Peter has been busy adding fine details to the two mermaids using a variety of techniques. The seaweed and shell clothing was added by hand with sculpting epoxy. He then drilled some holes into the sculpture and fashioned some beautiful knots onto them. Then he brushed on a thick coat of Coastal Enterprises’ heavy bodied primer and then he quickly created the delicate woodgrains by dragging a variety of different tools through the wet primer. when the water based primer dried he used a cutoff wheel in an angle grinder to create some deep splits in the wood, carefully following the undulating lines of the woodgrain. Now Becke will work her painting magic to make the beautiful pair of sculptures look like 200 year old antiques. Stay tuned…