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Extending The Mouse Manor
How I extended the Mouse Manor
I really wasn’t happy with the left hand side of the Mouse Manor so I decided to add a tower which would contain the brewery and have a patio on the roof. I created a cylinder from a piece of cardboard by cutting slits half way through the thickness of the cardboard to enable me to curve the cardboard smoothly. I divided the cylinder to create two rooms, one for the main brewery and the top floor for storage of the brew.
I then covered it in the same paper mache mixture as the Mouse Manor so it blends in seamlessly with the rest of the build.
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Adding Bark to the Mouse Manor
Preparation for adding bark to the Mouse Manor
Once I created the shape of main structure with kitchen foil and masking tape I then covered the whole of the outside of the house in a layer of black tissue paper. I glued the tissue down with watered down pva glue and then gave the tissue a layer of the glue mixture on top to make it extra strong. This created a good base for the paper mache bark layer.
The next stage was to cover the mouse house with a thick layer of paper mache, I scored bark texture into the paper mache with a plastic palette knife.
Once the paper mache was dry I then gave the whole house a coat of black acrylic paint as a base for the bark colour. I then painted a layer of burnt umber acrylic paint over the black paint, I allowed some of the black paint to show through to create depth. I then dry brushed a lighter brown and a beige colour over the top.
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Oak Tree Mouse Manor
Starting a new build from cardboard and everyday items
Phase one of my brand new build a large Mouse Manor constructed from boxes, kitchen foil, masking tape and paper mache. I have wanted to build a mouse house for a long long time ever since I discovered Where the Gnomes Live on Youtube and the Mouse Mansion in Amsterdam.
This will be my take on a mouse house. It will consist of living accommodation, a garden, balconies, a pub, brewery, post office, apothecary and shops on the ground floor.
