Although we've always been keen to experiment with different shapes and sizes, Annemarie and I tend to work with a limited pallet of colours. We're both very much influenced by the natural beauty of the wild African landscape but have never really worked with the vibrant colours of our continent.
I keep saying I would love to do something really bright and colourful. I have these wonderful ideas while I'm making the piece but somehow, when it comes to decorating, I always revert back to my earthy tones.
We want this site to really do justice to the art and craft of paper mache but we can't do that on our own. And that's where you come in.
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Tall Pots
Hi everyone,
These are my latest projects: Each one is made from a 'witch's hat', an old washing machine agitator from the local Buy Back shop (recycle ...
Clown Fish and Coy Fish
This week I decided to create more paper mache fish.
My method was to build my form with cardboard and plastic grocery bags the fins were built from plastic ...
Mother and Daughter / Paper and Fabric
This Art is a combination of Paper Mache and Fabric.
I first build my forms with gaged wire and strips of plastic grocery bags and papered with tissue ...
Lion Fish
I love Color and Paper Mache is my medium, I was looking for a quicker method of paper mache,so I built my form and paper mache with colored tissue paper ...
Hot Pot
I couldn't think of another name for this one. It's 70cm long, so perhaps it could be used for holding toothpicks and chopsticks!
I began with two pieces ...
Surfer Dudes
Thank You Karen for helping me with this project (with your broken arm and all!!) Your prototype of a surfer helped me get started big time . My boyfriend ...
Distressed Pot
This pot started life as a traffic cone, or Witch's Hat, as we call them in Australia... $2 from the local rubbish tip Buy Back Shop. The stand used to ...
Statue
I don't know if this project qualifies as paper mache. I made this statue using paper pulp and water; no adhesives...which makes it easy to reshape as ...
The Dragon Phoenix
Many, MANY years ago, I was a Camp Fire Girl. We had a project kit that involved making paper mache puppets in order to act out this short play that came ...
Rockfish
I thought it a shame to just throw out all the lovely shredded paper in my crosscut shredder. What to do? Like McGuyver, I reviewed my resources; stacks ...
'Antique' bowl
I made this bowl using 3 throw-away plastic containers: one for the bowl, one for the stem and one for the base. I covered them with a layer of paper mache/...
Old African Lady
As I have been on long term sickness from work,I really needed to help fill my days,so paper mache has become my hobby and I love it,I have made many masks ...
Zebra Plate
I made this plate by covering a $2 plastic plate from an op shop. I gave it one layer of paper strips/PVA glue and the edge is covered with paper pulp....
Papier Mache Goli Mask
I made this Goli mask from paper plates and papier mache for an arts and culture project for school.
They are worn by the Baule farmers from The Ivory ...
Autumn Leaves
I was inspired by the pretty autumn leaves that are beginning to fall from the trees in my back garden.
I wanted to do something that would represent ...
Storage Box / Side Table
I made this storage box / side table by recycling an old milk crate and covering it inside and out with paper pulp. I gave the outside a textured finish ...
Coffin Shaped Coffee Table
I had a mattress delivered to my new flat the other day and it dawned on me that the box it came in would be the perfect size for a coffee table that I ...
SNOWBALL GIRL
I wanted to make a 3D cartoon character and then thought about doing one for each season.
So here is the 1st one, just finished 2 days ago, and she'...
DOORSTOP CAT
I needed a doorstop for my bedroom door, and I love cats, and that mixed with a bit of imagination and a lot of paper mache resulted in my whimsical-looking ...
Easter Island Statue_Letterbox
I made this Easter Island letterbox from paper mache, then fibreglassed it.
When the fibreglass resin was hard, I hosed all the paper and cardboard ...
Terracotta Fruit Bowl
This was my first attempt at a paper mache bowl.
I soaked 10 layers of newspaper sheets in PVA glue, then draped them over a ceramic bowl covered in ...