Wednesday 6 July 2011

the manicurist's nightmare

Joy McCallister, participant of the St Louis workshop, kindly sent me some images from our week together
thought i might share
even though [like those of Lady Macbeth]
they'll ne'er be clean





9 comments:

  1. my own retired ex-florist's fingers were perfect to go into ecoprinting and dyeing, thanks to you :) they may not be classically beautiful, but i sure do like the colours :)

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  2. Making beauty is far more satisfying then looking beautiful..............
    XXXm

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  3. Art trumps perfect hands anyway!

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  4. Like working with leather dyes on gourds, felting or gardening... our hands will never look beautiful and perfect but they will have character
    They will reflect our efforts to create.

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  5. i remember telling school folks my (blue) hands were dyed with indigo. they just stared.

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  6. i agree with martine - making beauty is much more satisfying than perfect nails :) love the pics!

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  7. nails shmails.... Much better to enjoy life.

    It's really not worth the effort, plus filing nails makes my skin crawl.

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  8. I have given up trying to have nice nails...much happier with the ones l have because it means l am happy eco-dyeing! Hax

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  9. ur hands somewhat inspired my hands, me thinks. its interesting how others react.

    i showed one woman because we were talking about tribal prints and she pushed it away and said "why would you maim yourself like that"!!! there must be a parallel universe that I don't know about and every now and then I cross over into it because it can be the only explanation for such an aggresive reaction.

    it put me off her fast let me tell you!

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