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Paper Cement Clay Update – After One Year Outside

Paper Cement Clay Update - weatherproof sculpture

After a year, the toad I made with paper cement clay is still doing fine. However, in this post we see that it may not work for everyone, and I answer some common questions about the weatherproof sculpting recipe.

Paper Cement Clay Update

Update on the Paper Cement Clay Toad

So far the outdoor paper cement clay experiment is working really well. After seven months, in hot summer sun and frigid winter weather, my toad sculpture has not been damaged at all.

Paper Cement Clay Update

Update for paper cement clay recipe

The toad made with the new experimental Paper Cement Clay has now been outside for four months, in rain, sun and snow. How is he holding up? In this video we find out.

Painting the Paper Cement Clay Toad

Painting the paper cement clay toad sculpture

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.