Succulent fingernails and living wedding rings

Wearable art is the future of fashion according to a north Queensland botanical artist, whose succulent jewellery is attracting international attention.
               

Mackay's Roz Borg has been making art out of succulents for around two years.

While her jewellery had captured the eyes of celebrities, she said her career path happened almost entirely by mistake.

"I started by doing the interior design for my sister-in-law at her cafe — I did a few living walls with succulents in them and people showed interest and wanted to buy them, and it just snowballed from there," she said.

Initially Borg just sold her Arozona succulents at markets and stores across north Queensland, before discovering her talent for succulent jewellery.

That is when Borg had the idea to make succulent fake nails.

"I propagate lots of baby succulents — remove them from the leaf, stick them with special florist glue on an acrylic nail and then glue that acrylic nail to my thumb," she said.

Borg said in a practical sense the nails were no good for everyday use, but said they were a unique and interesting addition to editorial photoshoots and weddings.