vineri, 5 octombrie 2012

cum sa faci o masca din hartie


pentru ca spre marea mea surpiza am tot mai multi vizitatori din Romania,m-am hotarat sa va bucur si eu cu un mic tutorial in curs de finisare despre cum sa faceti o masca din hartie.desigur exista mii de variante pe net care mai de care mai ingenioase si superbe...si finisate,nu ca acesta pe care vreau sa va arat.
statea ascuns pe un raft de biblioteca de cel putin un an.a ramas asa(w.i.p cum spun englezii work in progress-) din cauza lipsei de inspiratie.am simtit ca mai are nevoie de ceva,de accea este tot in starea pe care vi-l prezint acum.penru inceput am cumparat o masca de plastic care a servit ca baza

doar ca intr-o paranteza va spun ca prima mea masca(asta fiind a treia)am realizat cu ajutorul staniolului pe care l-am indoit in mai multe straturi si l-am presat pe fata mea.peste forma luata am aplicat pasta de hartie si a iesit o masca purtabila...de data asta in schimb neavand pasta gata preparata,am ales metoda fasiilor de hartie numita "strip mache".








am inceput prin modelarea mastii de baza cu plastelina copiilor,pana a iesit o fata cu diferita de cea cumparata.am vrut sa fac o fata de barbat














asa arata dupa primele doua-trei fasii de hartie aplicata.l-am lasat la uscat.este f important ca straturile de hartie sa se usuce bine.














a urmat alte doua straturi de fasii de ziar.aceasta alternata dintre fasiile de hartie tip xerox si ziar il fac deosebit de rezistenta dupa uscare.
 dupa ce s-a uscat am mai ajustat pe alocuri unde la pipait l-am simtit mai moale.l-am lasat din nou la uscat.veti observa niste urme de arsura(am probat o unealta electrica cu care se pot face gravuri in diferite materiale in cazul meu am vrut sa "slefuiesc"hartia prin ardere-dar tot asa se poate slefui cu mare succes cu obisnuitul smirghel).
dupa uscarea completa am netezit locurile mai colturoase cu smirghel.
 urmeaza faza pregatirii pentru pictat.aplicati un strat de gesso s-au un strat(doua) subtire de vopsea de perete,dupa uscare completa,slefuiti din nou astfel s-ar putea sa crape si chiar sa cada bucati dupa pictare.o alta idee ca sa evitati acest strat de pregatire ar fii ca ultimul strat de hartie aplicata peste masca sa fie hartie xerox alba.

seamana cu Data din Ultima frontiera,nu?
din momentul uscarii gesso-ului puteti incepe finisarea mastii cu pictatul ei si aplicare de textil ori par artificial,blana etc .lasati-va condus de imaginatie..mai bine ca mine,heheh...vreau sa mai aplic ceva peste cap,mi se pare un pic banala asa,dar asta cine stie cand.in orice caz am sa va arat cum am procedat.dupa ce ati pictat masca il puteti da cu lac-atentie va capata un aspect lucios,dar poate ca tocmai asta urmariti) s-au sa-l conservati aplicand un spray mat pentru acrilice.
spor la treaba,sa aveti rabdare-timpul de uscare intre straturi poate dura chiar si 2 zile! iarna e mai usor deoarece caloriferul e de mare ajutor,vara ne poate ajuta soarele sau un ventilator.important e sa circule aerul.


ildi

luni, 18 iunie 2012

Dan Reeder inspired dragon mask


further with my sons school ending festivity- along the mace i was working on a dragon head and wings.
i'm so grateful for Dan Reeder's aka Monsterman's videos and tutorials from his blog!
i'm sure everybody interested in paper mache knows him or at least heard about him.he is a very talented cloth mache sculptor(and math teacher) who never stops amazing us with his professional videos,books and tutorials.i learnt a lot from his uploaded materials in this days and  tried to achieve as much as i could knowing that time is never on my side( my little one had a week of chicken pox) so the mask is not perfect but i'm very sure it will be a hit on my eldest's carnival.Romanian folks are not familiarized with paper mache to much .....thank you again Dan for everything you do for us!!!i always appreciated silently your work but now even more because i needed to know ...i'm not good at speach and believe me Dan i was thanking you a lot while the mask were coming alive :) i hope i didn't caused you hiccups ;)
here a few spots with the head and my pajama hero lol





thank you Dan again! you're AMAZING!!!
so i still have to make his black clothing and add the little monster wings.......i will post it when it will be finished............have a good day!

duminică, 17 iunie 2012

a-mace-ing grace

hello,
my son is going to be a ....dragon.....on 20th at 17.oo and he needed a mace.no grace.
so i did it.her teacher said that she has one so i don't have to bather myself by doing a lousy paper one but stubborn head as i am i did it.well,it is so strong that it is quite dangerous .. i'm going to put it well or high after the festivity....

it all started with a simple paper mache ball.....over a balloon of course...not the one in the image but very similar,this became a rose ball :)

then a lack of "making pictures"of the process as i was veeery nervous to see everything finished in time,you know about the drying process ...the paper ball came out weak and i was afraid of loosing precious time so i dived into "cloth mache" and covered the ball and spines with on old torn bead sheet then another thin layer of "storebought mache "(for 5!!years but i never touched it until now).

 i still got two and half days to finish his costume.but the mace is ready hehehe




be good and i will not use the mace lol :)
PS-a very useful video of faux wood finish i loved -i will share the link tomorrow-

miercuri, 23 mai 2012

miniature cottage


because i sold the little houses nr 1,2 and 3 on my Etsy and i envy them flying all the way to Australia i thought it may be a good idea to make some more.now a bunch of 8 little paper mache houses are ready and some in progress.I had great time painting them but must admit that my eyes were slightly affected working on delicate details on the rough paper mache.so the first three of this new edition miniatures were inspired by Romanian most exactly Transylvanian region old village cottage.the yellow house representing a school while the other two ar most often encountered in the mountainous region.



the second set of three eco friendly miniatures is populated by hobbits.i can hear them making noise and giggle in the night ;)


 guess what nr have the house on the pumpkin?.......... yes you've guessed!nr13. and it wasn't on purpose.i might change the color of the red door.
                   
stay cool on your little or fancy houses!.................ildi

marți, 15 mai 2012

mixed pickles

         mostly of paper pulp :)
but this orange mandala necklace made to order-i confess i had enough of spinning the paper so these may be the last ones till the desire blooms again hehe-




so all of these above made to order but given away at the end at my will in a little crepe paper sack and dandelion flower shown below...


... from the stack of bits finally some items ready :sawdust-the first pin- and paper mache the second one


.....earrings finished at my mom's request

and last... wip on my table -paper pulp houses,windmill etc made of egg casings...

...of which two are almost ready :)


thanks for watching...............:) idli



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