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Phyllis Morrow of PGM sculpting has a nice tutorial on making this mermaid. I liked the tail the best and there are a LOT of steps on how to make that delicate end fin--which includes Liquid Fimo, which I thought before was kind of useless-- but I see here how it works to provide transparency for the tail and protection when baking the tail fin. http://pgmsculpting.com/tutorials/

This is "Eventide" and I believe she was originally a porcelain doll, probably about the size of the Bychkova dolls. I found her on Jennifer Sutherland's blog , but apparently Sutherland has been busy so the blog is a little unattended (looks guilty). Here's another doll: Most of what Sutherland sells seems to be smaller Alice-in-Wonderland themed items, you can see them on her Ebay store: https://www.ebay.com/usr/sutherland*art?_trksid=p2047675.l2559 There are a lot of talking flowers at the moment (!) And one from 2007!

Pinterest has a way of showing you fantastic art, without giving you much idea of who or what the artist is! This lovely doll is by Milana Shupa-Dubrova. She has a personal Facebook page , and you can drool over her dolls here on Pinterest if you are Pinterest member . All I know about her is that she lives in the Ukraine and is very, very good at creating beautiful little ..Resin? Porcelain? fairy-like girls with exquisite clothes. I'm not even sure how tall they are. :o Here are a few more: I hope eventually I will find an article about her, or perhaps a write up of a gallery show she has been in. Edit--ATYL is a genius and FOUND AN ARTICLE about Shupa-Dubrova!! Dolls of Milan Shupa-Dubrovy - a real work of art Published:  Rost-info on: 03/25/ 2012 :  Culture  ,  Publications No comments yet, viewed Views: Views 793   Print    Email Milan Shupa-Dubrova creates unique author's dolls.  Her works exist in a single copy, they ...

Her Live Journal is here , and while Google Translate is a bit murky at times, at least you can get the main sense of her entries. I am not sure how tall the dolls are, but they are so beautifully painted they are well worth a visit. Loseva writes that she "paints with a magnifying glass" and I believe it, since the details are so perfect--the girls are very "alive" looking. Loseva also makes the beautiful clothing! So far I haven't figured out how to contact her, but here are her store policies, and if you log into the page with facebook you may be able to leave a comment, and hopefully she can translate it. It looks like she will cast a few and then sell the already completed dolls from her Journal. PayPal does not seem to be an option? Here's a blogspot page about her dolls and her process: http://natalialoseva-dolls.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/im-glad-you-could-drop-by_20.html And here is her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NatalialosevaDoll A...

Now that I have switched to Chrome, I can read Ilsonya's blog again (Chrome translates automatically), and she had a link to Haru Casting , a Korean-based casting service that looks like it's not too far from Soom. I had always assumed that Soom did their own casting, but it would make sense if they either farmed it out or sent out pieces when the order load got too heavy (and it explains the occasional shipping mistake Soom has). In any case, what I found fascinating was the color palette that Haru offers, as shown here: Now you have to mentally add a yellow shade to some of the colors to picture how resin will age over time (though they say they have essentially UV cut as part of the resin). The first purple Migmas have shown a tendency to fade to a olivish color, and the blues green a little. Of course the oranges and golds would stay the same. I'm looking at these pots and I want a Cyborg in each color. :D I want to see if Soom starts offering that blue blue at least...