papier mache

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On another occasion, he “foraged,” as he put it, a herd of shopping carts, spray-painted them gold and filled them with ads for fake products and papier-mâché pills.

From New York Times

In preparation for their roles, both actors spent considerable time working with sculptors: Chau trained in a New York studio with Michelle Segre, a sculptor who works with metal, papier-mâché and other materials, while Williams molded clay with the Portland-born sculptor Cynthia Lahti, sometimes via Zoom during the earlier days of the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times

A vibrant, nearly life-size papier-mache sculpture of Dylan, which looks like it escaped from a high school homecoming float, looms at the far end of the room.

From Washington Post

In February, Leigh remade her sculpture of “Anonymous” in papier-mâché and raffia and set it on fire on the Red Hook waterfront.

From New York Times

It looks out past a glass-topped dining table with mismatched wooden legs from the Georgian and Edwardian eras, at which sit a set of cartonlike papier-mâché 10313 stools, both of Karavil’s design, to the opposite wall, which is hung with 13 anonymous male portraits purchased at different antiques markets.

From New York Times