This year’s construction of our annual Halloween display called “The Papier Mache Nightmare” is behind schedule (as always it seems) due to a very busy last couple of months. To everyone that has sent me questions via email please know that I am working on getting them answered and […]
If you’ve read through the majority of projects on this site then you know that one of my favorite places on the internet is The Mad Lab, a site that hosts monthly prop building contests. The Mad Lab has motivated me to create many of my more popular pieces; the […]
Eighty days until Halloween. Do you know where your props are? My new props for the year are still resigned to a piece of paper, scratchy doodles and rambling images swimming around my mind. The ideas and concepts are solid but the actual physical realization of these new creations has […]
Today is August 7th, 2009 and I have finally compiled my list of projects I hope to get completed before October 31st. The list is ambitious and contains a few new props that will hopefully take me outside my comfort zone. I realize it’s not possible to read the actual […]
We visited an older cemetery located in Osceola County Michigan this past weekend. The cemetery had an interesting collection of tombstones but the thing that really stood out was the amount of lichen and moss covering the majority of the markers. The gallery of photographs should be useful for anyone […]
Over the past year I have taught six papier mache workshops at Space Studios, a local art gallery/pottery studio located in Midland, MI. The workshops have featured dragons, frogs, gargoyles and pumpkins. Forty three students have attended the workshops and I have logged over 70 hours of teaching experience. […]
A short article detailing methods to support and brace your papier mache projects during the drying process has been added here.
Several weeks ago we spent a weekend cleaning and organizing our garage, during the process we took a few hours to photograph some of the papier mache props stored in our garage. The photo includes about 75% of the props that have been built over the past few years. […]
This skull was an experiment in creating a prop by applying strip mache over an existing form. The skull also provided a chance to play around with different painting techniques by going beyond my typical dry brushing technique. The result is a fairly realistic skull that looks as if it […]
Completed five papier mache frogs for summer workshops in June and July at Space Studios in Midland, MI. These large frogs are fun to make and would be a perfect addition to porch, patio or pool. Instructions can be found here.