A talented nail artist has created manicure works of art with stunning detail. Alice Bartlett visited a craft and hobby shop in London to get the idea for her most intricate and flamboyant finger sculptures yet. She saw tiny figures used for model railway scenery displays and decided to use them to create rural scenes. With painstaking attention to detail, she attached the figures to her nails, evoking scenes reminiscent of an English summer. She also created a green grass “manicured” lawn effect covering her fingertips using a technique called “flocking”, which gives a velvet-like texture when used with colour polish. The end product was a stunning set of of digits depicting a pleasant rural atmosphere.
Scratch that: Painstaking work was needed for the special manicure. (Photo by Alice Bartlett/Flickr)
Grass effect: A technique called flocking gave a lawn effect. (Photo by Alice Bartlett/Flickr)
Index-linked: A tiny figure stands at the end of Alice's nail. (Photo by Alice Bartlett/Flickr)
Rural idyll: The work depicts typical summer scenes. (Photo by Alice Bartlett/Flickr)
Model poses: The figures are normally used for model train set scenery. (Photo by Alice Bartlett/Flickr)
Pointed out: This couple are delicately balanced. (Photo by Alice Bartlett/Flickr)
Thumb a lift: Alice spent hours painstakingly gluing the figure to her fingertips. (Photo by Alice Bartlett/Flickr)
Nail-way station: A trip to a craft shop was Alice's inspiration. (Photo by Alice Bartlett/Flickr)
10 Aug 2014 10:28:00,
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