Recently, I allowed my imagination to run and CREATED Dolly as MerFolk. Loving so many of her styles, I remembered a red jeweled dress that she had worn in the past. I recreated my version of it with red and gold swirled fabric. I adorned it with light gold and red beading. Of course Folly is known for being voluptuous, so I designed her breasts with gold and clear beads in a spiral fashioned bralette.
Her face took the most time, an original sculpt of clay, as I looked at photo after photo of her. It was important to get Dolly's smile right. I used a spun bamboo fiber to create her hair, and pulled it back away from her face a bit.
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