Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Coming Together

I snapped a few photos when I finished working last night in order to show the progress I made this weekend on my Mermaid gourd. Baby Mer got her tailfin and is now ready for painting.



Mama Mer got a tail. Last night I roughed in her hands - I taped her to the gourd in order to put the final pose on the hands before I add the details and bake them. Once I add her pillow to raise her up a bit into the gourd, Baby Mer will fit perfectly in her little nest!


I had intended to have that pillow made already, but now I'm glad I haven't gotten to it yet -- I discovered that I am going to need to add some weight to the bottom front of the gourd to counterbalance Mama. It's all coming together nicely.

7 comments:

MaryO said...

Yes, I would say it's "coming along nicely"...or better yet, "coming along beautifully. Nice job on those hands, but it's all terrific, Judi.

Healing Woman said...

This is just amazing. You could win and award if you enter this sculpture in any show!

Jennifer Rose said...

coming along nicely :)love the fins

Serena Lewis said...

This is coming together beautifully, Judi! I love how you've done the baby's tail. I can't wait to see the next stage ~

Judi W. said...

The pose is simply fantastic - and the paint job superb! I'll run out of superlatives if I keep on going :) so I'll save them for when this is done!!!!!!!

Norma Soulet (AZArtist) said...

Judi, I love how your gourd creation is coming along. Love how the baby looks and it's tail is great! Can't wait to see it all finished.
Hugs

BumbleVee said...

I'm not even gonna try! I'm just going to ditto everything everybody else just said!!
...and wow....