Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
"I broke a nail!"
I bet like me you don't spend much time, especially at this busy gardening time of the year, on your fingernails. In fact, I've never bothered with a professional manicure in my life. Even though I wear disposable nitrile gloves, my nails are still a mess.
But I figure there's no reason I can't give one of my pots some fabulous nail art.
A few weeks ago I called Nigel out into the garden to give me a hand lifting a large pot onto a set of my favorite pot feet. They look kind of like lion's paws, with big claws. They're just simple pot feet made from terra cotta, but Nigel got to talking and suggested they might look good with some color on them. The big pot that they support sits in front along with my big display of talavera pots. I don't remember who came up with the idea that the pot feet would look good with nail art, it might have been me, it might have been him.
Fortunately I know someone with an artistic, creative daughter who's into nail art -- my friend Camille! I emailed her to see if her daughter Marian would be willing to take a stab at it, and she said yes! So I delivered the pot feet to her just a few days ago and --
Voila!
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| Aren't they cool? Each nail is unique |
I gave her some acrylic craft paint for painting terra cotta in colors that match the talavera pots and told her she had free rein.
I love them. I'm so lucky to know someone with artistic talent who can follow through on my wild ideas. I also thought it was important that Marian know that her talent is valuable, so I paid her for her work.
Camille sent me a couple of photos of Marian, painting the pot feet, and with an exhibit from her school where some of her art was displayed.
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| Marian on the right and Camille's middle daughter Louisa on the left, also engaged in an art project |
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| The tree of life on the left and the koi on the upper right are Marian's work (The tree of life was a Mother's Day project that was chosen for display at the state fair). The picture just to the left of Marian, showing a kitty-kat yin-yang, is also her work. |
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| Here's an example of Marian's nail art on a human hand -- not mine, however, because I would ruin it |
Now I need to find more things Marian can paint!
