papier-mâché fish
using the same steps as in my make papier-mâché bowls tutorial, but with a wood fish instead of a bowl. a little chiyogami, a page from an old book, some handmade papers… and a little thread to hang them.
using the same steps as in my make papier-mâché bowls tutorial, but with a wood fish instead of a bowl. a little chiyogami, a page from an old book, some handmade papers… and a little thread to hang them.
February 26th, 2009 at 6:45 am
They are absolutely fabulous! I love the disbursement of the papers. That translucent looking one is wonderful. What’s chiyogami? Origami paper?
February 26th, 2009 at 6:48 am
Beautiful!
February 26th, 2009 at 6:51 am
So are these hollow at the back, or is the wood fish still inside? This is a particularly nice fish shape. I loved the bowls too! Thanks for the tutorial.
February 26th, 2009 at 8:19 am
so cool… so talented…
February 26th, 2009 at 8:31 am
this look so cool! the wooden fish stays inside, right??
February 26th, 2009 at 8:39 am
the wood fish does not stay inside – it is hollow. when covering the wood fish (which is protected by plastic wrap), i place bits of paper around the outer edges by about a half inch. i let it dry overnight, and carefully remove it from the fish form, and the shape is retained!
February 26th, 2009 at 9:20 am
You never cease to amaze me with your cool ideas!
February 26th, 2009 at 11:37 am
You clever, clever girl! Those are so fun!
February 26th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Sistah called me on her way home from work to ask “did you check out fish’s post yet for today?” she was floored by these beauties…as am i. great work jen. xx
February 26th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
(oh…i didn’t even realize Sistah commented here until after my comment.)
i can’t get a sense of size…how big are these?
February 26th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
good golly, aren’t you clever!
February 27th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
fantastic jen!!
February 28th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Wow, how that Japanese paper/old book combination is making me swoon. Was it hard to get the paper off the fish? I had a heck of a time with the bowls, but probably due to user error.
March 1st, 2009 at 8:05 pm
omg, you make such pretty things!
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:32 am
Those are some lovely fish.