I will also be selling my new zine "Make Amazing Cheap Art and Masks from Paper and Starch" that contains our original corn starch-based paper mache clay recipe.
Creature making is $10 to $15, and the zine is $10 to $25, sliding scale.
I will also be selling my new zine "Make Amazing Cheap Art and Masks from Paper and Starch" that contains our original corn starch-based paper mache clay recipe.
Creature making is $10 to $15, and the zine is $10 to $25, sliding scale.
Make a Monster/Craft a Creature with PDX Monsters & Wildland Roots
Lloyd Center Dec 6, 7, 13, 14, noon to 4pm at the Mucky Duck Theatre Holiday Market (Old Champs store)
I will have everything you need to sculpt your unique creation from paper mache clay, that you can then take home to paint.
Wildland Roots at the St Johns Parade 5/10/25
Much gratitude to our crew of volunteers who brought our characters to life!
#stjohnsparade #stjohns #stjohnsportland #puppetparade #portlandpuppets #portlandpuppetry #giantpuppets #paradepuppets #stjohnsrivermonster
Tagging folks to spread the word
@stjohnsbizarre.bsky.social @npeninsulareview.bsky.social @puppethead.bsky.social
Portlanders! I am looking for folks to help carry some giant puppets in the #stjohnsparade coming up on May 10th in #stjohns , #northportland , including this 6 person, 22 foot long "St Johns River Monster" puppet. Parade line-up starts at 11am by Roosevelt High School, parade rolls at noon.
30.04.2025 15:01 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Finally pulled the giant Green Man puppet head off the clay today!
#greenman #puppethead #giantpuppet #papermache #puppethead #maskmaker #puppetmaker
Thanks! π And thank you so much for the great parade!
30.04.2025 00:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This mask finally got to be worn in a parade today! (I made it years ago in college).
4/26/25 Earth Day Parade in Portland, organized by @350pdx.bsky.social and Sunnyside Environmental School.
Can't wait till next year's parade!
Here you can see the process of sculpting the Greenman puppet's head over the corplast core
24.03.2025 18:09 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Current puppet build: Giant Green Man.
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Hoping to have him completed in time for May Day. His head is 3 feet tall x 2 feet wide, and all the clay was sculpted over a reusable corrugated plastic (corplast) core.
Next comes paper mache!
Tonight! Tonight!
04.03.2025 19:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Catch PDX Monsters this Tuesday night at the Portland Mardi Gras Parade down N Mississippi Ave! Event starts at 7pm at N Albina and Humboldt, and ends with a street party at VonEbert Brewery, N Mississippi and Cook. There will be new monsters to meet!
#portlandmardigras #pdxmonsters
Whenever I see the little crocus' I think of you guys! π
25.02.2025 18:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks for being a part of it!
25.02.2025 15:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That is so good! Love the cryptids. We want to do our blacklight monsters as a yard display, but the current generation is not rainproof.
21.02.2025 20:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Your yard displays look like so much fun! I have often wondered if you do anything like that in your yard for Halloween?
21.02.2025 17:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Cheerful and festively dressed paraders carrying illuminated handmade lanterns made from paper and willow branches, including two big salmon, a red and white mushroom, and a coyote paw
Some of the Wildland Roots crew with our paper and willow lanterns during the Portland Winter Light Festival lantern parade last Saturday. Amazing turn out, even with the rain! @pdxwlf.bsky.social #lanternparade #lanternprocession
Photo by Jenna Roberts of #RiskOfChange
www.pdxallsouls.org DNS has already propagated according to dnschecker.org, so the problem is somewhere in my DNS settings. π
19.02.2025 18:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whew! It was a busy week for Monsters. Snow and ice kept most of the humans away from the secret monster lair during pdxwlf.com , but the monsters are looking forward to their next outing at the portlandmardigras.com parade: 7pm March 4th down N Mississippi Ave--that's 2 weeks from this Tuesday!
16.02.2025 17:57 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yay! Fishy looks so cool! πππ
14.02.2025 19:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No commentary, just posting for your enjoyment
14.02.2025 19:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Round two tonight! Portland Winter Light Festival at Green Anchors, 6-10pm, 8940 N Bradford St.
Free parking at Cathedral Park boat ramp from 7-10pm
Sadly our cello+rock band Selver will not be able to play in Troll Alley tonight due to weather. But the Green Anchors garden and garden art will be beautifully illuminated, there will be hot drinks and sculpted lanterns in the pavilion, and the black light troll monsters will still be on display.
13.02.2025 20:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We are still planning to have lanterns displayed on Friday 2/14 in the Green Anchors pavilion, and the black light monsters will have a special 2/14 appearance at the artANTICa stage
13.02.2025 18:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Love it!
12.02.2025 17:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Procession line up at Salmon Springs fountain 6:30, starts at 7pm going from the WTC plaza to Director Park. I am not organizing but am bringing a bunch of my lanterns with volunteers. Hoping the weather forecast improves so we can bring the 20 foot dragon puppet.
12.02.2025 00:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Brand new monster for Troll Alley fun during Portland Winter Light Festival, this Thursday 2/13 at Green Anchors: 8940 N Bradford St, 6-10pm
RARRRRRRRGH!!!
We're a week behind you. Looking forward to this Saturday's downtown PDX festival scene during the lantern procession.
10.02.2025 19:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Hello
06.02.2025 01:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Best wishes for success with the new job!
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