Papier Mache Bowls

8th graders had a chance to work with papier mache this quarter. Papier mache is basically watered down glue and when an object is dipped in it, it turns hard. The goal  of the project was to create a bowl with some element of contrast- either through shape, texture, color or direction. Students blew up a balloon as the base of their bowl and then covered it by dipping strips of paper into the papier mache. Their results were very successfu

Here are students dipping strips of paper into the glue mixture to make the first layer of their bowls.

Some students did not like the way the papier mache felt, so they chose to wear gloves to class-very clever!

Here you see contrast by color- very colorful on the outside and all black on the inside. 

This bowl was plain black and white text on the inside and all the colors of  the rainbow on the outside. This student also made the inside smooth and the outside have texture.

This bowl has anime comics on the inside and is contrasted by green on the outside.

This bowl has contrast by subject matter--people decorate the outside and animals decorate the inside. The student's idea behind this piece was that in essence, animals and humans are the same---social creatures who need to eat and sleep! Love this concept!