What Goes Around Comes Around

Last one I promise, must work on something more productive . . .

Downtown is HOPPIN'

The 2009 Summer Sculpture Series in Midland, MI features frogs created by local artists. The frogs will be displayed downtown through September 17, 2009.

I always enjoy the Summer Sculpture Series because it’s a chance to see many different approaches to the same subject matter. Past series have included trolls, foxes and dragons. This year artists were given the choice between working with a prefabricated fiberglass sculpture or creating their own. The frogs represent a variety of techniques and materials ranging from metal sculpture to foam carving.

On September 17th at 7pm the frogs will be auctioned off with the proceeds being used to present next summer’s sculpture series.

"Lillian The Amphibian"

"Frogiac"

"Peace Frog"

"Red-Eyed Leafer"

"Midland's Glory"

"Toadally Rockin'"

"Tongue Tied"

"Sharp Shooter"

"Jewels"

"It's A Living"-One of my favorites

"The Looney Star Gazer"

Q&A: Frog Legs

Questions regarding my projects and papier mache regularly fill my mailbox. In an effort to answer these questions and share information some of these questions will be regularly featured on this blog.

Verla wrote:

“ I am trying to make a monster frog any need to know the inches of the legs pieces. I hate to give him puny legs. Any help would be great. Thanks, Verla”

The length of the legs used to create my frogs was 8.5 inches, these legs were used on a body that was 16 inches long so my advice would be to make each leg segment approximately half the length of the body.

Example: If the body of your frog measures 20 inches long then make each leg segment over 10 inches in length.

When I created the patterns for this project it was basically trial and error. The sizes are not based on any anatomical specs but rather on what looked best to the eye.

Here are some photos of the templates or patterns that were used to create my papier mache frogs, the complete tutorial can be found here.

Hope this helps!

Hop Diggity Frog!

Hop Diggity Dog it looks like I made some frogs, actually five different frogs made from recycled materials and papier mache. Check out the tutorial for lots of pics and instructions!

FROGGER!

This past week I have been working on developing some projects for some new papier mache workshops that I will be teaching this summer. One of the projects is frogs, large frogs created from a variety of recycled materials such as corrugated cardboard, plastic milk jugs, cereal boxes and lots of newspaper.

By the end of the month I will have five different frogs created. The photos above illustrate the basic shape but there are still numerous accessories to be added such as teeth, tongue and warts plus some unique and creative painting styles.

As soon as the frogs are complete I will post a tutorial on www.stolloween.com, in the meantime I'm also working on some new gargoyles and a couple of other projects that I'm keeping under wraps.

Yeah, the 2009 build is on!