![]() ![]() Each layer of paper maché on a big mask usually takes me between one and two hours. Some background: For my paper maché masks, I usually do at least seven layers of paper, and on decorations with a shorter lifespan I often use about three to five layers. I know from lots of previous projects that this kind of tape works well as a release agent for paper maché, but I didn’t know if it would work well for the plaster cloth. My hope was that the test pieces would be fairly easy to lift off of the tape. I then covered the white paper completely in strips of clear shipping tape. I also labeled the bottles with “PM” for paper maché and “PoP” for plaster of paris, and I noted how many layers I would be doing for each. I then used a marker to draw a large rectangle on each one this would be my target area to cover, so all the finished pieces would be pretty much the same shape and size. I prepared the bottles by doing the following: First, I wrapped a piece of white paper onto each bottle, and taped it in place. Making multiple copies of something curved would mean I could try various stress tests on them and see how these materials would hold up in an actual mask or sculpture more on that coming up. I wanted something curved, because curved shapes are always stronger than flat shapes. I decided to use wine bottles as the base for the shapes I’d be creating for this experiment.
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