It has come to my attention that there is precious little information out there about comparing dye release times of different henna powders, at least for body art use. Apparently most of the info out there is for mixes for hair, which do include things like apple cider vinegar (which body art mixes don't use [...]
Meeting Alka Joshi I had the pleasure of meeting and doing henna on author Alka Joshi, author of The Henna Artist, at the Spring Fling Henna Conference. She read an excerpt from her book, which we all enjoyed. She then told us about how it was basically her exercise in writing an storyline for how [...]
Week 3: Sights + SoundsThis week, I took my normal walk through the park, this time focusing on both the sights and sounds around me simultaneously. I recorded these three short videos that feature prominent man-made landmarks within the park...including the fences and the farm animals kept inside them (no groundhog this time - goats [...]
There were three major sounds I kept noticing on my walk this week - cars passing, my own feet, and birds. When I think about past walks, all I really remember are the sounds of the birds, probably because that is what is more sonically unique to me. I hear the sounds of my own [...]
I went back along the same path through the park I had walked earlier in the week. These are the photographs I took on my walk. It's interesting how we say we "take" photographs, isn't it? I wonder who first decided that was the verb that would get used for this art form. Anyway...on with [...]
I go on walks quite often. It's my main form of exercise - especially when I can't go out dancing, because during a pandemic, that is no longer a thing. Truth be told, I usually try to find a way to make the walk "useful" in some way. Listening to podcasts and calling family are [...]
First posted on blog and facebook: December 21, 2019Announced via email: Monday, December 30, 2019Discussion on Facebook group: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 2pm EST First, a bit on the Thriving Artist Book Club:We will have a live discussion of the book three weeks after the book to be discussed is first announced via email. Thriving [...]
In celebration of doing henna for the August Moon Festival in Quincy (voted Best of Boston in 2018!), I am happy to share this collection of moon-inspired henna designs with you. This is every single henna design I have ever watermarked and saved to my computer with "moon" in the file name. I hope that [...]
Dear Heather, I've got a confession. I've been running a henna business for a while now, but I still don't have insurance for my business. Am I terrible? Should I get it? This one event says I have to have it or else I can't participate... I realize that it is the legit thing to [...]
Dear Heather, I'm having trouble getting my henna batch to stain like I'd like. I'm a professional artist, and have been doing this a while - I know how to mix a good batch of henna. I'm also quite confident that I've got excellent henna supplies - I bought them from a reputable supplier, and [...]
