Laurie Hardin: It's Paper Mache Time!

Monkey-Cats Studio

These are the reason for "Monkey-Cats" Studio receiving the name. Pretty cute when they were kittens but they are now 9 years old, still think they are kittens and try to fit in the same spaces on my studio table. For some reason these two have very long tails like a monkey and received the nickname monkey boys from my husband. We are sure they can swing upside down by those tails! Their real names are Jake and Elwood, after the Blues Brothers, because they try to do the right thing but they are just naughty.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

It's Paper Mache Time!

It's that time of the year when my cats, Jake and Elwood, are in the studio chasing bits of paper mache flying about as I work. It might actually be worse than normal due to me being behind in getting sculpted figures done for Ghoultide Gathering. The hands are healed and I'm learning to sculpt with gloves on so that I can proceed with building an inventory of Halloween characters. Here are some of the paper mache figures in progress below. Can you tell this last group was a focus on cats, skelly boys and pumpkins?!!

I'm off to go mix some more paper mache clay to get back into sculpting mode for the day!

Have a great week and weekend!
Laurie

7 comments:

Unknown said...: Laurie, so glad to read your hands have healed and that the gloves are working out okay. Looking good!!

~ Lori; June 21, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Jennifer Hepler-Takens said...: Looks like a sweet band of friends! Gald you are healed and sculpting again!; June 21, 2012 at 7:42 PM
Monkey-Cats Studio said...: Thanks Lori and Jennifer! I'm glad the hands are finally healed as well.. I think this time the burns were actually worse than two years ago so I guess that means I don't ever want to do this again. I missed sculpting.; June 21, 2012 at 9:15 PM
maddyrose said...: Love all of the Halloween art. It all looks great so it would seem you've mastered sculpting wearing gloves.; June 22, 2012 at 8:02 AM
yoborobo said...: Hey Laurie! Long time no visit! What have you done to your hands, my friend? I'm glad they're healing and you're back in the mache making some new fabulous art! xox Pam; June 22, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Monkey-Cats Studio said...: The gloves are still a bit of a challenge, but I like having healthy skin so I'm making it work Maddy Rose!!!

Pam, I had another container of the mix with too much alkaline in it and it chemically burned my hands...again. You would think I would have learned from my first experience to start wearing gloves then, but not me. I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes!!; June 22, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Maggie said...: They are all wonderful! I love the big pumpkin in front. Glad you've mastered sculpting in gloves. Wish I could.; July 4, 2012 at 11:28 AM