Layl's Silly Milly Art

Layl McDill Polymer Clay Sculpture Gallery

Mermaid’s Turtle Celebration

Created May 2009

Inspiration: I had never made a dimensional sculpture of a mermaid (they had all been wall pieces) so when I needed to make pedestal pieces for my show at the Hudson Hospital I took that as a challenge to make this mermaid. In my imagination she existed mostly as shape in motion without any details. It wasn't until I started building her that the details came together like the turtle mother and the baby turtle in her hands.

Technique: This piece had a very complicated armature and included rocks and tinfoil in the base which was covered with Apoxy Sculpt and glitter. I added the pre-baked waves and coral to the Apoxy Sculpt when it was still soft.

Here are some pictures of the process:

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