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If there are spots like this where edges of the paper has not stuck down, you can brush a little more mod podge onto the bowl to ‘glue’ it down. Keep doing this until you have several layers of newspaper covering the entire bowl.
Give each bowl a quick coat of white acrylic paint to ensure your colors really pop later.
How to make paper mache bowl. Painting the inner surface of the bowl. With your fingers, remove excess paste. That means you want to lay the patterned napkin pieces down face down.
Also, if you intend to do this project with a child, leave out the linseed oil (it contains chemicals) or use mineral oil instead. The original paper mache clay recipe needs to be altered a little. Keep doing this until you have several layers of newspaper covering the entire bowl.
How to make paper mache bowl (step by step instructions) step 1: Apply the strip over your bowl and smooth it down with your fingers. Repeat this step until you are happy with the coverage.
Preparing the paper and base (balloon) step 2: The oil really isn’t needed. I grabbed a few in progress still shots.
How to make the bowls: Popular sculpture and mask patterns: The pattern on the first layer of napkin should be facing out.
Trim the uneven edges around the top of the bowls (image 1). Painting the outer surface of the bowl. The purpose of this step is to break down the paper so the longer you can let it soak, the better.
Soak hot water/paper mixture for several hours, or ideally overnight. If there are spots like this where edges of the paper has not stuck down, you can brush a little more mod podge onto the bowl to ‘glue’ it down. Give each bowl a quick coat of white acrylic paint to ensure your colors really pop later.
Popular sculpture and mask patterns: Blend the paper to a fine pulp with an immersion blender. What i did was grab a handful and then flattened it out and pushed it onto the bowl.
Take the strips and dip them into the plaster. Again, smooth the edges into the rest of the bowl. Quickly brush a coat of modpdoge onto the plastic wrap.
Creating several layers and the last layer. Paint the inside and outside of your bowl. This will help that first layer of napkin adhere to the bowl easily.
Paper mache bowl in a wabi sabi style. Perfection is in the imperfection! View a 3 minute version of the entire process here:
Flip back over and paint the inside of the bowls with liquid gilding (image 3). Once the paper mache art bowl is dry, it’s ready to use! My latest paper mache clay project.
Add your candle and use it on your table as decor. Every time i grabbed another clump of the mixture i pushed it down so the paper mache. The first layer of napkin you put down will actually make up the outside of the bowl.
Allow to dry (image 2). Let dry and repeat for the outside of the bowl. Then cover the top half of the balloon.
Take your time and be very thorough, don’t leave any chunks unblended. To make your paper mache bowl. Pinch the strip and pull down gently this should take the left over plaster off.
Pull out your 1″ strips of newspaper and dip each one in the paper mache paste. Leave it to dry over night. Then start covering the bowl with handfuls of the paper mache mix.
This step can be skipped if need be. Place one layer of newspaper onto the balloon, then glue over the top of that. Once the spray paint is dry, brush the gold paint on both the inside the bowl.
Leave for about a day to completely dry and cure (image 4). Includes jonni’s famous paper mache clay recipe, and tips on choosing the right recipe for your next project. Repeat this process a couple more times.
Make sure that you overlap the layers going in different directions. Share on pinterest share on facebook share on pocket share on email. Shaping the edge of the bowl.
Creating the first layer of paper. This will allow the paper mache bowl to release when it’s dry. Use just 3/4 cup of wet toilet paper instead of the 1 1/4 cup the original recipe calls for.
Not to worry, push the paper mache back down on the bowl mold and add another layer or two of the paper mache. At this point i like to put a rough coat of acrylic paint on my bowl, since this will. African animal sculpture and mask patterns.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Lion king headress mask patterns.