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Paper Maché Head Sculpture Art Project

7/22/2015

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Last year I began teaching the 8th and 9th Art Elective group (which are the oldest kids in the school I teach at). This was a great challenge because the way this Art class is taught is obviously very different from my other classes. I wanted to plan projects and assignments which would be appealing and challenging for them. Though we started the year learning and talking about artists like Dalí, Picasso, Magritte and Kahlo, I also wanted my students to have a chance to appreciate work by artists of today. 

In my search for artwork that could be used as inspiration for a 3D project (I usually plan for at least one each semester-with all my grades), I came across a wonderful artist that makes paper maché sculptures in a style that I thought would appeal to my students. Her name is Juliana Bollini and she is a visual artist living in Brazil. She is absolutely amazing at making paper maché artwork. Visit the following links to view some of her wonderful work!
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Visit Bollini's blogspot site at: http://julianabollini.blogspot.mx/
Here is a video of the artist talking about her creative process: https://vimeo.com/55403721



My ¨Teacher's Example¨ for the Juliana Bollini-Inspired Head Sculpture


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Finished student projects! Amazing!
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2 Comments
Brenda
1/31/2025 11:55:22 am

Hi!
I think these are so cool!
How did you prevent the heads from tipping over? did you have to weight the bottom?
How did you make the cone at the bottom?

Thanks!

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Erika Lancaster link
2/1/2025 09:08:20 am

Hi, Brenda!
Happy you liked these. They were lots of fun to create for my students.
We used *thick* Kraft cardboard sheets for the base and created cones that were pretty wide at the bottom to support the head.
Once everything was paper mache'd, the structure became very sturdy and not super heavy.
Thanks so much for checking this one out!

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