I was a late adapter with television shows such as Project Runway and Top Chef. I think I started watching both (plus others) in about their 3rd season, after Bravo ran a weekend marathon of Season One of Project Runway in 2006.
Not that I'm a TV snob, far from it, but after a couple of years I had enough. I really grew weary of the pack mentality of some of the contestants picking on others who they considered to be less talented, more annoying, geeks, because of ageism, sexism - whatver. (As an aside, I believe the producers knowingly throw odd/less talented ones into the mix merely to stir the pot.)
Anyway those two new horrifing design shows last year rang the death knell for me on watching these types of shows. But as it happened, I was sick last week and the first four episodes of Work of Art were on so I watched them fast forwarding through the same, frequent, annoying diet soda commercial.
Two episodes showed talented artist Abdi Farah doing some paper mache-like sculpture. If you are interested in paper mache, check out episode 2 in particular to see him building a wire armature of a head-less human form and using crumbled up paper and tape to provide the shape.
More info about paper crafts:
- Basics of Collage and Assemblage
- The Difference Between Collage, Assemblage and Papier Mache
- Collage Materials and Supplies