Life in a Box Chapter 15

Dutch Landscape Miniature Nail Art by E.J. Gold.

Can’t wait to get there, eh? I don’t blame ya — here’s the address:

click here to visit my nailery

Isn’t that something? I can put the most intricate things on those nails, just like I used to do with a fine-tipped pen, only these nails are SO much cheaper that I can actually hope to market them.

I also have original painted designs on Feature Nails, but they run $125 a pop, and are actually miniature paintings and ink washes.

If you really want an original Dutch Masters Painted Nail, I’d recommend mounting it in a deep frame. I do that for an additional $125 — the labor is a bitch and I wreck one out of four frames, so if you’re looking for a wrecked frame, check my wrecked frame inventory out back of the shed.

You know that you can add to this product by painting colors onto them? I don’t think it would add anything, but it’s just another way you could add value if you were strapped for another reason to charge more. Continue reading

Scrimshaw Style Original Fine Art Nails by EJ Gold

 

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Signed & Dated Scrimshaw Style ArtNails by Listed American Artist EJ Gold, Art in America, Who’s Who in Art.

That’s right, I’m creating handmade STRICTLY one-of-a-kind scrimshaw style artnails for the high-end nail salon market, and believe me, there’s plenty of it to go around. Nail art is more than popular — it rivals tattoos for popularity, and the FEATURE NAIL is the key to the whole thing.

Feature nails can be handpainted and sometimes you can get a fantastic nail by a total unknown artist for a fraction of what you really should pay. Oh, most folks don’t think they should pay for art — after all, isn’t art a form of play?

Many artists starve or maintain a day job just because of that attitude by frozen-faced street zombies under the usual alien domination.

Okay, so how much are they, and where can you get them??? Continue reading