I have written a lot about mermaids, not sure what the fascination is except maybe they are women who live in the sea and maybe because of that are the connection to our subconscious. Here is an older post about them. Maybe it is laziness on my part, easier to draw a tail than legs 
Mermaids can bring wishes to the sea and make them real. She can find what we really want in our deep minds and tell us and bring it up to the surface for us to see.
This is my latest embroidery, the mermaid swims around a magical island. If anyone except the mermaid tries to go onto the island to take the fruit then the birds sing them to sleep and they are transported back home again
This took me a while to do, I beaded it more than usual and layered netting over a gauze over blue to get a depth in the colour. I love the fabric I used for the tail. I am enjoying doing some more detailed pieces before I have to get into production for the Christmas fair (fingers crossed I get a place!). I also bought more fabric for the quilt today so no excuses, get out the cardboard shape and get scaling!
xclio
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June 30th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Lovely, lovely….my granddaughter is mad for mermaids and knows that she used to be one. I think she is right ! Is your book published? I would love to get a copy or at least a copy of your mermaid image to frame for her for her room (she is 5 1/2).
Thanks….Kate
January 2nd, 2011 at 5:04 am
Very nice work!
I’m a fan of the little mermaid’s tale (Hans Christian Andersen) and I make for my little daughter an Enciclopedy of the tale.I think it could be beautiful to put on the cover a nice mermaid like this.Ilive in Spain, how much could be one like this but smaller?
Thanks for Your reply.