Special effects company designs working mermaid tail for double-amputee. March 12, 2009— -- When a 4-year-old boy approached her at the beach to ask why she had no legs, Nadya Vessey, a ...

Weta Workshop, the special FX house behind the costumes and props in the Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia films, have given a double leg amputee the ability to swim. Auckland native Nadya ...

Disney’s live action remake of “The Little Mermaid” may have relied heavily on CGI and other technology to turn people into merfolk, but there is a rapidly growing industry to make people’s mermaid ...

On a shady street in the heart of Lincolnton sits a century-old brick warehouse with a small porch, a garage door left ajar and a gravel driveway, leading to a 20,000 gallon water tank that ...

The Viniello girls model their parents’ mermaid sleeping bag designs. Courtesy Viniello Family The Viniellos came up with the idea of Enchantails when Mark, a 20-year veteran in make-up special ...

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