I love these African fabrics with slightly sparkly, metallic designs. This one makes me think of a seaweed forest.

And this batik fabric looks like bubbles- perfect for a merman’s beard.

Silver rickrack and a glass button-

Yes, he has a man-bun.

Flamingos and aqua hair- he is a tropical merman for sure.

He has little beads on the end of his beard. This is the back of his hair-

Flamingos and Palms. He has a fish bead and silver rickrack at his waist.

I have a pile of mermaids in progress but a few other projects got pushed to the front of the line.

He has metallic seaweed on his tail,

subtle shiny stars on his hair and beard,

and silver rick rack with a fish button. Also, whale tattoos.

The fish button was something my daughter brought home for me from South Africa, many years ago.

Two photos in my studio-

Horses and tentacles- I’m not really sure how they go together.

He has a dark peach or tan skin color.

I probably need to take another photo of his skeleton tattoos’ head. The skull isn’t showing.

He has silver rickrack and a button with a horseman going the other way. Both of the belt components have a personal history. Anytime I use some metallic rickrack, it comes from costume making for my kids when they were little. So probably at least 30 years old. The button is reclaimed from a poncho my Mom made me when I was 12. It makes me happy to give them new life.

Skeleton Lady on his back.

I figured a pool photo was the perfect place for a Merman.

His hair fabric goes with his tail fabric!

He has some little “jewels” at his waist.

Lots of happy skeletons!

Here is a close-up of his hair-