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Blog Posts
Baby Tiger
See how I painted this baby tiger mask – with boo-boos and all. There were mistakes along the way, and you’ll see them all, but it still looks great.
Tiger Pattern for a Mask or Wall Sculpture
Printable Tiger Pattern Headdress Mask or Wall Sculpture No sculpting or painting experience required. You’ll be proud to say “I made it myself!” Order the
Fur Texture with Paper Mache Clay
This video shows a fast and easy way to create a fur texture using paper mache clay. This would work for any long-haired dog, or even a man’s beard.
Murder Hornet Halloween Mask, Part 2
The Murder Hornet Halloween mask gets his Halloween colors in this final video. He’s now ready to wear.
Make a Murder Hornet Halloween Mask
This Murder Hornet Halloween mask will be a helmet-style mask. In this first video I create the shapes with crumpled foil and hot glue over a bowl I found in the kitchen.
Your Ideas Needed for My Next Paper Mache Project
I could use some ideas for another Halloween mask, and for some caricatures of animals. Weird, silly slightly creepy, insightful – send it in and I’ll choose one.
Is This the Craziest Thing I’ve Ever Made?
This cicada bug mask has to be the craziest thing I’ve ever made with paper mache. But what is the cutest thing? Or the project I wish I’d made, but never have?
Make a Little Owl with Paper Mache Clay
This little owl starts out with a simple cardboard pattern and a fast sketch. Then it’s finished with paper mache clay and acrylic paint.
Sculpt Faces with this Easy DIY Sculpting Form
I made this pattern for a skull-shaped form to make sculpting a head a lot easier (and it’s less expensive than the resin skull I’ve often used in the past).
Painting the Rooster
In this video, my Magic Sculpt rooster gets his bright red comb and wattles, and his white feathers.
Magic Sculpt Rooster – the Epoxy Clay Layer is Done
This rooster portrait bust is nearly done. The plaster cloth shell is now covered with Magic Sculpt epoxy clay, and is ready to be painted.
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