{"id":857,"date":"2014-06-10T18:54:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T23:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=857"},"modified":"2014-09-17T07:46:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T12:46:44","slug":"mermaids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=857","title":{"rendered":"Mermaids!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Finally I have finished my banana gourds mermaids! After what has seemed like forever my muse returned and I am once again in the studio creating, painting, sculpting and all in all enjoying the process.\u00a0 So tomorrow off to the &#8220;boutique&#8221; and hopefully some sales!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the past I have just painted the mermaids on the banana gourds, but this time I decided to add dimension by using texture medium for the hair. 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