Although I studied Fine Arts I am really a 2D artist, but now and again temptation creeps up and shouts 3D! Now I have tried my hand at pottery, sculture etc but I find them too longwinded for me. But I greatly respect those that do. Anyway I decided to have a go at the old papier mache, little bits of paper stuck together. Well it may have been like that when we were at school but its become quite sophisticated these days. I have seen some wonderful pieces during my explorations and I got hooked. I actually have made many pieces now and mess around with recipes and techniques.
My first piece was Henry, above. and I started off by building a frame. henry is actually all paper apart from the body frame, which is a coke bottle (plastic) but the head,tail and leg frames were made from screwed up paper and masking tape.
Here you can see how once the frame was made the paper was added piece by piece, allowing layers to dry between time
Henry was fairly simple to make, and others must find it a good starting point because I have seen loads. I gave him 2 coats of acrylic paint before varnishing him. The top photo shows the finished piece, sizewize its the same as a real minature dachshund. I will be posting information on recipes etc, so please come back. who knows you may become hooked too.
