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

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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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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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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Jennifer

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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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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Jennifer

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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Jennifer