A selection of leading artists working in the field and commissioned pieces represent papier mache's wide-ranging technical possibilities and creative potential. The projects - jewellery, bowls, frames, clocks, containers, masks and ornaments - are comprehensively explained with easy-to-follow, step-by-step photographs and text. They have been carefully selected to teach the reader techniques of papier mache, from using pulp and pasting, to moulding and using ready-made shapes.