As sharp as a knife reflects on the extensions of the body, the attributes placed upon the body and the possible transformations made to and with our body. For as sharp as a knife the artist highlights these extensions with the simple element of a fake nail. The nails become part of our style, characteristic and identity and have the ability to turn into claws. These claws become tools to protect ourselves and thus can be seen as a weapon. They become wild, organic, colorful and bright. They extent a part of us and they protect a part of us. As seen in gender studies, we know that we play our gender role by carrying socially constructed codes through attributes like clothing, makeup, accessories and elements of fashion. These extensions determine the way we are looked at and the position we will be placed in. To enlarge the gender spectrum and to show new possibilities, the artist playfully mirrored new forms of nail art as seen in today’s pop and queer culture, as a metaphor for an evolving gender fluid and non binary future.