie Shao’s first paper mache dragon. What great work!

Nilly Conyard and her son made tis paper mache Face Hugger (from “Alien”). I think this is magnificent!

You can see the top of the Hugger in this photo, along with a very sweet cat! Very nice job!

Check out Bonnie Case’s paper mache dragon! Love the paint job! Wonderful!

Kelly Moran’s makes some great paper mache art! Look at this trophy of a fighting cock! Fantastic!

And look at Kelly’s raven. Astounding!

Michelle and daughter Emily’s made this cool paper mache dragon. Look the eyes light up! Excellent!

This is Andre Ferreira (Andrew) with his paper mache dragon trophy “Muriaé Dragoes.” Andrew sends his greetings from Brazil. Well done Andrew!

This is “Fluffy”, a paper mache dragon project made by Danielle (back row on the right and her daughters Destiny and Jessica. That’s Danielle’s brother, Paul, on the left.

Fluffy shoots dry ice “smoke” out of her mouth. I saw a video of this in action. Nice touch indeed.

Check out Brian’s paper mache skull mask! Fantastic!

Speaking of paper mache masks, here is what Andy made for Halloween. He calls it his “Regan” mask. Great job!

Mike Meile loves to work in paper mache. He made a couple commissions for a company called Bottleworks in Seattle (where I live).

The first is called “Hop Goblin”

And here is “Hop Devil”

Mile and his wife, Mikaela, also made this paper mache “Medusa”. Fantastic!

Richard is another paper mache enthusiast. Here are some of his projects.

His Dinosaur

His Fish

His dragon.

Finally, Richard’s “Angel Pig” Excellent!

Robert sent me a photo of his paper mache monster. Terrific job!

My friend Alberto made this incredible paper mache “Wind Dragon.” Here is Alberto with his dragon.

He also made this smaller dragon.

It’s hard to see the face, so here is a close up. Wonderful work I think.

Look at Beth’s first paper mache dragon. Very nice!

Here is Danny’s paper mache project peeking over the cabinet. He calls the piece “Hannes the cigar smoking monster.” What fun!

Tony made “Giddeon”, this paper mache monster (front and side view). Perfect!

Here is another project Toni made called “Alickina: Defender of All Mankind!”

Sylvie made this cute little paper mache bird. His name is “Albert”. Adorable!

Sylvie also made this wonderful paper mache dragon, “Leopold”

This is Brandon’s paper mache sloth. Very nice!

This is fun. Shea used my paper and cloth mache techniques to make this tap handle. Perfect for drawing your favorite beer!

Art saw my post about Maleficent. That inspired him to make this Gargoyle with eyes that light up. Nicely done!

Below is Gabe’s “Tentacle Monster”. Fun!

And here is Garret’s paper mache “Venom Hanging Squared”

And finally, Sam’s paper mache hanging Golfish.

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I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos and to make something they love. And more photos sent to me from people doing paper mache. If you have paper mache art works that you would like me to display send them to me at dan@gourmetpapermache.com. Enjoy!

Michael Mccaffrey’s made his first paper mache dragon trophy. Here it is with daughter Raven. Beautiful on both counts!

Dulcie Horwitz never does anything small. Below are a couple of examples. First, she belongs to a tae kwan do club and they wanted a dragon to be their mascot. So she assembled a group of volunteers and using my paper mache techniques they made it. What a beautiful dragon! Fantastic work!

Dulcie also made a paper mache dragon to accompany a story line her son was involved in at school. Here are her kids working on the dragon (great book he is using as a guide!).

And here is the dragon hanging at school.

Even better, here is “Master Gordon and Company” with paper mache dragon. Where? In the castle of course! Such fun!

I have knows Carlos for a long time. He is a great paper mache artist. He is a great artist, period. Here are some of his pieces. First, check out his Predator! Here is the face.

And here is the entire project. Here is Carlos with his Predator and his son. Wonderful!

And here is Carlos’ paper mache project along with another one of his adorable kids.

Carlos also made a great paper mache crocodile dragon! (He dedicated this project to me. I’m severely flattered. Thank you my friend Carlos!)

And his paper mache dinosaur! Excellent work!

Carlos also made this wonderful paper mache alien bust.

Here is another project made by Carlos. Magnificent!

And here is Carlos’ latest projects. A speckled bear and and condor. Excellent as always!

Thanks Carlos! To see more of Carlos’ work, check out his Facebook page.

Now here is Justin and Bonnie with their first paper mache monster “Mantenna.” Cool!

Even though these aren’t made of paper mache, they send a few photos of other work they have done, mainly with gourds! This guy is called “Salad Fingers”. Not sure what he is made of.

And here is Justin and Bonnie’s “Shrek” made out of pumpkins and paint!

And finally, here is Justin and Bonnie’s “Krang” made entirely out of gourds! Amazing.

Back to paper mache. Nicole has some pretty great paper mache creations! First, it’s always nice to have part of a beast coming through your wall!

And some eyeballs as well!

Nicole also made some cool paper mache license plate covers! Look at the mouth! So great!

And look at Nicole’s version of a paper mache piggy. I love this!

And one good piggy deserves another. This time a paper mache “Zombie Piggy”. Wonderful wonderful!

Finally, here is Nicole’s paper mache “Mini-Moose.” All terrific!

Here is Michelles paper mache snake. Very nice!

And here paper mache Owl! Excellent!

This is Austin Robinson’s first paper mache project, a Lion’s Head. I love the mane!

Jane Lennon mades wonderful paper mache pieces. They are also waterproof, a very difficult thing to accomplish with paper mache. Here is “Meat and Greet” Jane is out of Australia.

Karen made a paper mache throne. What a great idea! A few views.

Karens paper mache throne with footstool

Marc with his paper mache “Griffin Monster” costume. Love it!

Lisa made this turtle with Celuclay. The detail is simply amazing I think!

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I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos and to make something they love. More photos sent to me from people doing paper mache. If you have paper mache art works that you would like me to display send them to me at dan@gourmetpapermache.com. Enjoy!

I’ll start with Noe’s paper mache masterpieces. So incredible! You can find more at Noe’s art blog here.

My friend Aaron Stewart has his own style of paper mache. He makes some very unique dragons. I think they are magnificent!

And look at this dragon trophy! Wonderful!

Look at this very cool skull that Aaron made!

Finally, here is one of Aaron’s first paper mache dragons. I think it is wonderful!

Another paper mache artist friend friend of mine, Kelvin, does some great work. First is one of my favorites. The term “Paper Mache” in the US often conjures up images of paper mache piggies made by school children. I’ve often made fun of that characterization of the medium. But I totally approve of this version. Not the smoking…but the attitude! So funny!

Kelvin also does some fantastic fish! Here are two.

And Kelvin’s wonderful paper mache dog! This is quite large.

And look at Kelvin’s Predator. Amazing rendition!

Then there is this funny little guy that Kelvin made. Not sure what it’s called.

My friend Tyson Horn teaches sculpture in his art classes. His 8th grade student, Makenna, made this fantastic paper mache dog. I love it!

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I’m always thrilled when people use my books and videos and to make something they love. More photos sent to me from people doing paper mache. If you have paper mache art works that you would like me to display send them to me at dan@gourmetpapermache.com. Enjoy!

I love this photo. This young man, Tosin Olagunju, made some fantastic paper mache birds! I’ll start with them.

Peter Thomas is a great artist. Check out this Tyrannosaurus. It is a combination of paper mache and plastic wrap. Just amazing.

And if that isn’t enough, look at his paper mache alien!

Here is Peter using my cloth mache technique on this dinosaur. That’s pretty cool too.

I have another friend Juan Beltran who lives in Spain and has become obsessed with paper mache. I love it! Here are some of his projects.

You can find him on Facebook here. Here are some of Juan’s pieces. First, here is Juan with some of his dragons.

His blue dragon.

And Juan with more dragons and one of his great kids. I love her attitude!

Juan has also made some paper mache insects. Check out this mosquito.

And his scorpion.

And here is his version of my Dark Butterfly.

And his paper mache warrior elf princess.

And another little dragon with Juan’s son. Wonderful!

Finally, here is another little baby dragon.

Lynne Boltons makes some great paper mache art. I love this next piece.

And here is Lynne’s paper mache girl. So cool.

This is Diann’s first paper mache monster, “Snort”. Cute!

And here is Tracy’s monster in a cage, “Petunia.” I love using old bird cages for monsters.

I love these Screamers. Travis is a professor in a university in Texas. He wrote me a very nice note (and written and sent in the mail!) a long time ago telling me that my first book, The Simple Screamer, changed his life, that he would have been an accountant, or something as dreadful (his words) if he hadn’t seen my book. He made some Screamer and it changed his life. Now he is a professor of art history. I was (still am) so incredibly flattered.

Here is Travis’ alien screamer. Look at the spaceship he is riding! So fun!

And here is his screamer on a rope. Wonderful! Thank you Travis!

Now I’ve argued that people who send me photos often look like the art they create. This is Niles with his paper mache dragon “Miguel”. Q.E.D.

Great work Niles!

Here is Nicole’s paper mache dragon. Cute!

And here is her cat with a dragon head.

And here is Nicole wearing another paper mache dragon head. Terrific!

Al Sugarman has been making lots of dragons. He has certainly mastered my “cloth mache” techinques. Here are a few. He also makes some fantastic Halloween displays. If you’d like to see more, you can at Sliver of Darkness.