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I didn't want to not bring a sjörå with me to the market/exhibition so I mounted this sjörå on a wooden plate to be hung on the wall instead, since I didn't have time to finish the lantern set-up!

Come to a cozy christmas market and cryptozological exhibition this sat-sun at Wira Bruk, Sweden! Gonna be cool.
I will have some pieces in the exhibition and also sell stuff at the market.

Hopefully I will get some cool pictures of it all to show you!

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THE SJÖRÅ
A sjörå is a female water creature in Scandinavian folklore.
Sjö=lake. Rå/rådare=a mythological being that is a keeper or warden of a particular location or landform, like lakes, forests or mountains.
This rå is natures warden of the lake/s that's within her domain. She is a shapeshifter and can take the form of for example an abborre  or gädda .

I have sculpted this using sculpey clay (those scales took forever! xD), molded it with silicone and cast it using resin.
I've then painted it by hand, with inspiration from the Swedish perch fish (abborre), using acrylic colours and given it a glossy protective finish.
She is mounted onto a wooden plate and has a sign that reads: "Sjörå, Exempl. nr.1, Juli-62".
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Comments: 15

Surrexis [2015-12-16 16:57:04 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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Nymla In reply to Surrexis [2015-12-23 14:55:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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Checanty [2015-12-03 15:10:05 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, this is amazing! I love the colours and textures and the pose of her tail! 

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Nymla In reply to Checanty [2015-12-03 16:44:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so muuch!! So happy that you like it since your illustrations really inspired me for this one The colours are supposed to be like a swedish bass: mikandersen.dk/Aborre.jpg

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Checanty In reply to Nymla [2015-12-04 18:45:52 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, yes, I see the resemblance! (your mermaid is better looking though  )

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Nymla In reply to Checanty [2015-12-05 01:33:23 +0000 UTC]

Or maybe it's called a perch in english Ooh well.. Thank you!xD

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AnyaBoz [2015-11-27 17:42:52 +0000 UTC]

You are amazing

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Nymla In reply to AnyaBoz [2015-11-27 19:26:34 +0000 UTC]

Noo, yooou aare!   (Thank you :3)

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Escaron [2015-11-27 15:02:57 +0000 UTC]

There is no  baseball in Kolforsen...

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Nymla In reply to Escaron [2015-11-27 19:25:40 +0000 UTC]

Haha the comments are strange on this one xD

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yellowpup411 [2015-11-27 13:05:44 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE IT

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Nymla In reply to yellowpup411 [2015-11-27 19:25:47 +0000 UTC]

YAAY

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ThatGuyWithTheTShirt [2015-11-27 04:43:28 +0000 UTC]

There is no crying in baseball.

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kamberlybuxton [2015-11-27 04:40:44 +0000 UTC]

What is it

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kamberlybuxton [2015-11-27 04:40:15 +0000 UTC]

Ewwwwwwwwww that's disgusting it's so nasty ewwwwwwwwwwww even know your a good artist but ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

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