my third attempt! thoughts...

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Posted by Peregrine on October 1, 2001 at 13:37:56:

well I have been lurking here for a while so I figured I would finally
post a picture of my latest attempt to henna my hand. (you can also
sort of see a 2 week old design underneath this one)

this was done last night with castle art henna that I got from Anne
from CT, lemon juice and sugar added on saturday afternoon at about 4,
left it out overnight, added tea tree oil at 7 am sunday, lavendar at
about 11 am, did my feet at about 1 and my hand at about 6. wrapped my
hand with tissue and wore it to bed...but took it off my feet 8 hours
after I had done them... my hand came out this nice dark cherry brown
color, but the stain on the top of my feet is pretty wimpy orangy-red
at the moment. maybe it will darken up today...cant show you a picture
since i cant get my feet on the scanner :)
I think the variable at work here is heat...my feet were pretty cold
yesterday even though I had them wrapped up with socks on, but sleeping
with the hand wrapped kept it really warm. in fact i think the warmth
made the paste/oil sort of bleed more so the lines are actually fatter
than they were when I wrapped it...

this was also the first attempt with the carrot bag after 2 frustrating
attempts with a jaquard bottle. using the carrot bag is like using a
nib tip pen versus a rapidograph pen...kind of works like a calligraphy
pen. but I also think I have made the paste a little too oily since it
spreads out once its down no matter how thin the line...got around this
a little by having a space heater to dry it while i was working since I
am slow...

the design is based on a ukrainian pysanky easter egg design, another
art that I do which is similar I think...lots of practice and
experimentation with a weird drawing tool in a stubborn and capricious
medium (melted wax) to get the results you want...fun :)

cheers,
Peregrine

Follow Ups

ooooooh, pretty hand!!! why are guys so good at this 'woman's' art? n/t jolynn 06:41:34 10/2/2001 (2)
- probly because i am a woman? :) peregrine 11:40:07 10/2/2001 (1)
  - opps!!! jolynn 04:57:20 10/4/2001 (0)
Re: my third attempt! thoughts... Nick 23:57:24 10/1/2001 (0)
Re: my third attempt! thoughts... Kenzi 22:46:04 10/1/2001 (1)
- Re: my third attempt! thoughts... Peregrine 00:25:44 10/2/2001 (0)
Wonderful! Anne in CT 14:57:50 10/1/2001 (0)

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: well I have been lurking here for a while so I figured I would finally : post a picture of my latest attempt to henna my hand. (you can also : sort of see a 2 week old design underneath this one) : : this was done last night with castle art henna that I got from Anne : from CT, lemon juice and sugar added on saturday afternoon at about 4, : left it out overnight, added tea tree oil at 7 am sunday, lavendar at : about 11 am, did my feet at about 1 and my hand at about 6. wrapped my : hand with tissue and wore it to bed...but took it off my feet 8 hours : after I had done them... my hand came out this nice dark cherry brown : color, but the stain on the top of my feet is pretty wimpy orangy-red : at the moment. maybe it will darken up today...cant show you a picture : since i cant get my feet on the scanner :) : I think the variable at work here is heat...my feet were pretty cold : yesterday even though I had them wrapped up with socks on, but sleeping : with the hand wrapped kept it really warm. in fact i think the warmth : made the paste/oil sort of bleed more so the lines are actually fatter : than they were when I wrapped it... : : this was also the first attempt with the carrot bag after 2 frustrating : attempts with a jaquard bottle. using the carrot bag is like using a : nib tip pen versus a rapidograph pen...kind of works like a calligraphy : pen. but I also think I have made the paste a little too oily since it : spreads out once its down no matter how thin the line...got around this : a little by having a space heater to dry it while i was working since I : am slow... : : the design is based on a ukrainian pysanky easter egg design, another : art that I do which is similar I think...lots of practice and : experimentation with a weird drawing tool in a stubborn and capricious : medium (melted wax) to get the results you want...fun :) : : cheers, : Peregrine
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