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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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Your Paper Mache – Page 35

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. 🙂