Made by Jon Keller
This project was made using brown paper bag paper mache .
The armatures for the tentacles were made with strong , malleable wire , covered with twisted aluminum foil.
The spherical body is a ball ( made with wire ) covered in fabric . Then it was covered with paper mache .
The little suction cups on the tentacles were made by rolling a thin roll of acrylic polymer clay. Then I sliced off about 200 very thin discs.
Using an awl I carefully twisted a hole into each of the discs. After I hardened them I glued them onto the tentacle , one at a time .
The project was done in many stages , allowing the paper mache to fully harden in between each stage .
I put on a few coats of white base pant , after which I painted it reddish brown ( acrylic ). Then the final finish was done with 3 different colors of dimensional paint .
A big ” thank you ” to all of you for your thoughtful comments. Your feedback is always appreciated.
I love it! The dimensional paint is perfect for this!
I LOVE this piece! The detail is great as is the paint job. Thanks so much for the description of how you did it; super helpful.
That is a great octopus. Love your colors.
This certainly caught my eye. Love the texture and bright colors.
Love the texture and tentacles details
Wow!! Really cool Jon! Quite an undertaking but well worth it.