She doesn't look like an alien anymore. At least, not in a bad way.
Hers was the first hair I've planted on a head. Hers is the first tiny pearl necklace I've strung--that small of one, at least. Hers is the first tail fin I've---well heck, she's the first mermaid I've sculpted.
The hair glue was going to be messy so I wrapped her up like I am when I get my hair--um--enhanced--at the salon.
I got the weft mohair, which is sewn on one edge, so that it doesn't arrive tangled, and it's easier to work with.
I used a LOT of toothpicks and paper towels, things I don't usually use with my own hair.
She still looked pretty strange here. Of course, it hurts to be beautiful.
The tail fin cut from fantasy film, wire being glued on so I can bend the tail how I want.
Many toothpicks, glued-together fingers, a headache and a couple of new and unusual expletives later, the mermaid is done.
Now, as Jason and Grant and the crew of "Ghost Hunters" proclaim,
"On to the next..."
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