Graceful Giant Paper
Mache Lollipop
You will learn how to take
recycled newspaper and transform it into a giant juicy Lollipop shape, cover
with paper mache, paint, and protect with shine.
This paper mache
project is easy, cheap, and great for someone wanting to learn the awesome art
of paper mache. Besides your lollipop will be an awesome decoration.
We hope to be a spring board to get you started and
encourage you to tweak, change the Lollipop up all you want.
Stuff List
Recycled
Newspaper
Plastic
bag
Masking
Tape
Paper
Mache Paste
Paints
and Paint Brushes
Paper
Clay (Optional)
Minwax
Varnish
H20
and Rags
Steps to Make Your Lollipop Sculpture
1
Build Your Lollipop Armature
Begin by wading up newspaper into a ball and wrap in
layers of newspaper making the ball grow larger and larger as you continue to
roll. Use masking tape to hold your lollipop shape and then slide the lollipop
into a plastic bag and tie the bag off and tape the extra down.
Draw a splat onto cardboard, cut your splat out, and
slide into a plastic bag using masking tape to contour its shape. Position your
lollipop onto your splat.
We used an empty wrapping paper roll for our
lollipop stick.
This is your basic Lollipop armature; change it up
to be uniquely yours.
2.
Paper Mache and Paper Clay
1st
Session
Cover
the Lollipop armature with 3 layers of newspaper using your hands soaked in
paper mache paste. Ready your recycled paper by ripping the paper into strips
of say 3 to 4 inches.
Lay your newspaper strips flat onto your Lollipop
armature and work out all air bubbles. As you continue to apply layers of paper
onto the armature your Lollipop will begin to take shape. Never give up you can
do this.
Once you have covered
your Lollipop with paper mache they must completely dry.
Lay them out in the sun if you can for faster drying, they will take at least
24 hours to dry depending on the size of your Lollipop.
Tip: If you feel that
your sculpture is strong enough you can skip to step 3 painting your Lollipop
sculpture.
Paper Clay or Paper Mache
You Choose
2nd
Session
For this session you
have two choices; paper clay or paper mache. Both mediums are wonderful and
will render a perfect Lollipop sculpture. The 2 best benefits to using the
paper clay vs. paper mache are time and toughness. Both recipes are on the
channel; please do check them out.
We will walk through
both paper mache and paper clay finishing process.
Paper
Mache: Cover
with 4 to 5 more layers of paper mache all at one time. Let it completely dry
before moving on. If you're Lollipop does not seem tough enough add more paper
mache (see step 1). After each session of paper mache your sculpture must
completely dry before moving to your next step. Awesome,
guys get excited to see your Lollipop take shape.
Quick Link to Paper
Mache Paste Recipe: http://goo.gl/BH5lgM
Paper Clay:
Cover
the entire Lollipop with about 1/4 to 1/2 inch layer of paper clay, doing one
side at a time and letting that completely dry. Apply the homemade paper clay with
your hands and smooth with paper mache paste, butter knife, etc. You can let
your paper clay dry for about 6 or more hours and then smooth more with paste.
The
size of your Lollipop will determine how long it will take to dry. A giant Lollipop
will take approximately 3 to 4 days to dry, the paper clay takes longer to dry
than you think so don't rush it, wait an extra day before painting for caution.
You
can use a fan, the sun, and the oven on the lowest temperature it will allow. Our
oven can go as low as 145 degrees Fahrenheit, which is a perfect temperature
for slowly drying your paper clay, we will place it in the oven over night and
pull out doesn't do well in the closed oven when off. Also, if you heat your
clay to fast it can turn dark brown in the oven which is okay because you will
cover with primer paint.
Paper
Clay Recipe: http://goo.gl/xoTFbJ
Question: Can I skip the paper mache and put paper clay
directly onto my armature?
Answer: Yes, yes you can if your armature can support
the weight of the paper clay without the support of the paper mache strips and
paste.
If you need once the Lollipop has dried you can
lightly sand with sandpaper and wipe off before painting.
3.
Paint Your Lollipop
Sculpture
Paint a white coat of primer paint on your Lollipop this
will give you a white canvas for painting. We use white flat interior house
paint to prime the surface our sculptures.
Once the primer coat as dried paint with acrylics
anyway you like. I begin with the darkest color and work my way to the lightest
color shade. Color is fun and you can't mess up, anything goes.
Let all you paint completely dry before sealing with
varnish.
4. Varnishing (Protecting)
You
must seal your paper mache pieces with varnish for protection against moisture.
Brush on 3 to 4 coats of varnish and let it completely dry. We brush on
Polycrylic Minwax at the studio to varnish all our art. The gloss enhances our
paint job. Follow the instructions on your varnish to apply.
Lollipop Wrap Up
This is just one way to make a delicious giant Lollipop
sculpture, hope you will use it to create your own Lollipop art and of course
share with the studio.
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