The dome is a paper mache copy of a giant beach ball that I bought for a dollar. It has about eight layers of news paper and a single layer of mache cloth. I then gave it several coats of polyurethane.
The ring which will be attached to the dome is a styrofoam wreath form that I found in a dumpster. I carved it a bit on the inside and painted it with wood glue and mod podge to reinforce it.
This weekend I plan making the window port holes for the dome and start the building process for the main body using cardboard scraps a friend of my wife's gave to me. This too will be covered in mache and coated in polyurethane before the paint job.
2 comments:
Stumbled upon this. Excellent first step. You definitely have the right process in motion. I look forward to seeing the finished product!
Great site. Keep up the art!
Dan
Dan,
Thanks! I actually got some great ideas including using cloth off of your site, which I have recommended to all of my friends interested in mache. :)
This project is going to be my largest mache build thus far. I plan on posting more progress photos in the near future so be sure to check back.
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