Papier Mache Sculpture

Welcome to The Driftwood Dreams Gallery. This is a unique site offering paper art creations including unique papier mache sculptures and 3D papier mache tableaux, watercolour paintings and even Victorian style portrait silhouettes.

Due to the ever increasing number of commissions for papier mache sculptures, (first) anniversary presents and paper gifts, over the last ten years, this site has grown from a shop window for my own papier mache sculpture to a gallery that also displays work from other artists working on or with paper. As artists, what we have in common, is that we want our art to promote a strong emotional response.

This sculpture of

Alastair Darling produced for Channel 5's budget coverage 2008, was so popular outside 11 Downing Street, it was photographed for The Telegraph, Metro, Local London as well as featuring throughout the TV Channel 5 news. The response was amazing. Please read more about this and have a look at the

news coverage and see full story Alistair Darling Sculpture story.

Often a customer commissions a sculpture or tableau for an event, form of media, paper or other wedding anniversary, birthday, or any other reason, we know the recipient of the gift is always overwhelmed and thrilled. In these days of mass production, this is a totally unique and personal gift demonstrating both thought and effort. After all, can you think of any other romantic gift made of paper for an anniversary?

I am always available with ideas and designs long before you commit and really want to give you what you want so please get in touch.

Every person who contacts me is delightful. I have had such fun with all my commissions and made many new friends through this site. Over the last few years I have taken commissions for portraits of houses, pets & people, design companies, weddings, anniversaries, communions, christenings and birthdays. Each commission comes with a truly personal message and title on the back. Clients who order romantic gifts can expect a very emotional response as their loved ones unwrap their present!

On a cliff in Italy

Anita will sculpture a unique anniversary artwork based on a discussion and photos of a significant point in your life...and of course a perfect paper anniversary gift

Primary school workshp

Anita runs both children and adult workshops in papier mache sculpture both in schools and in her workshop.

Fastnet

Anita has a love of the sea and loves doing any commisions with a sea theme

Crosses and Angels

Anita sculpts a tastful range of christenings, baptisms, confirmations, holy communion and breveavement presents

Lately, I have been conducting a large number of workshops teaching both adults as well as school children. Below is a video clip of one of my recent workshops

"It all started when the papier mache book that sat on my bookshelf jumped out at me one day and I decided I would try and get some lessons. I searched the internet and found Anita. Her website looked fun and when I spoke with her she was very enthusiastic. I arranged to do 3 workshops and then I contacted a close friend and she said that she was more interested in art classes but she would come along. She then brought a neighbour that had been confined to her home due to foot injury and thought she might like it. So we all headed down to Anita not knowing what to expect. All we can say – It was great fun. Anita is very motivating and supportive of the very ambitious ideas we had. All the sessions were fun and a great time to relax and to be creative. Not to mention good girl chat!. Thoroughly recommended.

The piece represents our journey through life - precarious, unsteady and fraught with difficulty. The woman is clothed which represents our incongruous attempts to protect ourselves through formality and disguises. When I sent it to a very dear male friend he said “Tell the woman that clothing will never protect her” !

Please take the opportunity to enjoy working with Anita - Joanne Holland CEO Bowater Building Products"

If you are interested in a workshop, please do email me. For more details, please follow this link

Adult Workshops

My site shows you the versatility of what this artistic medium papier mache can do. Here you will see a remarkable range of papier mache sculptures which have been created over a number of years. These range from fantastical "Mexican style" creatures and sensational seascapes to birds, boats and even politicians! Each conjured up with equal combinations of imagination, sculptural skills and ever growing artistic endeavour.

This website is now in its ninth year and has had many thousands of visitors all over the globe. I have heard from people around the world about their papier mache websites, exhibitions, galleries, successes, trials and tribulations. Each day I am receiving emails and have great fun with my commissions, designs and meeting up with my clients to hand over works of art often over coffee, croissants or a glass of wine.

Please browse these pages at your leisure to discover the innovative sculptural form of papier mache and contact me to share your knowledge, skills or struggles with this art form.

So, if you would like an unusual papier mache present please look around. Discover my papier mache mermaids, monsters, boats, boxes, angels, "alebrije" style creatures, skeletons & skiers & much more .....quirky? quixotic? It is here! This diverse papier mache range proves you can capture any idea in this exciting 3D sculptural form.

Please look at the

anniversary gifts,

life in a box and the novel items for many lifetime events. You may need to give a gift to someone soon so bookmark me in your favourites.

I am happy to undertake individual papier mache commissions to your specification to provide you with a personalised work of art or a truly unique gift. Small sculptures prices start at £60 for a commission and tableaux start at £175. Choose whether you want a free standing piece or a wall hanging and discuss your ideas online. People, places, events & ephemera to your design , to your budget and definitely to your satisfaction. If you want to give a papier mache Gift Voucher for one to one or group tuition that is a lovely gift or I am available for workshops and parties.

"Flame Fish" used as the central prop in a production of Princess Ivana by the Sturdy Beggars Theatre Company

I also have produced many new anniversary tableaux and numerous religious artefact. My papier mache commissions are now keeping me extremely busy and I have produced worksheets for teachers and schools to help them with their art classes.

Have a look at my tableaux around the world

world globe.You will also learn about my unique design process.

I am also featuring several other artists under the headings

Romantic Gifts, and

House Portraits so have a look. Any questions? please email Driftwood Dreams.

Please follow the link to

commissions to answer any queries you may have on commissioning an item, choosing an ideas, creating a design, requirements, payments, delivery and any other questions you might have.

New papier mache and ceramic works are added every month, so do come back and visit regularly. If you would like me to notify you by email when I update the site, please email me and request this service.

I would love to hear from other papier mache artists about what you are up to. Please feel free to add a link and if you want me to link to you please email me. I am always ready to help if I can ~ time allowing ~ so get in touch & happy browsing.

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