paper clay questions

I plan to build a wizard's castle similar to Rik Pierce's Toadmoor Manor. I
will be using SONOTUBE cardboard concrete forms as a base. My question is
how much clay should I expect to use on a round tower about 16" diameter X
36" - 48" high
I want to do both inside and out. Is there an online place to by
paperclay....Michael's is pretty expense.
Thanks for answering all my questions in the past too.

On Tue, 25 May 2004 23:12:40 GMT, "Metis-Artist"
wrote:

I plan to build a wizard's castle similar to Rik Pierce's Toadmoor Manor. I
will be using SONOTUBE cardboard concrete forms as a base. My question is
how much clay should I expect to use on a round tower about 16" diameter X
36" - 48" high
I want to do both inside and out. Is there an online place to by
paperclay....Michael's is pretty expense.
Thanks for answering all my questions in the past too.

Try looking for a recipe for paper mache i.e.:
http://www.planetpals.com/papermache.html

Sixty years ago (and more) my mother used to make all kinds of things
out of this, even an offering plate for our church, which I
supplemented with one turned from IIRC White Oak some thirty years
after she made the original.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada

Gerry, Great site! I no longer have a recipe I wish i still did, it made a
white paper-mache that dried like porcelain, used white glue, water & toilet
tissue & for REALLY smooth you whizzed it in a blender.

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I plan to build a wizard's castle similar to Rik Pierce's Toadmoor Manor.
I
will be using SONOTUBE cardboard concrete forms as a base. My question is
how much clay should I expect to use on a round tower about 16" diameter X
36" - 48" high
I want to do both inside and out. Is there an online place to by
paperclay....Michael's is pretty expense.
Thanks for answering all my questions in the past too.


Everybody seems to have a shredder these days. Why tear newspaper, use the
shredded paper instead? I bet it would work as well.