'Nail Art History' Puts a Museum at Your Fingertips

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By Jessica Catcher2014-04-30 18:30:37 UTC

When Susi Kenna became interested in nail art, she brought her lifelong love for art history with her to the salon.

The result is an impressive, museum-worthy series at her fingertips, highlighted in images on Kenna's blog Nail Art History .

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Unsurprisingly, these abstract, tiny works of art involve an intense process of study, followed by painting.

"Each manicure starts with an in depth exploration of an artist or artwork and a then becomes a design challenge of how best to translate the selected pieces into ten-nails-across-two-hands," Kenna told Mashable.

She then works with nail artist Mei Kawajiri to match qualities of the original art — color, texture and perspective — as closely as possible in order to maintain the respect for the original works.

Kenna admits that it is a long process and the manicures don't tend to last very long, but "the process of each manicure is forever meaningful."

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