Friday, December 24, 2010

Finally have a nursery website up and running for the babies....

Little Moon Nursery. That's the name of the new nursery and website to showcase the ooak babies I've been so steadily working on recently. I'll be adding a link to the right soon, but here's the website for anyone interested.

www.littlemoonnursery.com

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Arctic Mermaid...

Finally a new mermaid! She's about 7" long (if stretched out). Painted with an oil/chalk/bond mixture and glazed with lacquer and glitter. Tibetian wool in baby blonde for her hair. She's the Arctic Mermaid and here's the link to her auction and a slideshow. Enjoy.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230566266693&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Monday, August 16, 2010

Seraphine is finished!!!

Here are a few photos of Seraphine all finished up. She's about 10" tall on her base and just breathe-taking. Her hair is handset red, brown, white, and blonde viscose fibers twisted into dreads with fabric stiffener. She has tiny pearls throughout her hair. She's playing with floatastic kelp! Her tail is painted a shimmering golden orange and her side fins are posable.


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Mermaid In Progress...updates...

Here are a few updated photos of Seraphine and her finished base.


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Friday, August 6, 2010

Mermaid In Progress...pics and a name

The name I've given this fiery goldfish mermaid is Seraphine, meaning buring fire. She's coming along nicely. She'll need arms, hands, and a neck sculpted and painted then she'll be ready for hair and accessories. Here are are few pics of her progress.


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Mermaid's Progress...

Yesterday I added bulk and sculpted the torso and most of the tail. Today I added a little more bulk to her tail to even her up and sculpted her head. I used lovely reflective pink pearl beads for her eyes, gives an eerie but breathless appearance. I also added a bit of genesis paints to the face to give her a more realistic skin tone. Then blushed her cheeks and lips to add some color. Finally used some orange, skin tones, and browns to add depth and a stormy goldfish effect for their eyes.

I'll be adding progress photos in a little bit. I'll also be finishing the tail, fins, and ears this evening.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Mermaid In Progress...

I've just started on a new mermaid. My vision is to have a beautiful sunkissed mermaid kneeling in the sand taking in the sunrise! Her body in a subtle, but sexy upright pose with one hand (at least, maybe both) tangled in her lovely hair. Again this is my vision...but these things often change as my work comes together. Since she is to be a sunkissed mermaid her tail and fins will probably be very warm colors. We'll see.

I begun bulking up her armature last night and will likely take a few photos of that this evening before I start working on her again. I'll try my very hardest to take lots of progress picks and post them.

International Merbabies: Ravana, Ningyo, and Madeline

Lovely 2.5" merbabies on circular bases. Ningyo is representing the Japanese mermaid featuring wispy black hair and a unique koi or dragon like red and black tail. Madeline is representing the Dutch mermaid featuring blonde hair and a sparkly green tail. Ravana features thick black hair and a glitterly blue and purple tail and she represents the Indian mermaid. All of the merbabies are one of a kind,sculpted from Premo clay, and hand painted with Genesis paints. Picks coming soon...

Friday, June 25, 2010

New Happenings!!!!

To begin I've decided to create a seperate website dedicated to my Dainty Dragons collection. These Dainty Dragons will resemble my first sculpt "Mindle" and come in a wide variety of colors, materials, poses, and so on! I've actually started this collection off with the creation of "Flutterfly" a baby FaeDragon and he's currently for adoption on ebay (search zaos or daintydragon). The webpage to the Dainty Dragons Adoption Center is www.daintydragons.com


My next big news is I've opened my Etsy Shop...finally. Etsy is a great place to buy and sell art. Here's the link... http://www.etsy.com/shop/zouxart

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Tails and Fins....butterfly wing template use...

I've started experimenting with the idea I had for the fins on future mermaids and maybe fish and sea dragons using butterfly and dragonfly templates. I've made two copies of the butterfly wings (on ivory vallum paper). Then I've added I little more color to the wings with watercolor pencils. I then mixed up a bit of silver acrylic paint with gallery glass and painted a generous layer over the wings. Waited a few hours for the mixture to dry completely then laid the two sheet over eachother and cut equal boxes around the wings. I added some crazy sticky (clear drying) glue to the bottom side of one sheet, spread it into a thin layer, and lined the edges of the wings as best I could and let them dry. I laid a heavy book over the two sheets to ensure the edges would not curl. Once dry I trimed the wings out of the sheet and rearranged on a mermaid's armature to see the butterfly wing fins in action (two different positions). I am overall rather happy with the outcome.

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

FINISHED: Faerie Infant (5-6")

Here she is fast asleep in her nest. I'm still thinking of a name for her and I have to take better photos before listing her. Here's a few quick pics though.


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Monday, May 24, 2010

WIP: Faerie Infant (5-6")

I don't have an exact measurement on her yet, but if her feet were extended she'd be around 5-6" long. I started working on her yesterday, but didn't have enough hours in the day to finish her up so I'll probably finish sculpted and painting her today and then work on a cradle base for her.

I was so inspired by all the May babies on ebay, so decided I'd try my hand at a May baby and a larger baby. So far I like her, she's got a content resting expression and she's definitely a chubbers but I do love a "healthy" baby! I'm debating on what kind of base she'll be in. Tree nook or blooming may flower...or maybe a mix of the two!!! We shall see.

Sorry about the ugly pics, I took them with her laying on an old oven mitt....mistake!


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Monday, May 17, 2010

Mermaid Child and Friend

Alrighty Rosalyn and William are all finished and on ebay for this week. Rosalyn's total height (tip of tail to top of head) approx. 7.5" and William's length is approx. 3". Check them out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230476305037

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Thursday, May 13, 2010

WIP: Mermaid Child and Critter Friend(UPDATE..friend pics)

Here are the newest photos of Rosalyn and her little friend. He's a weddell seal pup named William. He has one layer of genesis, but I'll likely add another layer of beige to even out the first layer and add texture. So that's how far I've gotten this morning. I only have a few "sculpting time" hours today, as I need to go to the spa and salon today to get ready for my buddy's wedding tomorrow. Here's the pics anyway (dark cloudy day, so dark cloudy pics...sorry).


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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

WIP: Mermaid Child (UPDATE..first pics)

Another mermaid. This one is a child (around five years old in appearance) with a critter friend.

Only two pics to start, but it'll give you an idea of what's in my head. She'll be sitting where she is on the branch (which is far from finished) and her little critter friend will be at the other end. She also has collected a name.....Rosalyn. It seemed to fit her features, plus she'll have a rose colored tail and fins. I believe she'll have strawberry blonde hair, maybe with rose colored highlights. Not certain on that yet! I'm thinking a weddell seal pup would be a great friend for her, they're fur is kinda of a pinkish beige when their pups.

I'm going to try finishing this up by Sunday, but my best friend's wedding is on Friday and hopefully my hubby and I will be celebrating our anniversary this weekend. So we'll see how much time I have to sculpt between today and tomorrow! Wish me luck.

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WIP: Mermaid Child

Another mermaid is in the works. She'll be 6"-7" from tip of tail to the top of her head. Her name will be Rosalyn, meaning little rose! While her skintone will not be blue, she'll have a very icy skintone non the less. She'll be in a sitting pose atop a branch and she'll also be with a little friend, likely a sealion or seal. We'll have to see where this goes! Wish me luck.

I'd like to set my "finish by" date on Sunday, but my buddy is getting married on Friday and my hubby and I will hopefully be celebrating our anniversary this weekend so we'll have to wait and see. I may get her finished before I leave, but I don't want to rush.

"finish by" date: TBD
Pics coming up shortly.

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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Merbabies: Baby Blue Fin, Silverfish, and Bass Baby

I've just finished up the third of my "merbabies". I love these little beauties! Silverfish was the first and she came out a little larger then I wanted, but still a cutie. Her tail is aqua blue and silver.

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Baby Blue Fin was the second and he's the size I'd like to keep these little cuties at. His tail is light blue and super sparkley.

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Finally there was Bass Baby who's my Mother's Day gift for my Bass Crazed momma! Bass Baby's tail and fins are painted to resemble a large mouth bass' colors and markings. The bass is a pen holder too!

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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Mermaid at the River's Edge (Finished)

Her she is all finished. She's gone through a few color changes, but the outcome is nice. She's a Cold River Mermaid (or Pandorian Mermaid for those avatar fans). Her final length is 10 inches! She'll be on ebay shortly (search zaos).


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