I am going to work on a few fellas before I move on to something else. The first to get finished is this Green Man with an awesome boar hunt toile.
Some face close-ups-
He has foliage and some country house bits on his arms.
Yeah, lots and lots of foliage and branches everywhere!
This is the last merman for now. It has been a big relief to finish some pieces!
Silvery eyes and seaweed hair.
There are 3 of these mermen available and I will be putting them into my etsy shop today.
I am having fun trying out all these different color combinations.
His hair is a dark purple-red cross-hatch. And he has grey-green eyes.
Most of the decorative kanji on his arms runs down along the sides.
He has a fish button- I have had this button forever, like maybe 40 years! I have finally found the perfect use for it.
It’s the same fabric as the Green Merman but this time the fabric is over-dyed blue.
A glass fish bead on his belt.
More African wax print fabric for his tail. His beard fabric looks bubbly to me.
It might not be obvious but the side fins are a dark red-purple.
I am really excited about working with this African wax print fabric. I need to learn more about it. This piece (which was gifted to me) has a slightly shiny surface, even after washing. I will be keeping my eye out for other patterns that would work with my designs.
I REALLY struggled with his hair. I tried out 3 other colors/patterns before settling on this orange-peachy color. And when I say tried, I mean I cut out the hair and beard, sewed up the beard, pinned it all on his head… then decided I didn’t like it! And his hair style-
I wanted to do something with 2 “braids” but it took a lot of fiddling. Of course that is always the way when figuring out something new.
This merman fellow is more blue-green than his friend yesterday. He has stormy sea green eyes.
More ships and a button that looks like sea glass. A port scene on his back and an embroidered rick rack belt.
OMG- I finished something! It is such a relief to finally have something done!
He has lots of sails and ropes and smoke because A BATTLE!
Little variegated embroidered stitches and a star button.
Different watery and fishy fabrics.
He has a really long hat :-)
He’s got the same tattoos as the last fellow- Eagle on his chest, George Washington on his arms.
I am planning on getting these onto Etsy today, after I go pick up my vegetable box at the farmers market. I have more lumberjacks sewed up for the future but I think I will stop with these for now. With no shows scheduled and none in the foreseeable future, I want to have a good range of pieces in my online shop so I will go on to something else. That is after I get all my dahlias planted!
A handsome blondie in a green plaid shirt.
And here he is in his hat.
An eagle on his chest, George Washington on his arms, and an axe on his back.
