Paper Mache

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Mary Gallagher-Stout
Mary Gallagher Stout, LLC
http://marygallagherstout.artspan.com/  
540 840 6619

Mary is a Studio Artist and Instructor at the Workhouse Art Center in Lorton VA.  Ms. Gallagher-Stout is a highly sought after decorative consultant and professional artist. Mary has studied in France, Italy, and Mexico to supplement her formal education.  Ms. Gallagher Stout holds a BA in Philosophy and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rosemont College in 1996.  She owns and operates a successful decorative painting company that services commercial facilites as well as private residences.  In 2008, she interned on HGTV's hit series Designed to Sell and in 2007 she was a Graduate Resident Artist of Virginia Commonweath University's Summer Studio Program.

Mary is currently focusing on her studio art and has been invited by esteemed curator and educator, Trudi Van Dyke, to be a part of an upcoming exhibit.  Ms. Gallagher Stout recently collaborated with award winning artist, Chelsea Owens, on her Wonder Womb Installation. Wonder Womb will be on exhibit at the Workhouse Art Center, Building W-16, for the entire month of March, 2009.

Mary offers private workshops in decorative painting and fine art.  This Spring, Mary will be teaching sculpture and mixed media to children ages 8-10. Classes fill quickly so be sure to register early.  For more information and the detailed course description visit www.workhousearts.org.

Feel free to check out Mary's portfolio of painted wall treatments:  www.decorativepanache.com and give her a poke on Facebook!

 

 

 

Paper Mache

In this video Mary Gallagher-Stout demonstrates how to make a candy bowl out of paper mache.

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Mary Gallagher-Stout: Hi, I am Mary Gallagher-Stout and today we are going to be making a lovely Paper Mache bowl. To make this bowl first I will show you how to prepare the paste and then I will show you how to adhere the pasted pieces of newspaper on to the mold. Then we are going to adhere the bottom portion of the mold on with masking tape and more paper mache, then we are going to let it dry and then we are going to paint it with either a latex paint or a jesso and then we will talk about decorating your paper mache bowl and making it lovely.

We will need for the supplies newspapers, balloons for the mold, glue, masking tape, paint brushes, paint or jesso. You will also need some cardboard to cut a circular base just so the bowl doesn't roll over and you are going to need scissors or X-Acto knife to do the trimming of your bowl to make it nice and flush. Just remember if you are working with children that they are very sharp edges and you need to be careful not to cut yourself. Another thing that you might want to know when you are using these bowls not to put any food into the bowl, that it needs to be covered because they are not food safe. I am a Studio Artist at the Lorton Workhouse and I own and operate my decorative painting company called Mary Gallagher Stout LLC. So let's get started on our paper mache bowl.

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