'Metallic Look' Paper Mache Pot

This small paper mache pot was made using the strip method and decorated with a metallic look finish.

For the top one we left a hole instead of paper mache'ing the base.

To decorate we used Jacobean oak wood stain and gold artist acrylic. We decorated the inside before attaching the two halves together. This just makes it easier to get at the inside.

We gave it several coats of the wood stain and then sponged on the gold acrylic. To seal it we used dark tan wax shoe polish inside and out.

What I really like about this way of decorating is that it gives it a very unusual look for paper mache. So far, no one who has seen it has immediately guessed what it's made of. Even though most things in our home are made of paper mache.

A friend of Annemarie's even asked if it was made of pewter. The look on his face was priceless when he picked it up. He had no idea it would be so light.

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