setting up the work area. in this case two rubbermaid bins full of junk in front of my chair. can't get my work table out from behind the extra washer and dryer currently in my dining room. don't ask

a slurry of reconstituted paperclay. i actually need this goo

a ball of the appropriate working texture of paperclay. firm, damp, NOT sticky

all the raw stuff

beginning to flatten the shape

applying it to the head

shaping and trimming the ears. you don't think i have this weird thumbnail for anything other than a tool do you?

picking up a bit of the slurry to use as 'glue'

adding the slurry before attaching the ear

sticking the ear on

it's a multi-step process

side view of the nose bridge being built up

roughing out the eye holes

the mask after smoothing it out a bit

the basic shape being left to dry. eventually it will have paint and 'fur' on it

the basic mask released from the head