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Your next project is waiting for you – discover more than 450 exciting projects, plus exclusive recipes and techniques you won’t find anywhere else.
If you’d like to see sculptures and masks that have been created by our fellow paper mache artists, be sure to visit the Daily Sculptors page.
Looking for a really fast start on your next project? Click here to see my sculpture and mask patterns.
Tutorials:
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.
Sculpting a Rooster Portrait with WED Clay, Plaster Cloth and Magic Sculpt
Sculpting a Rooster Portrait with WED Clay, Plaster Cloth and Magic Sculpt
Archangel Wings
Archangel Wings made by Sarah Manchester – full tutorial for making them with paper mache and paper mache clay.
How Harry Rosen Makes His Outdoor Sculptures
How Harry Rosen makes his paper mache clay sculptures, and protects them from the weather with FlexBond mortar.
Figure Sculptures Made with Tissue Paper and Glue
A big thanks today to Wishes Goodearth, from Tasmania, who wrote this article showing us how she creates her figure sculptures with tissue paper, glue
Make a Paper Mache Chicken – an Easy, No-Stress Project
This paper mache chicken is an easy, no-stress project. It’s a great way to start sculpting with paper mache clay, because it’s easy and fast – and fun!
Paper Mache Clay Without Joint Compound? My Latest Experiment
Can you make paper mache clay or silky-smoothy air dry clay without joint compound? In this video I do an experiment to find out.
How to Make a Paper Mache Bunny Sculpture
This little lop-eared bunny is easy to make, with either paper mache clay or traditional paper mache strips and paste.
Make Paper Mache Clay Without Toilet Paper
Can you make paper mache clay with newspaper or other recycled paper? No TP? Yes you can, and this video gives you a few tips to make it easier.
See my patterns for paper mache sculptures and masks:
