New henna / mehndi photos!
The first two of these are inspired by Nick Cartier's new "bookini" Rajasthan (available through the shop @ HennaTribe.com)... both are on Peter. I also did one on myself, but it hasn't darkened up yet and I didn't get a good paste-off picture. You should *definitely* get a copy of this mini-book...it is very excellent stuff! Check out Nick's work at www.NomadHeart.com.
Foot (the excess # of dots are the main change I made here... dots make everything better! right?):
Hand:
Continuing on that same sort of geometric sort of train of thought... here's a hand design with a Moroccan feel, designed on the fly for the daughter of a very sweet massage therapist at Eastover Resort's January Girls Weekend Away:
Here are two pieces for the Dances of Vice festival that was the 2nd weekend in February... it was an excellent time and you should go next year if you have any sort of love for costuming or over-the-top artsiness. The model is Sally - whose skirt she made herself and is *phenomenal* up close. The compass rose on Sally's back is by Colleen, the flowing flowers down the shoulder/arm are mine:
This is also from Dances of Vice...the club lighting made for a pretty neat photo, although of course it is too dark to really see the henna... it's another compass rose (it REALLY is true that people always want whatever they see!) with some stars:
And last but not least, two photos of the bridal henna I did, based on a design by Jessica McQueen of Henna Caravan in Southern California. It looks to me like her design was almost certainly inspired by Kim Brennan...who might've been inspired by Asha Savla? The chain of inspiration is pretty much never ending... it's amusing to be able to trace it back!
It's the "slow season" for henna... but what that actually translates to is more time to do some big, beautiful pieces. A much needed break from the gazillion Chinese characters and other tattooz that I did all fall and will start doing again come March or so.
Foot (the excess # of dots are the main change I made here... dots make everything better! right?):
Hand:
Continuing on that same sort of geometric sort of train of thought... here's a hand design with a Moroccan feel, designed on the fly for the daughter of a very sweet massage therapist at Eastover Resort's January Girls Weekend Away:
Here are two pieces for the Dances of Vice festival that was the 2nd weekend in February... it was an excellent time and you should go next year if you have any sort of love for costuming or over-the-top artsiness. The model is Sally - whose skirt she made herself and is *phenomenal* up close. The compass rose on Sally's back is by Colleen, the flowing flowers down the shoulder/arm are mine:
This is also from Dances of Vice...the club lighting made for a pretty neat photo, although of course it is too dark to really see the henna... it's another compass rose (it REALLY is true that people always want whatever they see!) with some stars:
And last but not least, two photos of the bridal henna I did, based on a design by Jessica McQueen of Henna Caravan in Southern California. It looks to me like her design was almost certainly inspired by Kim Brennan...who might've been inspired by Asha Savla? The chain of inspiration is pretty much never ending... it's amusing to be able to trace it back!
It's the "slow season" for henna... but what that actually translates to is more time to do some big, beautiful pieces. A much needed break from the gazillion Chinese characters and other tattooz that I did all fall and will start doing again come March or so.
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