Don’t store a blank canvas away, waiting for inspiration!
I’ve been imagining a mouse plague wreaking havoc in my craft cupboard!
My mischievous mice are sculpted in paper and painted with acrylic colour and sealant.
The bodies are recycled paper mulch, cast in plaster moulds which I made using plasticine and Plaster of Paris. The finer details, like ears, feet, eyes and tails are hand-shaped with paper clay.
(Click the top of the pictures below to enlarge)
Forming the features 
Casting moulds 
Painting 
Arghh!
Although they’re the size of real house mice, they’re a bit more cartoon-like as I tried to give them little personalities.
The canvas needed a backing (for obvious reasons) so I used bright red to add colour and to highlight the rips. The scariest part of the project was ripping the first hole into a perfectly good canvas!
It’s been a fun project; it makes people smile, but no one wants it hanging on their wall!
The final ruined canvas!
