Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
Home Celebrity

How One Nail Artist Is Turning Fine Art Into Nail Art – Essence

rmtsa by rmtsa
November 19, 2024
in Celebrity
0
How One Nail Artist Is Turning Fine Art Into Nail Art – Essence
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


You might also like

New Orleans Inmate Captured After Jail Escape

Ananda Lewis Deserved Grace, Not Judgment, In Life And Death

Social Media Reacts To Brandy & Monica’s ‘The Boy Is Mine’ Tour

Photos by Jarrett Lampley.

Tyler Macias has been artistic for as long as she can remember—experimenting with any medium she could get her hands on. Navigating her way through ceramics, charcoal painting, portraiture, and several musical instruments, she found her way to nail art. 

“I had a lot of musical influences,” the Moreno Valley-born artist says. “I went to a lot of backyard shows, my peers played instruments, I was a theater kid—that was my influence,” Macias—who now counts the likes of SZA, Rico Nasty, and FKA Twigs as clients today—says. “Everybody there was so indie and into Arctic Monkeys and Mac Demarco, so that was my foundation.”

Processed with VSCO with a9pro preset

Outside of piano lessons from a neighbor and a beginner’s art class at her local community college, the renaissance woman and nail artist is primarily self-taught. She attributes much of her innate abilities to her artist father. Drawn to eye-catching patterns, textures, sculptures, and hyperrealistic portraits, Macias translates her fascination for multidimensional art into her practice—which can be found in her newly-opened independent studio, located off of Sunset Blvd.

“I wanted to take what I like, and I wanted to see it on my hands,” she states. Watching Toro y Moi and “trippy, psychedelic, indie-type” music videos during the pandemic greatly contributed to her design style as she was starting out. Additionally, Pinterest is a great inspiration for her as well. “I like to look at little figurines like Precious Moments. I take a lot of inspiration from the outdoors as well. I did some fish nails not too long ago.”

Processed with VSCO with a9pro preset

In terms of her work, Macias is steadfast in the belief that nail art is and should be considered a legitimate form of art. “It’s so high fashion now. You can do anything, especially with the new technology. With the different types of clay and gel being developed, you can get super sculptural with nails. I’ve worked with nail artists who use actual clay to make extensions and crazy, funky charms. It’s just gone to a whole other level. It’s not like what it used to be at all,” she explains.

Using the clever play on words, “@puttheminacoffin,” Macias takes to Instagram to display most of her experimentations, highlighting many other independent artists in the process. Whether it’s fashioning pet portraits, recreating art from surrealist painter Octavio Ocampo or fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, or a plethora of three-dimensional objects from food to clowns, and beyond, there is no limit to the art Macias can create on a pair of hands.

Processed with VSCO with a9pro preset

To Macias and many other nail enthusiasts, the skill and art is apparent. “It takes just as much time, thought, and creativity as working with any other medium. We’re using paint, acrylic, sculptural items, and we’re doing it on people — tiny canvases —, which is so crazy,” she attests. 

Translating her artistic practices into beauty services provided expansive creative opportunities, but it did not come without complications. “I feel like my career has moved so fast but at the same time,” she explains of her business that took off in 2020. “We’re all struggling because of the economy and service providers feel it heavily right now.”

Processed with VSCO with a9pro preset

On the brighter side, she affirms how positive the creative digital space can be, and how it cultivates niche pockets of art. “I just started doing this for fun. I didn’t really think that it would go in the direction that it has,” she explains. “I’ll go 80 miles away, and when they ask for my Instagram, they find that they’re already following me. I’m like, ‘That’s crazy. I’m just a girl from the I.E., how do you know of me?’ It trips me out every single time.”

These days, she’s dreaming big—hoping to work with stars and boundary pushers like Chappel Roan, Thundercat, and Tyler, The Creator. Additionally, she has hopes of opening her own studio and embracing new design challenges.

“In my heart, I feel like my career is barely taking off, and it has the potential to be something big,” she says. But no matter what new heights she reaches, she stays grounded thanks to her community and clients. “I get the most satisfaction out of having my regular clientele. They bring me the coolest inspo for nail designs. We have the most fun, and the most gossip to talk about.”

Processed with VSCO with a9pro preset



Source link

Tags: ARTArtistEssenceFineNailTurning
Share30Tweet19
rmtsa

rmtsa

Recommended For You

New Orleans Inmate Captured After Jail Escape

by rmtsa
June 28, 2025
0
New Orleans Inmate Captured After Jail Escape

After spending a little over a month on the run, Antoine Massey has been captured and arrested. Massey, along with nine other male inmates, escaped a New Orleans...

Read more

Ananda Lewis Deserved Grace, Not Judgment, In Life And Death

by rmtsa
June 28, 2025
0
Ananda Lewis Deserved Grace, Not Judgment, In Life And Death

Source: Gregg DeGuire When the news broke of the passing of journalist, VJ, television personality, actor and activist Ananda Lewis, something shifted for me. Ananda was someone I...

Read more

Social Media Reacts To Brandy & Monica’s ‘The Boy Is Mine’ Tour

by rmtsa
June 28, 2025
0
Social Media Reacts To Brandy & Monica’s ‘The Boy Is Mine’ Tour

Source: Vaughn Alvarez/cr8agency Social media is buzzing over Brandy and Monica announcing their long-awaited ‘The Boy Is Mine’ Tour nearly 30 years after their culture-shifting 1998 collab dominated...

Read more

Black Women In Music Are Setting The Beauty Rules For 2025—And We’re Taking Notes – Essence

by rmtsa
June 28, 2025
0
Black Women In Music Are Setting The Beauty Rules For 2025—And We’re Taking Notes – Essence

Mike Coppola/MG25/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue In 2025, Black women in music aren’t just setting beauty trends—they’re reshaping the narrative entirely. Whether opera singers, rappers, or genre-blurring...

Read more

B. Simone Gets Clowned After Sharing Her Money Woes

by rmtsa
June 27, 2025
0
B. Simone Gets Clowned After Sharing Her Money Woes

Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Through talent and hustle, entrepreneur/comedian/actress/social media personality B. Simone made her way to more than five million followers and a career that includes Wild ‘n...

Read more
Next Post
Reel Suspects Boards Absurdist Estonian Comedy ‘The Black Hole’

Reel Suspects Boards Absurdist Estonian Comedy ‘The Black Hole’

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Browse by Category

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized

CATEGORIES

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized
No Result
View All Result

Recent News

  • Alabama Barker Details Battle with ‘Severe’ Health Anxiety in TikTok Video
  • How Mariska Hargitay’s Mom Died in 1967 – Hollywood Life
  • John Travolta Surprises Fans at Grease Sing-Along as Danny Zuko

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In