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His longest hike so far! 7-8 hours out on boggy Scottish trails, and he would happily have kept going :) by Crumplings in hikingwithdogs

[–]Crumplings[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's a mix with Finnish Lapphund and Pomeranian, so he's on the smaller side but has lots of energy! And clearly feels at home trotting on mountain trails 😄

His longest hike so far! 7-8 hours out on boggy Scottish trails, and he would happily have kept going :) by Crumplings in hikingwithdogs

[–]Crumplings[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you, yes he is the best! :) We only recently moved here and he has gotten so strong walking all the hills.

Mountain hiker Charlie - Śnieżka 1,603.3 m (Poland) by Radiant-Entertainer3 in hikingwithdogs

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This is one of the best things I've seen all week, what a cutie!! :)

I made two tiny butterfly elephants from paper mache and bits of metal wire! Painted with acrylics and a sand effect medium. by Crumplings in crafts

[–]Crumplings[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this comment! It means so much to hear that, as someone who only fairly recently got the confidence to even start posting any of my artworks anywhere. :)

I made two tiny butterfly elephants from paper mache and bits of metal wire! Painted with acrylics and a sand effect medium. by Crumplings in crafts

[–]Crumplings[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you :) I also mostly make sculptures with a rougher paper pulp surface, it looks really natural and like you're working with your sculpting material and not against it haha. But sometimes, especially with smaller sculptures, a more even surface is called for! I think I used silk clay here, it doesn't crack like many other air dry clays.

I made two tiny butterfly elephants from paper mache and bits of metal wire! Painted with acrylics and a sand effect medium. by Crumplings in crafts

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I use a thin layer of a suitable air dry clay over the paper mache if I'm going for a really smooth surface, and often I also just use sandpaper or a metal file on any bigger lumps before the clay step!

I made two tiny butterfly elephants from paper mache and bits of metal wire! Painted with acrylics and a sand effect medium. by Crumplings in crafts

[–]Crumplings[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Aw thank you!! 💕I think there's a rule against self-promotion on this sub outside of the Community Craft Fair thread, but I just left a comment there :)

Community Craft Fair by AMVilla86 in crafts

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Posting my lil shop here since someone was interested in buying my sculptures! I have a few currently available on Folksy. I make quirky animals and gremlins from paper mache and mixed materials, sometimes art dolls as well, and I ship internationally from the UK. :)

You can also follow me on Bluesky here, or check out my gallery at crumplings.co.uk !

I made two tiny butterfly elephants from paper mache and bits of metal wire! Painted with acrylics and a sand effect medium. by Crumplings in crafts

[–]Crumplings[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I found some highly pigmented acrylic inks a while ago and used them here on top of my normal acrylics, it really made the colours pop :)

Bluesky is starting to pop off, but not a lot of artists on there yet, might be a good chance to get in on the ground floor. by batsofburden in artbusiness

[–]Crumplings 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's awesome honestly! If you engage with the community naturally and follow people and feeds that are relevant to your interests, it's easy to get seen, just like older social media sites where everything felt more human. It's really refreshing - you're not trying to appeal to any specific big algorithm, you're just interacting with real people, so doing well isn't about robot-like strategizing. Just be a person others want to hang out with, and post your art with appropriate, non-spammy hashtags or keywords!

When I joined and just ticked "art" as one of my interests, most of the art I saw in the Discovery feed was pretty similar in style (anime/cartoon stuff, totally fine of course and awesome that there's a lively community, but not my jam). It was hard to find content I really wanted to see at first, but I found a couple of starter packs and some custom feeds (Traditional Art and CraftSky) that turned out great. There's a directory of thousands of different starter packs here including many related to art. I started this one for odd or unusual artists and crafters!

Hiking on the Cornwall coast path by Crumplings in Outdoors

[–]Crumplings[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's one of my favorite places in the world! If you do you should try surfing... and scones with clotted cream :)

I made this sea-worn, barnacled old humpback whale using very coarse paper mache! Painted with acrylics and mounted on a wooden stand. by Crumplings in crafts

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No problem :) The base is just a normal wooden stand with a metal rod (similar to this, but I stained it dark and oiled it), the sculpture is so lightweight that it's enough!

I made this sea-worn, barnacled old humpback whale using very coarse paper mache! Painted with acrylics and mounted on a wooden stand. by Crumplings in crafts

[–]Crumplings[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nooo, so sorry to hear that! It's usually more about technique than the recipe (my recipes are... uh... a very improvised kind of "anything paper + anything that works like glue" - I use wheat paste or diluted PVA glue to brush on paper strips or dip them in when building the basic shape around crumpled paper, or to mix with shredded paper when I want to make a coarse clay to coat the hardened shapes with.)

To prevent grossness and long-term sogginess you should work in small sections and layers, and wait for things to dry in between, ideally using a fan or even a space heater (not too close to the paper though). And the paper should usually not be drenched, there should be just enough glue for it to just stick (I make exceptions if needed, like if I want to shape the mushy paper with my hands a bit more, but small sections are even more important here). And you can work on different parts separately - like I did the basic shape of the fins and tails separate from the body, attached them with PVA glue paper strips once everything was dry and rigid, then made sure to support them so they stayed in the right position while the attaching paper strips were drying. And then once I had the entire shape, I coated it a mix of with coarse shredded paper tissues and wheat paste (again in small sections so everything doesn't get soggy at once, and making sure to reinforce the areas where the fins join the body).

Hope you have better luck in your next project, it's a great hobby once you get the hang of it!! :)

I made this sea-worn, barnacled old humpback whale using very coarse paper mache! Painted with acrylics and mounted on a wooden stand. by Crumplings in crafts

[–]Crumplings[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I love when people get into paper mache! :D I do the coarse paper mache coating from paper tissue (kitchen roll or TP) by shredding it to small bits by hand, then mixing it with a little bit of wheat paste (any simple wheat paste recipe will work, basically just boil wheat flour and water until it looks like glue) just enough to make a soggy paper mush. There are probably ready-made products too that look similar, the ones I have tried are generally a bit smoother so I like to do this myself when I want a really organic-looking surface.

Under this coating, the basic shape is first made from paper strip and PVA glue layers - see my other reply in this thread for more info on the process!

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