Take An Idea, Any Idea.

Papermache House

When you have a few techniques under your belt, it becomes easier to develop your designs. I have always loved working with my hands in a creative way.

I work much better in 3 dimensions; drawing and painting have always eluded me.

When I was a kid, back in the 1950s and 60s, like most families, we never had much money for toys and things, but we had plenty of "rubbish", you know: cardboard, paper, tin cans, string and loads of other stuff that never really cost anything.

I remember the time when I was shown by my dad how to make sticky paste out of flour and water. There was no stopping me then, it was paper and cardboard boats, planes, guns, hats, shoes, masks and my imagination was being fed by all the new discoveries.

I think that is what this 'creative' thing is all about. You are shown a process, technique, a method, and you run with it. You discover the possibilities by seeing what else can be achieved using the process in a different way.

These days there is a lot of information available about anything you want to know.

Back when I was a kid, Papermache was mostly newspaper and flour. These days, because of information availability and the availability of new materials, Papermache is one of the most versatile art mediums.

On this blog I'll show you some of the things that I do and the materials that I use. I hope you will find some inspiration from it, and have a go for yourself.

All creative ideas need thinking through; you need to visualise what it is that you want to achieve, and then make a plan, taking what you know, and develop a step by step process that will get you what you want.

Templates for above papermache fairy house.