![]() Once thoroughly soaked place the paper towel pieces one at a time onto your sculpted face. I used a paper plate to set my paper towel pieces on and then brushed the paste on both sides of each piece of paper towel with a stiff cheap art brush. Cover your face sculpture with cooking spray or petroleum jelly to act as a mold release to get the paper mache off easier once it's dried. The rough edges feather out better and help hide any seems. I start by tearing off and discarding all the straight edges. Next tear up your heavy duty paper towels into little pieces. It should be thin enough to brush on and soak into your paper towels. I used one part white PVA glue (Elmer's Glue), one part pre-mixed drywall joint compound, and then added water to make a runny paste. When you're finished, use the instructions from your clay to bake it to harden it up. The nice thing about this project is that we're doing paper mache so little imperfections won't matter in the end. I ended up with a pretty exaggerated mouth and nose, which I really liked. From there, just shape things to how you want them. Smooth the tops of the eyes into the eye sockets, but leave a seam at the bottom. Place two more clumps for the cheek bones and two smaller lumps for the eyes. Roll out two clay snakes for the the lips, and two smaller snakes for the eyebrows. Make a sort of pyramid shape for the nose and put a clump of clay on each side where the nostrils go. Use your rolling pin (if you have one) to roll out a sheet of clay to create a base layer of clay on the front half of your foil ball. ![]() I wanted to place mine in a glass dome so I had to make sure it would fit. Also take into account how you want to display your head. ![]() There are a lot of good photos online to give you reference for the size. But honestly, this was my first attempt at sculpting anything since Kindergarten, and it turned out pretty well… so I say give it a try.įirst shape your tinfoil into a ball the approximate size and shape you want your head to be. If you don't feel up to sculpting, you could use a small plastic skull, a doll head, wadded up newspaper and masking tape, or just tinfoil. I decided to try sculpting a head out of oven bake modeling clay (Sculpy) that I could re-use it to make multiple heads. You'll need a base to apply your paper mache to. ![]()
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