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Your Paper Mache – Page 41

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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Your Paper Mache – Page 40

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!

Look at this magnificent project made by Mark Bradford. It is called, rightfully, “Machine Gun Monkey.” Brilliant!

And this monkey isn’t Mark’s only masterpiece. Here are a couple more. First, his “Cheyenne Dog Soldier in Ghost dance attire.” Such detail!

And here is Mark’s “Tree Demon.” Almost calm by comparison, but still lots of intensity. Excellent work!

Katie Glenn Trusiak made this fantastic dragon for Halloween! What an amazing piece of art! What lucky neighbors! Here are some photos of the dragon in the day and the night. Wonderful!

Michael Esker finished his first dragon. Excellent! You can see videos showing him making this project here.

William Wehmeier made this incredible two headed dragon! What a great job!

Look at this fantastic Halloween project Suzanne Matthews made for her grandson. Fantastic!

Here are some really fun projects. They are made by Joe and they are titled, “Joe Jr 1, 2, and 3”. So much fun!

And here is Joe’s newest Joe Jr! So cute!

And four more “Joes”. Joe has been busy!

Judi Brereton from Umbria Italy says she has a “crazy house”. It is filled with wonderful paper mache animals! Here are a few of them. Excellent work!

Here is Judi’s latest project, a great bull!

Look at this adorable little dragon! This was a project made by Beatriz and son, Jo Jo. What a wonderful piece!

Another view

Eric Garard is an artist who has added paper mache to his tool kit. Below are some of his wonderful projects! First his “Butterfly totem.”

And here is the totem with lights on! Great job!

And check out Eric’s “Jack Skelinton” wreath! Excellent!

Look at Eric’s Giant Black Widow! Perfect for Halloween!

Here is Sabra Overby’s first paper mache dragon. Magnificent!

Steven Lewis and his family are making paper mache projects together. And they are terrific! Steven’s project involved using his own hair! First is his shrunken heads on a stick. So great!

From the side

Steven’s daughter, Ariel, also made a shrunken head. Wonderful!

From the side

And here is Steven’s other daughter, Leah, put a multi-colored haired monster on her stick. So great!

Here is Lori cole’s eagle. What a great piece of art!

another view

Below is Janet Post’s new dragon. Fantastic!

From another angle

Cass Gordon is an amazing paper mache artist! Unbelievably, she is only 15 years old! You can see here work on her YouTube channel here. Here are a few of her amazing dragons! First a “Volcano Dragon”

And look at the fantastic multi-eyed dragon!

Here, an excellent “Sea Dragon” made by Cass.

And another green dragon.

And look at Cass’ “Feral Hog!” Wonderful works!

Zuzana_Sittková made her first dragon trophy. Fantastic! If you’d like to see some of her process photos go here.

A close up of the mouth!

Here are two great dragons made by Duane Berry! A fantastic red one he made for his mother (lucky mom!)…

…and a green one inspired by Game of Thrones. Excellent!

The photos on these pages are almost exclusively made of paper mache. But Karen Kingsley’s dragon deserves recognition even though it is made of Pal Tia, a paper and cement product that can be be used for outdoor sculptures. Look at this fantastic dragon she made after adding tile work to the Pal Tia structure! Karen teamed up with another paper mache friend of mine, Diane Sorensen, in a dragon-making challenge for charity. Very cool idea! You can see both dragons in process here.

Here is Ben Hellman’s “Catoblepas” Fantastic! If you’d like to read the fascinating story about the project and what it represents, go here!

Sara Hospador has been experimenting with paper mache bowls. Here is a photo showing the progression and a couple of finished projects. Excellent!

Below is Lynette’s wonderful “Blue Dragon!” Very nice!

Here is “Opal the Dragon” made by Lynette and Hazel. Fantastic!

And here is Opal with the lights on!

Look at this beautiful project titled “The eagle has landed” by Jon Keller. Magnificent!

And here is Jon’s latest, “The Doggie!” What a great piece!

And here is Jon’s dragon, “Black Sabel”. Excellent!

And Jon’s “The Mighty Ant”. Fantastic as always!

And a terrific new project called “The Lion Sleeps Tonight!” Just gorgeous!

And here is Jon! A paper mache “selfie” made by Jon. Excellent!

Here is Andy Slater’s magnificent dragon! Great job!

And here is Andy’s dragon mounted from the ceiling of a very cool room!

Check out MitchTheCreator’s “Cacodemon” (from the game Doom Eternal). Fantastic! Mitch shared his steps on his Instructable’s page.

Here is another view

Mitch’s “Leonopteryx” from the movie Avatar. Beautiful!

And here is Mitch’s latest, Godzilla! Fantastic!

This deserves another view. Love the lights!

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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!

Brian is a master craftsman, not just with the paper mache art, but with the way he embellishes the pieces with home-made weapons and various props. His goblins are fantastic. Here are a few.

Yes, that goblin is on a Warg! Excellent!

And this is a Mordle (with eyes made by Brian’s daughter!)

And a dwarf complete with chain mail!

Here are a couple wonderful projects made by Gill Heritage. The first is her wyvern (a dragon with arms aside from the wings). Under that is her “Goats and Troll at the Well.” What fun!

Look at this adorable little monster made by Eric van Vugt! Wonderful!

A closer look at this mischievous face!

This is Juliane Block’s cute little monster! Just adorable. If you’d like to see a great little video just click on the photo!

Below is a fabulous monster made by Maxime Dénommé. Great work!

And here is also a dragon trophy made by Maxime. Wonderful!

Check out Patti Shirley’s six and a half foot tall alien! Excellent! And a perfect display! (You can see more of Shirley’s paper mache on page 35!)

Rychie Floyd made a great gift for his daughter! She made a drawing that she said was like him, and then he turned the drawing into a paper mache project! This is “Smug.” What fun!

Gordon is using his own techniques to great effect! Below are four of his excellent works!

Visit Gordon’s website for more information about his art, here.

First is “Leaping”

And “Hummingbird Moth”. These are very large!

And this is “Pelican King. ” It is a smaller piece.

And finally “Scorpion Snake”. All great works!

This is Hannah Wilson’s first paper mache dragon, a little baby! What a beauty it is!

Here is Hannah’s latest dragon, a darker one. Beautiful!

Bill Stringer is making some excellent paper mache dragon trophies! Here is Bill with Vol-Arynn (red dragon) and Lapil-Rim (the blue dragon). You can see more on Bill’s Facebook page.

A close-up of “Lapil-Rim” Great job!

Here is Bill’s “Cern-Uannos”. Great horns!

And another green dragon!

Finally, this is Bill with “Flutterix”, a project he made for a sick little girl. It doesn’t get any nicer than that!

This is Florentyna Leow’s “Amabie” which represents a supernatural spirit in Japan. Excellent work! You can read about the making of this project on a newsletter, here.

Check out Marc Tsakiris’ amazing version of “Tik-Tok Crok!” Just beautiful work!

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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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Your Paper Mache – Page 32

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.