Comments on: Working on a shell

By: hil

hil — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:34:29 +0000

Thanks Spencer, nice to hear from you again.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:50:42 +0000

such potential in casting many similar shapes. Hope you progress fully with your experiments. Spencer

By: hil

hil — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:23:12 +0000

Thank you :)

By: Polly

Polly — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:53:47 +0000

Very beautiful !
Looking forward to see the shell completely achieved.

By: Spirits Dancing » How my shell is coming along

Spirits Dancing » How my shell is coming along — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:57:28 +0000

[...] are a few photos of how my tissue paper shell came out of the [...]

By: hil

hil — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:55:23 +0000

Thank you! I also covered it with vaseline, and at this stage can see that its going to pull off okay except where the glue got in around the joins – I tried to get as little as possible between the paper and the mold. I’m thinking three layers might be enough – it isn’t much is it?!

I have had success with newspaper in a plaster mold just using vaseline straight on the plaster, and then you make the first layer of paper with water only, no glue until the second layer. The plaster somehow draws off the water, and it comes out beautifully. I’m not sure now if the shellac was a good idea or not! Wait and see, I guess!

I enjoyed looking through your site, btw :)

By: Paper Mache Fanatic

Paper Mache Fanatic — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:04:00 +0000

Thanks for the photos of your paper mache shell, in process. I’ve tried using plaster molds (unsuccessfully, I’m afraid), but never tried shellacking them first. I think you’ll be surprised at how few layers of tissue paper are needed to make a firm shell. I hope you publish a photo after it comes out of the mold. It looks like it will be quite beautiful.