flour and water make the glue and shiny newspaper strips build the form
Rory drew Jack's face on the balloon and we built the
papier mache around the eyes mouth and nose
first layer of paper and glue
2nd layer of paper and glue - we did 3 newspaper layers
and then one layer of tissue later
Drawing on the pin-stripes (we bought a pin-striped suit from the
opportunity shop and he added to the existing stripes with a
white fabric pen, to give it a sense of the original cartoon character)
Rory drew the bat bow-tie onto stiff cardboard and I
glued black fabric to it (using spray adhesive on both
sides) and then stitched the edges on the sewing machine
the wings and the face were attached/sewn to a dress-up bow tie
after the newspaper layers were dry we added 'Das'
(commercial papier mache which looks like clay and
drys in the air), to build the 3d form of eyebrows,
nose and teeth - giving expression to the character of Jack
once the Das was dry we put a layer of white tissue paper
over the whole form (to help hold the Das in place)
and then painted it white with acrylic paint
Rory then busted the balloon, drew the black lines on the mouth
and I added black stocking fabric to the eyes and nose -
I cut the shapes and then used pva glue around the edges
of the fabric and glued them to the inside of the mask
we bought white cotton cleaning gloves from the
supermarket and Rory used black texta to create
the bones of the hands and wrists - looking pretty
scarey now!!
and here is the finished artwork - happy Halloween!
