Okay! Too many pictures to fit into 1 post (for the record I fit 35 into the other post).
The amazing thing is that the exhibition focussed on all aspects of nail art. 3-D acrylic nail art (above – so beautiful!) and nail art painted on like in the other post, jewels stuck onto nails and it gets even more complex!
A jacket accessorised by nails! Look at the shoulders and the seams and the nails hanging off the chain! Quite possibly one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.
One of the best parts about this collection was the willingness of nail artists and important people in the nail world to open their lives, their collections, their archives to Degree Art and exhibit their work. Some of these items haven’t been seen in decades, some has never been seen! One such artist is Sue Marsh, I’m going to close with a series of shots of her nail art. She has done everything from haute couture for Alexander McQueen to Jessie J. Magazine covers, fashion shows or just her personal collection, she picked her favourites and allowed them to be put on display. I couldn’t get over the artistry and talent. It’s just incredible!
Continue reading Degree Art Presents Nailphilia: London’s First Nail Art Exhibition (Part 2)
), but I cannot help but walk around the exhibit in slack-jawed delight. It’s everything I ever wanted, every nail art blog I’ve ever read or avant-garde nail art on a photoshoot compiled into one space. Working my way through the room I started off in the Sophy Robson corner, she is an incredibly talented UK nail artist and of everything in the exhibit I wanted to buy one of her pieces the most (not because it was hers, but because it appealed to my own sense of style the most!):
