The Gang - drying out by the bathroom heater.
About two months ago, I re-connected with an old university friend. It was quite funny how she found me. Her daughter-in-law was on facebook, saw my froggy Christmas card, loved it, and showed it to Lynn. The artist's name was very familiar, so Lynn sent me a message ... Are you the Kathryn Ragan who ... I was! She [generously and kindly] wanted so support my artistic endeavors, so she asked if I could make some "awesome boxes". I had never heard of those; I thought she said "possum boxes", and thought it was a cute idea. Now I know what an awesome box is, and am creating some animal-shaped containers in paper mache.
I am having a blast with the paper mache!!! It is gloriously messy, gooey fun! So far, I have constructed armatures [basic support structure] for an owl, a possum and a frog. I have built up their shapes with layers of paper mache [using newspaper, old telephone books and flour/water paste]. Once I have a reasonable shape, I will slather them with gesso to smooth and give detail. Then I will paint them, with acrylic I think, and finally varnish the critters. I may get together armatures for a horse and a dog today, as well as working on the tugboat painting. It has been snowing for three days here, and we have almost a foot of snow - very un-Vancouver-like weather! I am getting a little twitchy being inside, not being able to play with Bruno, so I have to keep busy ...
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We knew you were magical!! Here we go on more adventures, and fun and creativity!!! This is fun watching you play!
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Neat!! I put my head down and create too when the weather is bad, it is lots of fun!! I was hoping to get some snow pictures but so far the skies are too grey even for that! Looking forward to seeing the finished gang. Have fun.
ReplyDeleteLove your thinking outside the box, Kathryn! Very unique project. :-)
ReplyDeleteAwesome!! Takes me right back to school days when we used to make paper mache balloons! Nothing like as intricate as these guys... Will look forward to seeing them :0)
ReplyDeleteLOVE IT! A fabulous way to sct without the expense of firing or bronzing. I haven't done papier mâché sines my eldest's volcano for the science fair. I'd like to see your armature building process. chicken wire?
ReplyDeletefroggy is great ! ...lots of fun !
ReplyDeleteI have to admit Kathryn, this is very different and it looks like a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteEspecially when the weather is cold and snowy!! I hope to see more of these little critters!