Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Paper Mache Product Advertising

There is a type of paper mache work I have gotten into that feels very similar to pottery. I use molds (some of which I designed and 3D printed) or make them from cardboard like pottery slab work. Decoration is done by paint or tissue paper and I also add beads and wire. I started getting into this on work trips away from UBC staying for longer periods in hotel suites where pottery was not an option. I enjoy this hobby but the apartment is filling up with "product". I am showing off some pieces here to use as a link to send to some potential local vendors. 

I had an idea of making sets of three with variations on a design theme like the bowls below.



There are vases (with paper mache flowers) and bedside jewelry holders. 


I have made a bunch of different boxes. This one was intended as a funerary urn. 



I was a graduate student in New York (many years ago) and had a chance to see some of the last graffiti subway trains. I admired the artistic vision. Here is my go at a graffiti alphabet and some catchy phrases.