Concrete garden art is waterproof, and lasts for years. Sure, it’s not paper mache, but if you want to create large permanent sculptures that will stay outside, in rain, snow, and sun, cement is a good choice.
The leaf casting and toad are now painted and ready to go out into the yard. They were sculpted with paper cement clay, an experimental weatherproof paper mache clay recipe that we’re just now trying out, to see how well it holds up with rain, sun and snow.
This project was an experiment to see if the new paper cement clay will stand up to a Minnesota winter.
This leaf casting is made with our experimental weatherproof (cement-based) paper mache clay. When it’s cured and painted, it will go out in the garden and left there for several seasons, to see how well it holds up in the rain and snow.
These two new recipes for paper mache clay appear to be weatherproof. They’re based on a recipe from Warren Eggleton, who created giant pots with weatherproof paper mache clay, and they stayed outside on Australia for at least 6 years.
My DIY Gnome spent the winter outside, in Minnesota – and it’s still waterproof and hard as a rock. Success. Except for the varnish…
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Today we have a guest post by Jackie Smith, who recently posted photos of her wonderful figure sculpture on the blog. She got tons of … Read more
Today’s post is by Warren Eggleton, a reader from Australia. Warren has been experimenting with the idea of altering the basic paper mache clay recipe … Read more
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Note: I recently created a new pattern for a paper mache lion mask. It’s a great choice if you love lions but you don’t want … Read more
Includes Jonni’s famous Paper Mache Clay recipe, and tips on choosing the right recipe for your next project.