Nail Art is a lavishly illustrated, full colour exploration of nail art in all its weird and wonderful variations. It highlights the talents, tools and creativity behind this expressionistic art form and looks at its impact on celebrity culture and competitive exhibitions. Featuring freehand designs, fashion-forward nail styles and eye-catching fantasy creations crafted for the competition arena, it looks at nail art through history, from ancient China and India to the early 1900s when car paint inspired new colours for commercial nail art. It goes on to consider nail art in relation to modern fashion and celebrity culture, showing different styles of nail art including expressionistic, fantasy and nail wraps, featuring the work of prominent nail artists throughout.
Nail Art is a lavishly illustrated, full colour exploration of nail art in all its weird and wonderful variations. It highlights the talents, tools and creativity behind this expressionistic art form and looks at its impact on celebrity culture and competitive exhibitions. Featuring freehand designs, fashion-forward nail styles and eye-catching fantasy creations crafted for the competition arena, it looks at nail art through history, from ancient China and India to the early 1900s when car paint inspired new colours for commercial nail art. It goes on to consider nail art in relation to modern fashion and celebrity culture, showing different styles of nail art including expressionistic, fantasy and nail wraps, featuring the work of prominent nail artists throughout.