This is what happens when you are watching the Care Bears movie in the background whilst planning your henna season, and the theme song, "Welcome to Care-a-Lot" comes on. You know, if you're me. First, you collect images of Care Bears and Katakhali dancers from Kerala: https://www.pinterest.com/hennabyheather/welcome-to-kerala/ Then, you ask your friend whose family is [...]
I am happy to share this video with you showing two Chrysanthemum designs from the Language of Flowers ebook that I'm currently working on. Chrysanthemum symbolizes Perfection, Truth, and Royalty in the Victorian tradition of the language of flowers. We'll have lots of designs for flower lovers, steampunk enthusiasts, and people just looking for more [...]
Egyptian Henna with Horus, Blue Nile Lotus, Wadjat Eye, and Faience Beads Egyptian Henna Design I did this Egyptian inspired henna design today for my husband, who teaches ancient archaeology and art history at the Rhode Island School of Design. He agreed to be my model, on the condition that I did [...]
I've been lucky enough to do my henna art on Martha's Vineyard (particularly for the Midsummer Faerie Festival in Oak Bluffs). When visiting there, I, like so many others who visit there, fell in love with the adorable Victorian "gingerbread houses". This winter, shortly after helping my friend Penni of TheHennaFaerie.com build her website, I [...]
This blog post is brought to you courtesy of my husband, Dr. Peter Nulton, a professor of ancient art history and archaeology at the Rhode Island School of Design. He just quickly put it up as a note on facebook, but then we realized it would be more useful if we also put it in [...]
I turned to TED Talks to wake up my brain while I had breakfast this morning. This one piqued my interest: The Worst-Designed Thing You've Never Noticed Roman Mars This ended up being a bit of a call to action for me. In a discussion of what makes flags good, it became immediately clear that both [...]
We henna artists sure like to adorn things! Painting cars makes our work a bit more permanent. You'll tend to see four main styles of henna-inspired car art: Puffy Paint on WindowsThis is the least permanent and most popular! This can be scraped off with a razor blade when it's time for a new design. [...]
I am happy to announce that I will be doing henna at Shake the Tree this year (2015) right in time for Diwali! Monday, November 2nd, 4-8pm I will be doing henna for $30 per hand at Shake the Tree, 67 Salem Street, Boston, MA Get your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/henna-by-heather-shake-the-tree-tickets-19272709192 Once your ticket is purchased, [...]
Every week or so, my iPhone reminds me that having and depending on proprietary technological things is awful. I kind of can't wait for it to die or get lost or become obsolete so I can go back to having a Droid... If I had a more universal/generic sort of phone, I would have a [...]
People are always asking where they can come to get an individual henna design done - and a LOT of those people are from in and around Boston. This Saturday is your best chance of the year so far, Boston folks!!! ArtBeat festival in Davis Square, Somerville is Saturday, 11am-6pm! Look for this tent: [...]
