We all know that Papier-Masha (Fr. "Yeed Paper") - It is a plastic mass of paper and glue. The technology appeared in France and was used for the manufacture of dolls. Now from papier mache makes toys, vases, decor items and much more.
There are three main papier mache techniques. According to the first technology, a pre-prepared pattern is covered with small pieces of torn paper, fastened with a hubby or glue. The layer of layer paper creates the necessary composition.
According to the second version of the technology, the plastic mass is prepared from paper, glue (PVA or Clays) and water. There are different cooking technologies. This mass (similar to plasticine) and apply or frame, giving the form.
The third option of Paper-Masha technology - gluing under the press layer layers, like plywood.
Today we will make cute birds from papier.
Master Class: Poultry Masha Birds
Combinate the newspaper, fly the cloth or paper, moistened with glue, giving the shape of a bird. Wrap the newspaper and wrap with paper scotch.
Then you need to cut out of cardboard legs and wings. Plug them with paper or cloth. Attach wings to the body. Give dry. Coloring acrylic paints. Top to apply a dense layer of glue.
Make from wire legs for birds. Cutting cotton threads. Printed with glue to the leg.
Drill holes for foot. Attach the paws to the body, drove the glue into the hole.
Many people believe that the crafts of Papier Masha do a very long time. In fact, it is not. And now you will see for yourself on the example of charming birds that can become an excellent gift, because this is blue birds - Birds of happiness and good.
Step 1. First you need to choose the shape of the birds that you will do. To begin with, you can take the most simple figure of the bird to sculpt your statuette "from nature". Do not be deepened in the details. It will be enough to sketch a simple sketch and focus on it during work.
Step 2. Now tack out of paper and sticky tape two balls, which visually resemble the body of birds. In size, they should be no more chicken egg.
Step 3. Then shape out of the paper and sticky tapes for birds for birds and cut the beak from cardboard.
Step 4. Correct the shape of the heads of birds. One of them should look straight, and the second is down.
Step 5. To the birds stably stood on a flat surface, glue to the bottom of each of them small oval from the cardboard.
Step 6. Then you need to make tails for birds. They should be short enough. This will simplify the form. The tail must be made in the shape of a crescent of several cardboard strips.
Step 7. Then glue the wings that should intersect a bit with a tail.
Step 8. When preparatory work Completed, it's time to start shook shapes with paper.
Step 9. Mix the newspaper paper with paste (flour + water). Each layer apply stages: first on one side, then to another. To accelerate the drying process, put the birds into the heated oven.
Step 10. The final layer needs to be made from one paste. Then it is necessary to smooth out the contours and cover with glue so that the paste does not crack after drying. It is possible for this to be initially mixed with a paste with glue (on ¼ cups of paste 1 tablespoon of glue).
Nancy Winn is an American sculptor-animal. In its work, it uses wool, paper and recycled materials. Sometimes it is not even believed that all these living beings are made of ordinary girlfriend materials. The main characters of her works are cats, dogs and rabbits. The process of creating sculpture Nancy calls spontaneous and cheerful.
In large works, a steel rod is used, blamed with a wire frame. In smaller work - only wire frame. For torso, newspapers and spilled bags from the grocery department, non-toxic glue and paste are used.
From above, sculptures can be covered with acrylic paint, pieces of fabric or beads.
Its work can be purchased in California galleries or annual animal and art exhibitions in which it takes part.
Past exhibitions Nancy:
Sebastopol Center for the Arts 2003 Sculpture Exhibit Juried by Manual Neri
SEBASTOPOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS Members "Exhibit 2005-2014
Open Studios, Art at the Source, 2006-7, 2009-10, 2012-13, & 2015
Innovations in Fiber Art, Sebastopol Center for The Arts Merit Award 2008
Paper Capers Exhibit, Arts Council of IDAHO Falls 2006
The Cradle Project, New Mexico Community Foundation, AlbuQuerque 2008
Barns, Farms & Animal Crackers, Graton Gallery With Janet Moore 2008
Peace, Pastures & Beasties, Graton Gallery With Janet Moore 2009
NICHE AWARS FINALIST 2010
Let The Fur Fly, Epperson Gallery In Crockett, December 2011
Raptors & Birds, Santa Rosa Country Club, November 2012
Graton Gallery 7th Annual Invitational Exhibition, January 2013
Critters, With Jann Annestad, Risk Press Gallery, Sebastopol, 2014
FUN & GAMES, WALSH, GRATON GALLERY, 2014
Critters, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA, 2015
Nancy in his studio.
Chicken from Papier Masha.
Blue giraffe.
Red horse.
Dog with a wand, papier-mâché.
This is Milli Vanilli. Her wool is made of paper, mohair, sheep wool, alpaca and old mop.
Well, didn't she get your heart? :)
Dog in the afundane.
Dog with a motley collar.
Money Dog.
Bern Shepherd.
Fat cat.
Black and white cat.
Thick hare.
Natalia Copotienko
Chicken-chicken.
Crafts of sound material Always attract attention. This material is always at hand, it is not necessary to buy it. Before throwing out various trash, think if it has another use.
The task of adults - to teach children from every unnecessary thing useful, explain that crafts From the cast material are original, individual, unique.
Masterpieces created by their own hands, develop creativity, small motor Hands, teach accuracy and diligence, perseverance and patience.
If desired and skill, you can make such a surprisingly beautiful chicken chip made of papier mache and pencil chipswhich can be an excellent gift or decoration of any interior.
Our hen was emphasized at the annual Easter Competition crafts in the Baikal Temple.
Fantasize, create, free the planet from the garbage! Crafts From the cast material - the second life of things and the holiday of creativity!
Publications on the topic:
Joint activities with children. "Kolobok" for theatrical activity. Progress: As a model, use a balloon. First.
Today we got acquainted with the guys with new technician Lracks: papier mache (Impress from paper mass). The process itself is very interested.
I bring to your attention MK crafts made by me and my 5 years old daughter at the city competition fire safety "The fire.
Long thought over the manufacture of toys on new Year tree. It is necessary that it is beautiful, and firmly, and moisture-resistant. It was decided to do.
Crafts in the technique of Papier Masha "Folk motifs". Production of plates. The teacher of Moto-Tatiana Vasilyevna recently I recently suggested.
Materials: 1. Cantry or plasticine 2. Newspapers 3. white paper 4. Water 5. Cleaster 6. Cutter 7. paper napkins 8. Gouache 9. Brushes 10. Varnish in quality.
Master class, Paper Masha: Bird.Materials for work:
Prepared Paper Mass
Foam ball (you can make a dense ball of twisted newspapers)
Glossy cardboard for beak, not very thick (suitable cover from the magazine)
Corrugated cardboard, thickness of about 0.5 mm, for wings and tail
2 round wands For legs (you can branches, you can Chinese chopsticks for food)
A little clay or polymer plastic For foot.
Paper adhesive tape.
1. Cut the wings and tail from corrugated cardboard. Part that will fit
To the ball should have a "arc" for better fit. 
2. Cut the circle from glossy cardboard for the beak, cut out of it (from
Center) A piece of the sigment and twist the cone, gently gluing it with paper adhesive tape.
3. Printe all paper adhesive tape to the bird.
4. We stick a few pieces of paper tape to the ball for better grasp paper mass. Plug tilt and wings. Corrugated cardboard must always be carefully gluled with paper tape, because It is afraid of humidity and loses the form of work. 
6. We begin to impose a pre-prepared paper mass on the Bird Taurus. I do not cover a mass of beak, wings and tail, but it is one of the work options.
*** So that the mass lay more evenly, you need to smooth out her with hands moistened in the glue (wallpaper + a bit of PVA)
7. We make eyes from small balls of paper mass.
8. After covering the bird with a paper mass, hang for drying. It takes about 2-3 days, depending on the thickness of the layer and temperature. 
9. We are preparing legs from clay or polymer plastic, we make a hole in the paws with chopsticks for the legs and let the legs dry. photo 10; Photo 11.
10. We make holes for the legs in the body torso and attach them to hot glue, photo 9; We glue the paws photo 12.
11. In order for the bird to stand you can use different options: to strengthen it to a hundredmakers, make paws large and stable. When you decorate on a secret, you can glue such a glass instead of paws: photo 13
12. Breasting the entire bird with a painting material called Gesso, this is a bustal white acrylic paint, mixed with PVA glue, well closes all small holes. If you want to achieve an even smoother surface, then first prcribsente, then skew a bird well, and after that cover the material under painting.
13. When all the layers of the primer dried well - the most exciting thing begins - painting the birds.
Here everyone is open space for fantasy.
Successes !!! 
Taken from here.
