Cardboard Matango

Cuz I had some time and a cardboard box and not enough Matangos.


Cardboard Matango & Friends


3 Views of Recycled Matango

 

Mmm, now that's a proper Matango ass, or is cellulite not a fungus?

Now just get her damp, set her in the basement for a couple mnths, & WAH LAH! You now have a Matango Mommy.

Great job, Thunderhag!

 

wow, cool! great job

 

that is fun, nice job. I like the damp basement/fungus idea

 

this is really quite cool. may i ask what your process/tools are when you made this? have you made other cardboard sculptures? if so, i'd like to see more of them.

 

She spent a lot of time scraping away the top layers of cardboard slabs, to get the ridged pieces. After that, she cut out the basic body shapes. Then she did papier-mache with cardboard shavings on top of hot glue dots and christmas ornaments to form the bumps.

 

Wait a second, you two are in Orlando, FL?? So am I!

 

Thanks. I like to play with different stuff, the last 2 months it was cardboard... here's a mask:



And here's some cardboard trees I designed for a dance installation, they range from 6ft-7ft: