The author makes it easy for you to create a tiny paper mache dog of your own. You only need a few basic tools and some materials that you may already have lying around the house. The only thing you may need to purchase is a few feet of aluminum wire for the armature -- or use some wire you alredy have on hand. First, choose a pattern from the 27 breeds included in the book. Then build your armature by bending the wires, using the pattern for a guide. This makes sure that your finished sculpture will have the right proportions for your breed. Add a few bits of crumpled aluminum foil to round out the forms, with the pattern guiding you, and then twist and bend your little dog into any position you desire. With these simple steps it's easy to create a lively original sculpture of your own design. When your armature is finished, the author shows you how to make the two layers of paper mache as smooth as you want it to be. You can add wrinkles, fur, happy mouths and other details after the paper mache is dry. If you would like to paint your dog, you can use the author's recipe for an inexpensive home-made gesso to add interesting textures. Then the author gives you suggestions for painting your sculpture, including an easy way to paint brindled spots, how to give an all-white dog an interesting coat, how to emphasize heavily-textured fur with acrylic glazing liquid, and more. The author is a well-known paper mache artist who has written several popular books on the subject. She also writes tutorials and creates videos for her blog, at UltimatePaperMache.com.
Have fun with paper mache! Learn everything you need to know about paper mache!- The Ultimate Guide to Learning How to Make Paper Mache Sculptures, Animals, Wildlife and More! This book is for people who want to learn paper mache. The art of paper mache is a fun and inexpensive activity to carry out with your friends and family, and especially with your children. It is also a great way to express your inner creativity. This type of art allows you to let your imagination run rampant while getting messy with glue and paper. You do not have to have artistic skill on par with Picasso or Michelangelo to be able to participate in this variant of art. Paper mache is friendly towards those who feel like they don't have an artistic bone in their body. It's not about creating magnificent sculptures that result in people gaping in awe rather it is about having fun and letting your imagination run wild. If your paper mache dog looks more like a cow then so be it. It's your dog-cow hybrid thing that you made with your own two hands and you should be proud of it and not shamefully hide it in the darkest dwellings of your closet. You will learn so much about paper mache. In the first chapter, we will kick things off by gifting you with the tools of the trade. We will list the necessary equipment that every good paper mache novice should be familiar with and also the two chief methods used during a typical paper mache session. Once you have the paper mache basics down, it is time to start creating. Each chapter in this practical concise book will be thematic, meaning each chapter will be dedicated to a specific paper mache theme. This book includes several different types of animals, masks that will look great on your own By the time you finish reading this book you are going to be able to paper mache a whole host of cool things. So if you get a sudden desire to start to paper mache cutesy and unique little shapes that look great around the home or wish to make a homemade mask for a special occasion, be sure to read this book. This craft is a great skill to learn and also to share, particularly with your children as it is fun, productive and an excellent way to express your individuality. Why You Must Have This Book! > In this book you will learn how to make a mask using paper mache. > This book will teach you the steps involved with basic paper mache. > In this book you will learn how to create a paste mix used with paper mache. > This book will guide you through the steps in an easy to follow manner. > This book will teach you make a cool pinata that will be great for you next party. > In this book you will learn so many cool things related to paper mache. What you'll discover from the book The Ultimate Guide to Learning How to Make Paper Mache Sculptures, Animals, Masks, Wildlife and Much Much More! ** Why you should paper mache. ** How to paper mache. ** Step by step instructions on how to make cool paper mache sculptures. **The importance of paper mache. **What to do with the paper mache ingredients. **How to make the paper mache paste and pulp. Let's Learn Together! / Hurry! For a limited time you can download "The Ultimate Guide to Learning How to Make Paper Mache Sculptures, Animals, Masks, Wildlife and Much Much More!" for a special discounted price of only $2.99 Download Your Copy Right Now Before It's Too Late! Just Scroll to the top of the page and select the Buy Button. ----- TAGS: How to Paper Mache - Paper Mache - Paper Crafts - Paper Mache for Beginners - Arts and Crafts
This celebration of our universe covers the importance of the sun, the magnetism of the moon, the background of each planet and the role it plays in the solar system.
“An intellectual page-turner” set in a secretive countercultural community by the author of The Beans of Egypt, Maine (O, The Oprah Magazine). It’s the height of summer 1999, when local Maine newspaper the Record Sun receives numerous tipoffs from anonymous callers warning of violence, weapons stockpiling, and rampant child abuse at the nearby homeschool on Heart’s Content Road. Hungry to break into serious journalism, Ivy Morelli sets out to meet the mysterious leader of the homeschool, Gordon St. Onge—referred to by many as “The Prophet.” Soon, Ivy ingratiates herself into the sprawling Settlement, a self-sufficient counterculture community that many locals suspect to be a wild cult. Despite her initial skepticism—not to mention the Settlement’s ever-growing group of pregnant teenage girls—Ivy finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gordon. Then, a newcomer—a gifted, disturbed young girl with wild orange hair—joins the community, and falls into a complicated relationship with the charismatic Prophet. When the Record Sun finally runs its piece on the leader of the Settlement, lives will be changed both within and beyond the community, in this novel by a writer described by the New York Times Book Review as “a James Joyce of the backcountry, a Proust of rural society.”
Political scientists and public administration scholars have long recognized that innovation in public agencies is contingent on entrepreneurial bureaucratic executives. But unlike their commercial counterparts, public administration "entrepreneurs" do not profit from their innovations. What motivates enterprising public executives? How are they created? Manuel P. Teodoro's theory of bureaucratic executive ambition explains why pioneering leaders aren not the result of serendipity, but rather arise out of predictable institutional design. Teodoro explains the systems that foster or frustrate entrepreneurship among public executives. Through case studies and quantitative analysis of original data, he shows how psychological motives and career opportunities shape administrators' decisions, and he reveals the consequences these choices have for innovation and democratic governance. Tracing the career paths and political behavior of agency executives, Teodoro finds that, when advancement involves moving across agencies, ambitious bureaucrats have strong incentives for entrepreneurship. Where career advancement occurs vertically within a single organization, ambitious bureaucrats have less incentive for innovation, but perhaps greater accountability. This research introduces valuable empirical methods and has already generated additional studies. A powerful argument for the art of the possible, Bureaucratic Ambition advances a flexible theory of politics and public administration. Its lessons will enrich debate among scholars and inform policymakers and career administrators.
Explore Japanese folk art--called mingei--with this beautifully illustrated book. Mingei literally means the "arts of the people" and is a treasured expression of Japanese culture and history. This book of Japanese folk art introduces 116 exquisite and interesting Japanese pieces, describing their origins, showing how they are made and used, and relating the background of myth and folklore associated with each. Illustrated with many line drawings and color photographs, Mingei offers readers a concise and informative introduction to a rich and varied artistic tradition.
Susie Duncan Sexton has lived her entire life in a small town, indeed, in the same house where she grew up. As an adult, she taught at the same grammar school that she attended as a child, and many of the relationships she cultivated while growing up, including her marriage, have endured over the years. Always one to document the present and offer her sometimes unorthodox ideas and opinions, Susie Duncan Sexton has tickled the keys of her trusty old typewriter for nearly five decades, and now that venerable machine is ready to reveal its secrets.
