This gallery includes my paper mache sculptures. I have developed my recipe and technique for paper mache over a span of 40+ years. My sculptures are quite durable. Early pieces, which I have in my home and daily enjoy, are still in perfect condition.

My recipe for paper mache, a mixture of pulped paper, Elmer's glue, and plaster of Paris creates a material that handles like clay and air dries to a hard surface. Once dry, I refine the surface with carving knives, sandpaper, and rasps to ready it for painting. I use oils, graphite, pastels, and acrylics to paint my sculptures, then finish them with a protective coat of polyurethane varnish.

One thing I love about working with paper mache is the ability to incorporate clean trash materials in the creation of the paper mache clay, and inside the armature itself. The other thing I love is creating beautiful and elegant pieces ("making something out of nothing") from the humblest of materials.

You can view my sculptures at https://www.oligallery.com/