How to Make a Whimsical Paper Mache Bowl
This is a great inexpensive do it yourself project for anyone wanting to learn the basic steps of Paper Mache. You will be given the skills to create your own handmade bowl, which you can in turn use these same skills to create masks, bowls, huge faces, snowman and so much more.
Great for Beginners
You will need three days to complete your bowl, although most of the time will be spent drying you piece between steps. You will leave with a solid foundation to build upon.
You can join me as I walk you step by step through the process of selecting you mould, covering, sanding, and painting your brand new unique and whimsical Paper Mache Bowl.
The step by step video has been divided into two videos due to the time limits on YouTube.
Preparation Required
Selecting A Mold
We will use a balloon as our mould for this project which allows for quick and easy clean up. I also use bowls from my kitchen covered in Vaseline as an mould, and this also works wonderful. Beginners are best starting off with a typical bowl shape.
Special Paste Recipe
1 Part Flour: 2 Part Water
Mix 1 cup warm water
1/2 cups flour
Dash of salt (prevent molding)
I usually use my hand for mixing because it is easy to smooch the chunks of flour and get this mixed into a nice thin soup. I'm sure that this paste would work in both a thin and thick consistency, but I prefer a thin viscosity.
Strip Tease Your Recycled Newspaper
Avoid using the extra glossy ad inserts from the newspaper or magazines they don't absorb flour paste as well, and don't use strips which have a sharp fold along them, they don't lay flat.
Make you strips by tearing your paper with the grain, a half inch wide stripe; you will need lots. Do not use scissors to cut the strips, the torn edges are better.
Day 1
With all the prep out of the way, it is time to start dipping some strips into the paste and draping them across your balloon. If you are like me, you will find that putting the strips on is pretty fun.
1. Hold one end of a single strip of newspaper and dunk it into the bowl of paste. Completely submerge the strip into your paste and pull it out and hold it above the bowl.
Next, use a two-finger squeegee move down the length of the strip and let the excess paste fall back into the bowl.
2. Lay the strip across your structure. Once the strip is on the structure, smooth it down flat with your hands working out all air bubbles. Work the paper strips all over the balloon as far down as you would like.
Add two or three layers of strips to your balloon and sit aside to completely dry overnight.
Day 2
You will repeat day 1 steps until you have covered your bowl with 10 more layers of newspaper strips. Completely let these layers dry it will probably take all night. Although you can speed up the process with a fan but your balloon will pop if you put it in the sun, do don't.
Awesome you are ready to move on to DIY Handmade Whimsy Paper Mache Bowl Part 2.
Smiles and Rose,
Charisse
Visit http://whimsypapermache.com for complete step by step instructions for completing your DIY Handmade Whimsy Paper Mache Bowl in time for the holidays.
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And the bowl looks awesome!
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