A New Year and a New Medium!

I have absolutely lost my mind to paper and cloth mache!  A very dear friend sent me a video of this neat artist, Dan Reeder, who makes paper and cloth mache dragons.  Not only was I drawn to the subject matter but I was really interested in learning a new process.  The holiday break was coming up and I promised myself a real break this year.  All classes, lessons and gigs were on hold for two whole weeks!  This gave me the license to play and learn a few new tricks thanks to Dan Reeder's book.  I think it's important that artists give other artists credit for their process and inspiration.  So, THANKS DAN!  YOU ROCK!  I've been covered in glue ever since.

I dove in and I'm really enjoying this new medium.  Here are a few pics of the process that lead to my very first dragon.  

The formation of the jaws. The teeth are glow in the dark polimer clay.

Scale fabrication takes extreme patience and time.

Time to get a personality and a back story...

Sculpting claws, arms and feet was a blast!

Ready for a paint job! So many possibilities!

... meet the water dragon who deydrates her prey and feeds on squid and octopus

Fini! The wingspan is 4 1/2 feet and she's 2 feet tall.

Of course, it's now time to start fabricating her arch nemesis.  Meet the very beginnings of the Kraken:

... to be continued ...