My other job

When I am not making a mess in my workshop, I am dressed up in business casual clothes and working at the Writing Center at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.

I just started a blog there:
http://sites.vmi.edu/drakemp

THE WINTER BLAHS GOT ME!

Since I've sick most of January and so far all of February, I have worked sporadically in my workshop but neglected to take pictures.

I will have some this week!

Here are some masks I'd like to imitate and do variations of each.

The cat mask is finished!
You can refer to my posts on Jan 30-31 to see the early steps.

The Rainbow Maker mask is finished.
You can refer to posts on Dec. 15, Jan. 5, and Jan. 10 to see the earlier steps. 

 

 I really like these muncher things. The maker calls them human fly traps.
I wish she had posted the finished critters. I think I will make a few.

http://www.halloweenforum.com/tutorials-and-step-by-step/94596-my-take-human-fly-trap.html


Here's a link to one of my favorite paper mache artists, Dan Reeder. He works really hard on details
I like the part of this tutorial on adding hair and fingers.

http://papermacheblog.com/older-paper-mache-projects/paper-mache-dark-butterfly/

The home site for his blog is http://papermacheblog.com/

The home site for his work is http://gourmetpapermache.com/


I just bought two of his books. What fun! he writes in a humorous manner and the directions are super simple. Anyone could make a monster with his directions. Both books have great photo galleries of his finished works. Both are available in a variety of formats on Amazon.

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