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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 Leslie Jaramillo’s first paper mache dragon that she entered into her companies art contest. Excellent job!

Alan Faunch just finished his paper mache version of the Game of Thrones throne! What a lot of work. Excellent! Please see more of Alan’s work lower on the page.

Ffion Caines is on a mission to make 8 dragon trophies. This is her first. Fantastic work! If you would like to follow her progress or see other great art, visit her art page, https://www.facebook.com/ffioncainesart/.

As I said earlier, Ffion was on a mission to make 8 trophies this year. Well, he got very close. Here are SEVEN fabulous paper mache trophies!

Excellent job Ffion!

Here is a great Halloween project made by Rich Watkins. Fantastic!

This is Valerio Fracchetta’s first dragon. Wonderful job!

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Chris (from Schwabach, German) made this great dragon. He named it, “Chrisugo.” Excellent!

Here is Rachel’s paper mache woman with her little “Pompette.” Wonderful piece!

And a close up of Pompette!

And this is another project by Rachel, “Gloria”

This sculpture was based on the Beryl painting called ‘The Strippergram’ – you can see that in the background of photo. Excellent!

Check out Tory Sonstroem’s first dragon, “Jules Wyverne!” Fantastic!

Here is Juliet Hwang’s paper mache dragon. Beautifully done!

Below are two pieces by Santisuk Sujittanonrat. Very nice!

Here is Laura Lit’s paper mache “Candy.” Fantastic job!

This is Lauren Elverum’s dragon after a hearty meal! Nicely done! Love the smoke!

Here is Jorge Serra’ “Viper Indu.” Beautiful job!

Below is Steve Marriott’s “Vampire Frog.” Love the sweet/evil combination!

Check out Bryan Medina’s “Boogie!” Beautiful work with the sack!

And this is Bryan’s “Jeff”. Magnificent!

This is Rebecca Gee’s smoke breathing, awesome dragon!

Nancy Krug has been making paper mache projects for a long time. Below are a few excellent pieces! The first is “Elliot.” Elliot is 4 feel long and 3 feet high. Wonderful!

And this is Nancy’s “Frederick”. Love that expression!

And finally, here is Nancy’s “Big Red Sun.” Great!

Look at this Ice Dragon made by Troy Haas. Magnificent! It also has lights inside the project. You can see the dragon with those working on his Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/papabear.haas.

Sarah Reynolds decided to make a couple masks for her kids this Halloween. They are so cool! First is below.

Here is mask number two.

And here are the masks with Sarah’s kids! Wonderful!

Alan Faunch has been making some great dragon trophies lately. Below are three of them. Fantastic!

And here are a couple more of Alan’s projects, a great little dog, and Spiderman!

Jaedyn Grant had an assignment for her Language Arts class having to do with Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness”. She and her mother, Christy, decided to make an elephant holding a heart dripping blood as a metaphor for the themes in the book. And what a great job they did! It took many long hours of them both working together to accomplish this piece. Fantastic job!

This is Hetty Liet’s first paper mache dragon. Spectacular!

John Lo Piccolo has made some great Halloween prop! First, here is “Uncle Norman” (and his cute friend!).

Here is a close up of “Uncle Norman”

Here is John’s Ghoul! Wonderful!

And here is John’s “Demon Mask”. All terrific. Happy Halloween!

Jo Jo Sammons wanted a fairytale wedding. She needed a dragon (of course). So she made the one below. Simply fantastic!

Kim Winch wanted a Chinese dragon. And she made a wonderful one!

Look at the adorable little baby dragon made by Vicki Scales. Superb!

Here is a wonderful little hippo made by Christoph Schaffer and his daughter Lotte. Such personality!

And here is a shot of the mouth. So fun!

Here is a dragon made by Primo Rubini. He named it “Drogon”. Really excellent job!

Below is a trophy named “Drogo” made by Rudney Correia. Fantastic!

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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!

Check this out! Chris Burgess wanted to raise money for Talbot Primary School. So he made this dragon which dispenses candy and breathes smoke! Fantastic!

Here is another really cool dragon (and castle!). This one made by Belinda Hammond. Fantastic!

Below is Graham Fice’s dragon trophy. Very nice work!

Here is Marjorie Sarrazin’s Wampa (from Star Wars). Beautiful!

Below are some excellent projects made by Jennifer Buckingham. First, is “Green Dragon.”

This next one is “Ice Dragon”.

And here is Jennifer’s Medusa named “Vashj”. Fantastic!

This is Erick Angel Demetrio’s first dragon. Looks like a super hero dragon to me. Great job!

Steven Collins made this monster for a video. Wonderful!

Below are two of Sue Gregson’s dragons. The hanging one is “Geoffrey” and the trophy is “Arthur.” Excellent!

Phil and his son Jupiter (in the photo) made their first dragon. Fantastic!

Beate (from Germany) made a couple of marvelous dragons. First is her Chinese dragon “Long” made for good luck. Underneath is her second dragon made to accompany the princess. Excellent pieces!

Phyllis Wheaton made this amazing dragon! It is 50 feet long! She used paper mache on the head. So cool!

Here is Kristýna_Macková’s first dragon, “Bóďa”. Wonderful!

Below is a dragon trophy made by Eddie Sheffield. He won some awards with this. I can see why!

Here are a couple of dragons made by Brenda Nyhof. First, a beautiful dragon for the wall!

And here is Brenda’s dragon trophy. Excellent!

Deborah Palazzolo lives in Geneva, Switerland. She found a copy of my first book from years ago, The Simple Screamer. So she made a screamer and named it “Chichila.” I think it’s adorable. Great job!

This is Hope D Clark’s dragon. Very nicely done!

Jesus lives in Columbia. After seeing some of my videos he decided to make hiw own dragon. What a beautiful job!

Below is Vanessa’s first paper mache dragon. Nicely done!

Kyle Dickens made this award winning two-headed dragon. Magnificent!

And here is Kyle’s Frog Monster. Wonderful!

Here is one of Ben Juenger’s dragons! Great! You can see his video of this here.

Here are Gretel Krusel’s cute cats. The one on the right is Mabel. Gretel’s son calls the one on the left “God Cat”. The one in the middle is yet to be named.

Check out Mike Esker’s (Aka “This Old Geek”) King Cobra. Excellent!

And this is Mike’s new snowman, on vacation! Funny!

Christopher Bach made this wonderful dragon named, “Sharok”.

This deserves another angle. Excellent work!

Sally Atkins teaches in a school in Dorset England. She made this Smaug, with the help of some kids, for the library she works in. This is terrific!

Sarah Moses Earl made a dragon for her son. He seems to like it! Great job!

Here is another view of just the dragon.

Below are three wonderful dragons made by Tim Speyer. Love the movement in these!

Sabrina Schröer made this great dragon trophy!

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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!

Judith Wade is an author, and now a sculptor! She made the main character in her book “The Lost Dragon”. Congratulations on both!

Here is Марфа Корякина’s dragon. Love this photo!

And here is another piece by Марфа. Really great!

Finally, Марфа’s latest works

This is John Cooper’s “Snaggletooth”. Yes, those are real horns! Very nice work!

Below is Dani (Rhea McCullough) and her little Drogon. Perfect!

Lisa Albien made this excellent dragon. He lives in the woods.

Here is Sarah Handel’s first paper mache dragon. Fantastic!

Shauntelle Thompson’s made a unicorn for daughter Sophie. Here they are. What a lucky girl!

Check out David Wood’s paper mache totem! Amazing!

And here is David’s first project, a dragon trophy. Very nice.

Chelsea just started making dragon trophies. Here are her first two. Beautiful!

Below is Helen Köhler’s first dragon. She likes the white of the cloth mache so she decided not to paint. Great job! You can see more about this dragon on Helen’s Facebook page.

And here is Helen’s second dragon. He loves to climb trees!

This is Rich Helm’s paper mache angler fish. Fantastic. If you’d like to read about the making of this project, check out Rich’s blog here.

Below is Karin Stern’s first paper cache dragon. Beautiful!

And here is a great piece of art made by Brian Hendricks. Excellent!

Here is my friend, João Carlos’ first paper mache dragon trophy. Beautiful job!

And below is João Carlos’ second trophy, a deer head. Excellent!

João continues to be very busy making art. Look at his new works below! First, João with his new dragon trophy.

And another.. his blue Tiamat dragon.

And here is João’s angler fish and wolfman! Amazing!

João made this chalice as a commission. Very cool!

Below is Darmoyo Ramli with his dragon. Great work!

Here is Cheri Rose’s first paper mache dragon. Wonderful job! Love the colors.

This is Dan Wolff’s dragon trophy. Excellent!

And this is Dan’s “Opus”. I love this piece!

And here are some of Dan’s masks. Very cool!

Kyle Breske’s also decided to do some paper mache. Here he is with his excellent dragon! Kyle is on the left 🙂

Coleen Johnston has made some very nice paper mache art. Here is here baby dragon emerging from the egg! Splendid!

And here is Coleen’s dragon trophy. Excellent.

Below is some of Fabiano Pimentel’s paper mache art. First, a dragon.

And this great clown!

Finally, Fabiano’s fantastic pin head!

I conducted paper mache classes for many years with kids. So I know how much work it can be. Marcia Morehead teaches art for the Fowlerville Community Schools. She runs a paper mache class based upon my blog. I’m very flattered. Here are some of the pieces her students made.

Abby and Chloe’s paper mache monster

Abby and Nathan’s

Aliya and Bella’s

Bre and Behah’s

Finally, Charlotte and Samantha’s. Congratulations all!

Pamela Vogan Lynch also taught art in New York (one of many things she did over a 35 year career!) She sent me a few photos of pieces made by her students. I love seeing students getting the opportunity to play with this medium. Thank you to Pam and all the art teachers out there who are brave enough offer this to their kids!

“Monstro” by Emily Metruck

Jessica House’s “Jerome”

“Lounge Lizard” by Ryan Sullivan

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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 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!

the dennis families paper mache monster2

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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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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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. 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.

Mike Stones and his two daughters, Hannah and Abby have been making the most of their stay-at-home time! Look at this adorable, “Yoda-creature from the Mandalorian,” they made! Such a great expression!

And here is an earlier project made by Mike and Hannah. This is “Olaf”. Wonderful!

My friend Miguel Ruiz Fuentes has been making paper mache for a while now. Have you ever had heartburn? Just wondering. I love this.

And here is another of Miguel’s pieces, “Sunshine”. I love this!

And here is Miguel’s Rabbit in a Hat. Wonderful!

Lorena Tauton teaches art to sixth graders. One of her students, Colby, made this totally wonderful paper mache dragon. Colby named him “Frederick.” Really great work Colby!

Here’s something fun. Look at this paper mache tree made by Amanda Gathright. Excellent!

Paul Langwade made a great paper mache dragon. He loves to lounge around the house. Really great!

Here is a close-up.

Paul just finished this great trophy! He added l.e.d. lights to the eyes. Cool!

Check out Lena’s paper mache deep sea animal. I love the light!

A great paper mache dragon trophy made by Devon. Excellent!

Pedro makes very cool paper mache bird/human hybrids. Here a couple.

This is Zbigniew’s paper mache trophy. Nice job!

And here is Zbigniew’s paper mache two-headed dragon. Fantastic!

Look at this. Rainy Dodd’s made this paper mache project for a school project. Amazing!

Gordon John Wendling decided give paper mache a try. Look at his first attempt. Great work! He titled it, appropriately,

“Saint George’s Trophy”.

Marty and Dianne have been working with paper mache. Marty made this cyclops named

“Hugo”.

And here is Dianne’s Dianne’s “Frankie”

Below is Marty’s “Louie” with Dianne’s “Flo”

Miriam Heijnen made her own paper mache dragon. Magnificent!

And then Miriam made a double dragon. Excellent!

Mike and his daughter Hannah made this paper mache snowman named “Olaf”. What fun!

Below is Anna’s dragon trophy. Very nice!

And another paper mache dragon made by Meredith. I love how it matches the decor in the room!

Elena has been hard at work in the kitchen cooking up paper mache dragons!

And Alex’s made this excellent paper mache trophy! He calls it his “Frost Dragon”. Looks very cold, and cool, to me!

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Paper Mache Trophies.

If you know anything about my paper mache art, you know that I like to make trophies. Not because I approve of animal heads hanging on the wall. Truth is, I would never kill an animal (not even a dragon) in order to make a decoration out of the head. I’m sure I’ll get in trouble here, but I’ll say it anyway. A real animal trophy represents a very one-sided affair. Humans with their high powered rifles…animals with their….hmmm…..with nothing. Now, I would feel differently if there was some sort of law that said that you could only hang trophies of animals you killed with your bare hands. Then I’d be impressed by that bear or lion (or even deer) trophy over the mantle! But I digress. Making a trophy allows me to create bigger sized dragons, even close to full sized, without making the entire animal. Not that I’m opposed to whole dragons. But making one full dragon would fill my entire studio. Two, and my house would be full. Then I’d have to make art in my front yard. Since I make a lot of trophies I decided to make a post on just that topic. Here it is.

As I mentioned in another post, the first trophy I ever made was the one pictured below. I called it “Igba agondray.” I made it because I wanted a mother for the very first dragon I made, little “Punk.” I displayed them together in the little apartment I rented near the Seattle zoo many years ago. It is a really large dragon head. And heavy. I made the teeth out of “baker’s clay”, flour, salt, and water, baked until they split. Then I covered them with clear casting resin (more about that later). They looked great, but weighed a ton.

Punk Dragon

After that I made a lot of dragon trophies that just hung on the wall. Here is a sample of a very early trophy. They were fairly easy to make. I couldn’t make them fast enough to sell at the art fairs I attended.

My trophies got more sophisticated over time. I really like the one below. This was the trophy in my first time-lapse trophy video. You can see it here if you want (although it’s really hard to watch. Very grainy)(but the music is nice).

I didn’t just make dragon heads. Check out this crazy beast! I’m talking about the head on the wall. This was circa 1980-ish. I have no idea what happened to this thing. It was actually pretty cool. This photo is really faded. It was very colorful. Lots of colored washes.

Then there is the occasional offensive trophy. Can’t help it. It has to be done.

After a while I started using wooden plaques with my trophies. I think it looks better overall. I buy these plaques online from various taxidermy stores. Below is “Maleficent” from Disney’s classic movie, “Sleeping Beauty.” I made this as a commission for a Disney fan. You can read more about that in this blog post. Actually, this blog post provided my first viral internet experience. This post got passed around the world, several times over. It was re-posted thousands of times. I got hundreds of requests to buy her. But I only made one. I never make duplicate commissions. It is a promise I make to my patrons, that if they buy a piece of my art, it will be unique. Here is Maleficent with the l.e.d. lights turned off.

Here she is with her lights turned on .

The attention Malecifent received did convince me to make her “son”, a variation on the theme. Below is “Son of Maleficent”, first with the lights off, then with the lights on.

Funny thing….. Even though I made the son more fierce, with more horns, and many more led lights than his mother, it wasn’t nearly as popular. People liked him, but there wasn’t the same frenzy surrounding his making. Personally, I like him better than his mother. Such is life.

Then there is the trophy whose video went truly viral in December of this last year (2014). The “reach” of that video on Facebook hit over a hundred million per week for a month! Bizarre. I taught math for many years. I taught many lessons on “geometric” growth. This would have been a great example. I traced the beginnings of the explosion to just a few people sharing with their friends on Facebook, who shared with their friends, etc., until I was getting emails from relatives in Austria saying that they’d just watched my video. It was unbelievable. All that has died down. I am very relieved. Between the hundreds of emails and messages I didn’t have time to do any art. If you are the one person on the planet who didn’t see that video, and you want to see what all the fuss was about, then you can watch it here. I’m not sure what pushed this video over the top. Maybe it was Eddie making a cameo appearance at the end. Or maybe it was the music. People seemed to like both.

The video that SHOULD have gone viral is of the trophy below, my paper mache Zombie dragon. It is a much more interesting trophy I think.

I am particularly proud of the muscles showing through the neck.

While I’m a bit disappointed with this side of the trophy.

If I had it to do over, I would have make him much more radically rotten. Originally I wanted to maintain enough of the dragon to show what it might have looked like while alive. So I left this side much less dead. It just didn’t work. But it was too late to fix once it was done. I also have to say that the color scheme made him look much more pretty than ghostly and rotten. I would change that as well. What is the lesson here children? What’s alive should look alive and what’s dead should look very dead. If you want to see the time-lapse video of this dragon, click here.

Someone recently asked me, “What is your favorite project?” My answer is always, “The one I finished last.” This is my most recent trophy. It is my Paper Mache Drogon- Young Adult Version. So it’s my favorite paper mache dragon trophy to date. But I just know that the next trophy will be even better! (It really will be. Trust me.)

Sometimes I add “drool” to a project. It is a really messy process, and dangerous. It will also stink for a good month after it’s applied. I use “clear casting” resin. It is basically liquid plastic. You need a catalyst to start the reaction. This is the really dangerous stuff. I’ve heard that it will blind you if you get it into your eyes, whether you get prompt medical attention or not. That’s probably not true. But it sure sounds dramatic. I wear eye protection. And I work outdoors. I always add much more catalyst than the directions demand. Then the resin will stay liquid for about ten minutes. Then it will quickly start to congeal and the drips will begin to harden. During this hardening, too much resin will slowly drip off. Too little and it won’t drip enough. But if it’s just right, you get beautiful little drips of drool.

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