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I have been pretty slow creatively lately so I am just working on a door stop piggy bank, and some storage boxes for our living room so we can put misc stuff quickly away when people come to visit.
I looked at buying storage containers but they were all too expensive, and too ugly - so papier mache here I come. 
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Hi BBee... lucky you... I've got none, still too busy with my day job... I think I have 4 reliefs waiting to be finished... a boxfull of molded masks waiting to be painted... a handfull of sketches waiting to be started... and a pile of old newspaper waiting to be shredded and mashed... keep at it!
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I have almost finished the papier-mache bunny I've been working on. I got a request to make one since the kitty I made went over so well with everyone.
I am also experimenting with making covered cardboard tops to hopefully make usable storage containers out of recycled tin cans. I really need to get started on that second banker's box I have to turn it into a strong storage container as well. As you can tell, I need a lot of storage containers around here.
On a side note I have been wondering what the average number of layers of spackle is that most people put on? Since I am so new to this, I just wonder how much is too much and how much would be considered not enough? 
Is anyone else doing any projects? I always wonder what else everyone is working on.
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I think I've fallen into a 'Dead Zone'.
I'm making a multi-part plaster mold of a lifesized cat from a clay model. It isn't going as well as I had hoped.
Mostly, I am trying to gather a lot of my random bits and pieces of PM info together and put it into some kind of coherent collection. 'Coherent' isn't currently the word I would use to describe it right now.
I feel like all I'm doing is spinning my wheels and cleaning out the cats' litter boxes. Sigh. :cry:
Sue
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I don't want a public flogging here, but I can't shut my head up.
If I'm not sketching at night I'm messing about with PM in the day time.
I've got two commissions to finish a tree mirror and a box. There are two other mirrors I'm working on and three bowls an A frame free standing shelf thing. Plus I have been messing about with paper jewellery which looks quite good I need to test their durability.
It's because spring is comming I always get a bit out of control.
O.K I'l stand still now so you can throw some rocks at me .
Sue
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CatPerson: I am sorry to hear that you have fallen into the 'Dead Zone'. I know I get the 'Why can't I create anything and why are the things I create not working out' blues too.
For the gathering of random bits and pieces of PM info, you could always put them together in a FAQ forum. I'd be more then willing to help you by asking a million of beginner questions so you know which ones to answer. 
snoozysnowshoes: Well, I for one am not going to throw rocks at you. I am happy you have been so busy. I'd love to see some pictures of your work though. I love seeing other people's work so much! I find it always seems to inspire my own.
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Hi Bbee
Would love to show some pic's when I'm finished Ill put them in my gallery space and let you know. I would put some in here but i don't know how. I like to glue and stick a tec head I'm not :oops: .
Sue
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I seem to have fallen in between the two camps. Like Sue I have been sketching and have a multitude of projects backed up, but like David events keep getting in the way.
I recently updated my gallery with the finally completed Snow Queen marionette. I am currently building a mermaid puppet for my husband's god daughter. Also am working on a variation of the dormouse bowl for my mum's birthday. There is a request for a fairy from a friends daughter in the offing as well. My grand ambition is to make a start on the sculpture I have sketched out. This will be the largest piece I have yet attempted.
Most of the inspiration comes from visiting here each day to see how everyone is getting on.
Keep thinking up ideas and sketching them out.
Love,
Charlotte 
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well, i dont get to post as much or as often as i'd like... like everyone else, day to day seems to keep getting in the way of my PM 
i have started a PM relief picture for art class at uni.. and i am waiting for a bowl to dry so i can take it out of the mold... its been so long since i just made a simple bowl just to enjoy the pulp and the process
i have a camel that is waiting patiently to be painted... i dont know what the life span of camels is.. but this one must be checking out nursing homes behind my back 
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Hi all
I went for a walk the other day and came across a small piece of tree. It looks like the very bottom bit of a christmas tree which someone has trimed off. It has the most fantastic knots and bark texture that it has inspired me to make a bowl later on. I find mother nature is a great inspiration.
I also find that sometimes having a break and not making anything for a while is good. I've only started PM again after a three month break. It gives the old brain bank a bit of a charge.
Sue
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Well, those sound awfully cool! Good luck with all those.
I'm just getting started. My first piece is a fat guy with a beer belly flexing his muccles. It will be funny and whimsical (my kind of stuff). Here's hoping that it works out!
I went to a thrift store today looking for molds. They are having a 75% off sale! I got dolls for their faces, a piggy bank, some toys, and just plain stuff! I mean a lotta stuff! And all I spent was $8 US. I AM SO EXCITED!
I guess I'm just a big kid!
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Right now I am working on an old man face. I am really enjoying it.
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Here is the tree before I painted it.
HOLY SMOKES! That is huge! That is most awesome too! Really pretty! The old man is cool too, but this tree.... oh my!
You have a LOT of patience!
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Nice tree (I'm a tree sort of person) . The old guy freaks me out a bit I think it's the teeth. He's good though.
I would like to see them when finished.
Sue
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:? You are a busy lot. It's wonderful to hear the exciting things that are going on. Microbe - the old man and the tree are splendid.
I find the onset of Spring and the promise of Summer is stimulating. We have a conservatory on the south side of the house and I can just feel the warmth to dry all those layers and pulp.
I'm into a 'vase' session at the moment, designing various shapes and finishes. I've put the first in my gallery.
This evening I read through an encyclopaedia of animals and made some drawings. I can see the 'Sally Cat' type of construction would work with some decorative fish and also, with some careful moulding of laminated thin card, a ray.
I also have been given a pile of offcuts of insulation board that will be ideal to shape for basic armatures.
I also am working on a prototype for a case for a tenor viol that my wife is making.
Here we go!!
Good luck with the multi-mold Sue!
DavidO
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Hi all
Just to let you know I've updated my gallery space with some of my new pieces .
Sue.
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I think Im in a bit of a slump too. I started PM last fall and went nuts with it, I completed around 11 projects in my first couple of months, then my ADD kicked in and I moved back over to the music side of my brain. I have had some ideas creeping back in lately though so I think I will be getting started again soon. I have had a pretty common theme in all of my projects thus far, after 2 recent trips to mexico I have fallen in love with the artistic styles there and have been emulating those styles with my own work. I still need to create a gallery and upload some pictures, Im curious to see what you guys think. I dont know anyone else who works with PM. ...gotta get my digital camera fixed. Wow, im rambling (ADD) good luck with the projects all, and I have to say the old man looks amazing! Im pretty excited to see that when youre finished. :twisted:
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FlippantMicrobe: I just wanted to say that you are an amazing artist and greetings from a fellow Canadian.
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Thank you for the kind words :oops:
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Mister Ballon-belly loses his muscles!
I was gonna make this guy flexing his muscles, but the arms turned out wRoNg! So, now he's gonna be .... erm... I dunno. There's lots of ways to go. I'm leaning towards making him a band leader/conductor.
http://www.iinet.com/~lengoforth/0001sm.JPG
I'm concerned about how long this is taking. I've got 7 days into this! I've got his shoes made now, but not attached. I've got the first 2 layers on his head and will need -8. I'm gonna use pulp to make his hair, mustache, and smooth the joins at his arms. He's getting a bow tie, a cumber-bum, and probably coat tails on the back. Then there's gonna be a lot of sanding (I'm smoothing as I go to some extent). It'll probably take another 5-7 days before I can start painting! This is taking too long! Or is it?
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"Cumber-bum" I like it! lol! and more lol!
You don't actually wear it round your rear end, it goes round the waist and is a cummerbund.
DavidO
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erm... ha ha ha.... well, I need one around my rear to hold it up! (damn gravity!)
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Hi,
he has the most fantastic shape
I can't wait to see what he looks like with all the rest of him attached.
Thanks for the info on E-bay. I am still looking into options for sales space, we are a bit short of street fairs etc here in the City of Notts. But there is a new initiative called Cultivate that ties into our new arts centre.
They are encouraging as many local artists (minor and major) to take part, so I will give them a go.
Sorry got side tracked there.
All the best,
Charlotte
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That sounds great! You'll meet people!
Talk up having a fair and get some people interested. Ask about city ordinances for using a park. And get inspiration -- think tanks are better than goin' it alone. Perhaps you can make a community effort to have a street fair in the summer.
Also ask others where they're selling. You'll get some good input.
Best of luck! Let us know what develops.
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Re: The shape
That is molded around a balloon, one of the most fascinating shapes there is! Viewed on edge, in 2D, the shape is a parabolic ellipse, the same shape as the orbits of objects in space!
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Hi all
Just to let you know I've updated my gallery space with some of my new pieces
Sue.
ok fine! Which Sue are you? Please provide a link to your gallery.
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