papier mache

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Certainly there must be a few tradwives whipping up hissy fits about this on TikTok, pledging to abandon King Arthur in favor of some brand best suited to make papier mache paste.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2024

Experts worked on restoring the papier mache ceiling in the university's grand durbar hall.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2023

But the first look was surely the best, a surrealist white coat with tubular arms that looked like it had been made from papier mache.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2022

There’s a sense of excitement in the air and in Ubud and the surrounding villages I’ve seen people crafting huge, ugly ogoh-ogoh papier mache effigies, with bulging eyes, fangs and hairy backs representing evil spirits.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2017

“Only for about ten seconds. Then it fell apart, and the papier mache clogged up the drain in the art-room sink for a month.”

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass