Hand-painted
Checkerboard, painted crooked on purpose
Ten hand-drawn checks in chalk and ink, none of them quite square.
03 06
TechniqueFreehand check, dry brush
In the chair2 h 40
Sets
Every set I have painted recently, with the numbers it was mixed from and how long it took in the chair.
Everything here was painted freehand in one sitting on Franklin Street. Each set lists the numbers off the ring it was mixed from, so if you see one you want you can book it by number rather than by describing it.
Hand-painted
Ten faces, one line each
One continuous line per nail, ten different faces, over a sheer nude.
01 06
TechniqueSingle-stroke line work
In the chair2 h 55
Hand-painted
A small window on each hand
Jewel panes in oxblood, pool blue and marigold, held in hand-painted black leading.
06 07 15 12
TechniqueLeaded panes, jelly fills
In the chair3 h 05
Chrome and metallics
Gold leaf pressed into oxblood
Torn flakes of gold leaf set into a deep oxblood, a different scatter on every nail.
07
TechniqueTorn leaf, pressed wet
In the chair2 h 20
Chrome and metallics
Full mirror chrome
A true mirror finish in cool silver, burnished over a black base.
18
TechniqueChrome powder, burnished
In the chair2 h 10
Chrome and metallics
Marble with one silver vein
Milky white dragged with gray veining and a single ribbon of silver foil per nail.
03 05 18
TechniqueDragged veins, foil ribbon
In the chair2 h 45
French and micro-French
Micro-French in acid lime
A bare buffed nail with a lime tip barely a millimeter deep.
13
TechniqueHairline smile, freehand
In the chair1 h 45
French and micro-French
Chrome-tipped French
A sheer pink base under a wide warm-silver chrome tip with a very sharp smile.
10 18
TechniqueWide smile, chrome tip
In the chair2 h 15
French and micro-French
French in three blocks
The free edge split into three flat blocks of marigold, cherry and ink.
12 08 06
TechniqueBlocked smile, three fills
In the chair2 h 30
Bridal
Pearls set along the cuticle
A sheer blush base with a curve of tiny iridescent pearls following the cuticle line.
10
TechniqueFlat-back pearls, set individually
In the chair3 h 00
Bridal
Flowers suspended in milk
Tiny pressed white and lilac flowers floating inside a milky translucent base.
01 03
TechniqueEncapsulated, sealed in layers
In the chair3 h 10
Bridal
Lilac aura
A halo of lilac blooming from the center of each nail out into a sheer white edge.
17 03
TechniqueAirbrushed halo, sheer edge
In the chair2 h 20