Vampire-Witch Pumpkin

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Halloween, Jack-O-Lantern, paper clay, Paper Mache'

With a broken wrist this summer, I didn’t get many projects started so when my dental office suggested that I make them a pumpkin for a contest, I jumped at the chance to get one of my creations done before Halloween.

Kreacher from Harry Potter!

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Chris Walas, Harry Potter, house elf, JK Rowling, Kreacher, paper clay, Paper Mache', Sirius Black

At Christmas time 2019, I had an idea to do Kreacher, Sirius Black’s house elf in Harry Potter. I wanted him to carry a lantern, but wasn’t sure I wanted to go that far in making one since I felt Kreacher himself would be enough of a challenge.

Halloween 2019

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Halloween, Jack Skellington, jack-o-lanterns, Pumpkin, zombie hands

Halloween started in July for me when I was asked to make some paper mâché items for the AZ Haunters’ Swap Meet in September. This post will be more photo intensive than instructional since I did not have the time to take a lot of progression images. I was asked to make a few pumpkins, but also wanted to stretch my abilities and see if I could also do some zombie-like hands.

Three-Headed Wyvern

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dragon, fabric, paper clay, Paper Mache', Wyverns

In early December 2018, I came across some videos on YouTube showing you how to make cheap silicone molds. Mostly people used these molds with polymer clay. I had no idea if these would work with paper clay. I had the idea of making a three-headed wyvern and needed all the heads to at least appear similar. I didn’t think I was going to be able to do that with my limited sculpting skills. First thing I needed to do was sculpt one head out of Super Sculpey clay for something to press into the mold. I tried to just make the head as simple as I could because I didn’t know how well it would pull from the mold. Once the molds were ready, I pressed the paper clay into the molds. I tried to keep the clay about 1/8 inch thick so it would dry easier. It still took a long time to dry so I wound up pulling them before they were completely dry. Since this was the first time I had used molds, I didn’t realize how much shrinkage the head would have.

Translucent Dragon Wings

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fabric, Translucent, Wings

When I started my first paper mâché dragon (Maleficent), I wanted to make wings that had a transparent effect. I just so happened to have some sheer scarves in my stash of scrap fabric so I thought I would try it.

Scorpion Pumpkin

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Halloween, Paper Mache', Pumpkin, scorpion

Hey everyone! Sorry I have been gone for so long! Seems like life just got in the way this year so I have only managed to get one project done so far.

Pig Nose Pumpkin Rat

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Creepy Creatures, Halloween, Paper Mache' Clay, Pumpkin

Whipping out the paper mâché pumpkin on these projects is a snap compared to the critter that goes with it. Guess I’ll start this post with the pumpkin since he took the least amount of time.

Pumpkin Batworm

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Creepy Creatures, Halloween, Jack-O-Lantern, Paper Mache', Pumpkin, Ultimate Paper Mache', Unhinged Productions

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays so after many years of thinking about this, I decided to embark on my first Halloween project! Before I get started with this tutorial, I want to give credit to Unhinged Productions and Ultimate Paper Mâché for their fantastic instructions and paper clay recipes. Thanks so much! You both are wonderful teachers!

Butterfly Dragon – Finally Finished! Part IV

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Butterflies, dragon, fabric

WINGS!!!!! I thought I would never get here! This dragon hasn’t taken me as long as others, but there just seemed to be so many little things that needed to get taken care of before I ever got to the wings. I started them like all the other ones that I have done, but decided to see if I could build them up with the smooth clay. So here is how they began…

Butterfly Dragon – Finishing Touches, Part III

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dragon, fabric, Paper Mache'

An idea popped into my head a few months ago about doing a dragon holding some butterflies.  Right after I started this project, I started seeing signs of butterflies everywhere. Spiritually, personally and as a society, we are going through many transformations right now. This is the message of butterflies, so it was interesting that the universe wanted me to add these little creatures to one of my dragons.

It took some thinking for how I was going to accomplish this so I started researching images of various butterflies on the internet. These were the three I came up with: