papier mache

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But aside from a black papier-mâché jack titled “E=MC2” on which she lingers at the end, Menken never lets you see any Noguchi work in full.

From New York Times

A papier-mâché set of reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh soars above the Cross Hall and Grand Foyer.

From New York Times

On the day after Thanksgiving, while the Bidens were still in Nantucket, the teams descended upon the White House, working through the weekend to festoon the halls with hand-pinned gumdrops, shape chicken wire into bough-covered arches, install crystal-studded nutcrackers on mantels, and hang a papier-mâché set of reindeer that soar above the Cross Hall and Grand Foyer.

From New York Times

His friend, Michael Adams, painted a replica of Vecna’s stained-glass front door, and Knowles used papier-mâché to make the clock and the flower-shaped orifices of the Demodogs.

From Seattle Times

On a recent morning, the message that spying was about more than cool stuff did not appear to have been fully absorbed by the preteen boys marching importantly from exhibit to exhibit, propping hands on hips as they cast appraising glances over surveillance equipment, pencils containing hidden blades and papier-mâché dummy heads used to distract German sniper fire during World War I.

From New York Times