FRUIT HEADS
Patricia Chapman
Paper mache over carved Styrofoam, painted, wood dowel, embellishments and paper-covered wood base.
Perhaps you think of Styrofoam as being lightweight and flimsy. This is true but it has the advantage of being not only very inexpensive, but easy to cut and carve, and when covered with paper mache, powdered clay, plaster or resin clay, this “flimsy” material can be transformed into a durable, permanent art piece. The plain old white, rough Styrofoam, which you can buy in several different shapes, sheets or blocks, makes the most effective base for adhering your clays to. If you want to make larger scale sculptures using a Styrofoam armature, you can glue together several sheets or blocks with either Styrofoam glue or white glue and cut and carve those blocks into any shape or form you can think of.