Directions:
i. Place a clean enough drop cloth on your dining table.
ii. Build an armature with cardboard; realize you don’t know what you’re doing. Do it anyway.
iii. Cut reused paper into hundreds of strips. Put some on the table and the rest in a moving box.
iv. Make paste from flour, water, and salt. Think about how kids eat paste. Know it won’t taste good. Stop yourself from trying it.
v. Place a paper strip into the paste; note the significant mess you make. Try to remove some paste from the strip. Mostly fail.
vi. Apply paste-paper to your armature. Attempt to build the shape you envision. Mostly fail.
vii. Feel sticky. Continue.
viii. After applying several layers of paper to the top of your armature, wonder if the cardboard stilts will stick to the form. Allow to dry overnight.
iix. Find the product has not stuck to the stilts and feel relief. Feel satisfied that the dry form is very solid. Repeat process on day two on the unformed part of the structure.
ix. Repeat until pleased with results. Wonder if it is possible to follow through on this step.