Hello, and welcome to the forum!

I don't know if a photo is required, so I sent an email to the owner of this site, Jackie.

Where are you in the world, Belinda?  I'm thinking Japan, but...  Would you mind adjusting your profile to indicate what country you're in?  When responding to specific questions about materials or brands, it's easier to just glance to the left to your name and location to see how to word a response.  Just your country is fine.  As you can see from the gallery, we have participants from all over the world here.

Just from my boundless curiosity, what have you been working on?

Sue

CatPerson wrote:

Hello, and welcome to the forum!

I don't know if a photo is required, so I sent an email to the owner of this site, Jackie.

Where are you in the world, Belinda?  I'm thinking Japan, but...  Would you mind adjusting your profile to indicate what country you're in?  When responding to specific questions about materials or brands, it's easier to just glance to the left to your name and location to see how to word a response.  Just your country is fine.  As you can see from the gallery, we have participants from all over the world here.

Just from my boundless curiosity, what have you been working on?

Sue

Hej

I live in sweden. I´ve seen that there are others from sweden here to. Fun!
And that there are people from all over the world on this site - but you are recommended on many, many sites too. All roads leads to paper mache uk

I have just started with PM, but I like making animals in live size. I started with kopying others - some from this site.
Is it ok to put those things in the gallery?

I have not yet made a giraff - what is it with giraffes? Everybody makes them

Thank you so much, ross, for your answer.

I suppose that if we counted the number of giraffes and cats that have been displayed on this site we would have a high number.  My guess is that cats would outnumber their long-necked counterpart.  Perhaps we should start a trend in meercats or chipmunks or something.  You notice that eyes figure highly in all these creatures.  It's probably the "Ahhhhh" factor!
It's always nice to have a picture of the person but, as Russ says, you don't have to.  You'll probably notice that many of us have a personal photo on the gallery but use an avatar in the Forum, something to represent us.  I used to use a weird alien ball that had eyes all over it but now go for the gentler (the "Ahhhh" factor?) giraffe head.
This is a site to learn from and to share.  From the 'hits' count on the articles and tutorials, it is looked at by many thousands of people all over the world.  As Sue says, avoid copying for commercial purposes but try as many approaches and styles as you want.
DavidO

Hi, I try to pull loops apart if I want a wider form and squeeze them together to make a narrower, make a round hole more oval-shaped to change the form of your sculpture, pull and squeeze single holes in the net to change the form. Chickenwire with bigger holes is much easier to shape. Heja Sverige!

I also use rabbit wire (it has smaller holes) and wear a pair of gardening gloves when shaping it.  That way I can mould and squeeze the wire without sticking the sharp ends into my palms.

I also keep a pair of wire cutters and a pair of pliers handy for cutting off stray edges and twisting together ends.

For joining bits of insulation board (Styrofoam) I've used the following: -

Paint the surfaces with diluted PVA and allow to dry.  Spread some neat PVA on the joint, press together and leave to dry.  This is firm enough for most work.

If you hold two pieces of foam together and push two thin wooden rods through at different angles, burying the ends underneath the surface, it should hole firmly.

Paint the surfaces with diluted PVA.  When dry, bind round with masking tape.

Any more, folks?

DavidO