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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/

So there I was on Pinterest, wasting time, and I saw a sheet of tiling patterns. I am always looking for tiling patterns for 3d projects, so I clicked on it, and it turns out not to be a digital texture/resource seller, but an art supply place called Kor Tools . Kor seems to make two things right now-- pattern rollers and pattern stamps. They are designed to jewelry scale and are meant to be used with the metallic jewelry clays you can buy. I looked at them and thought they would be fine for sculpey, but then I realized I was also looking at doll-scale fabric printing rollers--a small scale version of the Indian woodblock rollers that are used to make Indian cotton bedpreads and clothing patterns. Woot! Here is the pattern, made by a roller that is approximately 5 inches across: I suspect that the master is created with 3d printing, then cleaned up, and then the rollers are cast out of acrylic. The rollers are something I would call "finger rollers" without handles, a...