The Story
A soft colour,
held hard
Fuchsia is a difficult pink. Thin it and it goes chalky; layer it and it goes purple. The atelier mixes it at full saturation, lays it in three short coats and cures hot between each so the pigment cannot creep — then stops. The depth on these tips comes from the clear over the colour, not from more colour underneath. Anything gentler and the black on top would look like a mistake rather than a decision.
The black is where the set earns its name. Leopard is drawn as an open ring and closed with a second stroke, never filled, so every rosette keeps a hole of pink at its centre. The tiger is one continuous line that changes pressure rather than direction. The harlequin is ruled against a straight edge and then knocked half a degree off true on purpose. The stars are cut from a set sheet with a blade while it is still soft, which is why their points are sharp instead of moulded, and the pearl rope is laid last, in one length, the way a chain lands when you drop it.
Every rosette keeps a hole of pink at its centre.



