"Flat" paper mache paintings

The top one started out as a cardboard box. I broke it down flat, paper mached it and painted. The bottom 2 are made by using a curved piece of cardboard with plastic over it and taping string across. Then I put paper mache on them and painted. The orange one is really lined ridges, but looked like bumpy fabric when I photographed it in a certain light so I did the blue one reverse. It's actually bumps that are supposed to look like ridges.

Paper Mache "rock" Borders

This technique came from trying to be as sloppy as possible while making paper mache boxes. I was thinking anti-Jason Smith craft error art. Turns out, it looks so cool that I framed a giant vase with it. Turns out, none of the pieces fit together properly when I put them on, so it was craft error art after all.

Figure Drawing Final

The final project for a figure drawing class was self portrait. Everyone used the professor's DSLR camera, but I was the only one who knew how to shoot manual mode. The bones were in the classroom to draw and I matched my pose to suit them.

Paper Mache Guitar Amplifier Cabinets

I had some heads from practice amps and some speakers floating around and decided to make something of them. I made the small one first and then the large. I was going for a late '80s early '90s style with the painting. The small one has drips and splatters of primary colors (red, blue, yellow) and the large is secondary colors (green, orange, purple). Had I thought ahead to doing 2, I would have used one small speaker and one large speaker in each to make a matching set to use in stereo. I would also have glued together double layers of cardboard because the sides of the larger cabinet bent outward and were a pain to get flat again.

Twine Jacket

This jacket is made of hemp twine (second from largest size), black paracord and plastic buckles. It took about 3 months to create.