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Color outcome of Ambers henna

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:07:42 -0700

Henna or mehndi is not a tattoo which is made with a needle to bring the color pigments beneath the upper layer of the skin and therefore painful and permanent.

To draw such fine lines the finely grounded laeves of the henna shrub is in a first step well sifted, than mixed with warm water. After several hours of let sit the paste the strained paste is filled in a cone or syringue to lay very thin and delicate strings on the skin, which will stain the skin red. THlS DOESN'T HURT AT ALL, but you have to be careful not to smudge the henna and also very patient, because henna needs between 6 to 8 hours to develop a color.

The patterns I do, are derived from the henna and khidab artwork I saw in Yemen two years ago. They are also known as gulf style or Khalidji. (Khalidj means in Arabic Gulf)

On my website www.henna-und-mehr.de (available in French and German) you can see several little videos how henna is mixed and applied:
1.) how the paste is prepared: www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hzuberei_T1.mov
2,) how henna is applied with a syringe: www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hennaauftrag_T1.mov
3.) how it is applied with a cone : www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hennaqidra2.mov

Mehndi for two hands

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:52:53 -0700

olga_rashida posted a photo:

just finished this mehndi for a chanteuse who will perform a videoclip with it.

Henna or mehndi is not a tattoo which is made with a needle to bring the color pigments beneath the upper layer of the skin and therefore painful and permanent.

To draw such fine lines the finely grounded laeves of the henna shrub is in a first step well sifted, than mixed with warm water. After several hours of let sit the paste the strained paste is filled in a cone or syringue to lay very thin and delicate strings on the skin, which will stain the skin red. THlS DOESN'T HURT AT ALL, but you have to be careful not to smudge the henna and also very patient, because henna needs between 6 to 8 hours to develop a color.

This picuture shows the mehndi after painting the henna on the hand. For that the henna rest moistened for several hours it is sealed with a coat of sugar water.

The patterns I do, are derived from the henna and khidab artwork I saw in Yemen two years ago. They are also known as gulf style or Khalidji. (Khalidj means in Arabic Gulf)

On my website www.henna-und-mehr.de (available in French and German) you can see several little videos how henna is mixed and applied:
1.) how the paste is prepared: www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hzuberei_T1.mov
2,) how henna is applied with a syringe: www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hennaauftrag_T1.mov
3.) how it is applied with a cone : www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hennaqidra2.mov

Bodypainting with Khidab, the Yemini gall ink

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:44:45 -0700

olga_rashida posted a photo:

Khidab is a Gall ink which is employed in Yemen mainly in the mountainous regions around the capital Sanaa instead of henna. For an account how it is made you can download an article:
Yemeni Women’s Body Painting with Black Gall Ink Khidab, Production Methods,
from my colleage Dr. Hanne Schönig at www.henna-und-mehr.de/pdf/Khidabartikel_eu.pdf (Englisch)
or www.henna-und-mehr.de/pdf/schoenig_deutsch.pdf (German)

If you like to see original Yeminite bodypaintings with this ink visit
www.henna-und-mehr.de/de/khidabslide.html (German) or
www.henna-und-mehr.de/franz/khidabslide.html (French)

Herbstreflexionen im Tiergarten

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:26:54 -0700

olga_rashida posted a photo:

Reflective mehndi or henna on the palms

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:31:00 -0700

olga_rashida posted a photo:

!!! More than 22 222 views !!!
thanks for all your attention

Henna or mehndi is not a tattoo which is made with a needle to bring the color pigments beneath the upper layer of the skin and therefore painful and permanent.

To draw such fine lines the finely grounded laeves of the henna shrub is in a first step well sifted, than mixed with warm water. After several hours of let sit the paste the strained paste is filled in a cone or syringue to lay very thin and delicate strings on the skin, which will stain the skin red. THlS DOESN'T HURT AT ALL, but you have to be careful not to smudge the henna and also very patient, because henna needs between 6 to 8 hours to develop a color.

This picuture shows the mehndi after painting the henna on the hand. For that the henna rest moistened for several hours it is sealed with a coat of sugar water.

The patterns I do, are derived from the henna and khidab artwork I saw in Yemen two years ago. They are also known as gulf style or Khalidji. (Khalidj means in Arabic Gulf)

On my website www.henna-und-mehr.de (available in French and German) you can see several little videos how henna is mixed and applied:
1.) how the paste is prepared: www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hzuberei_T1.mov
2,) how henna is applied with a syringe: www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hennaauftrag_T1.mov
3.) how it is applied with a cone : www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hennaqidra2.mov

Flowering magnolia in the Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin in April 2008

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:26:42 -0700

olga_rashida posted a photo:

any member of the genus Magnolia (family Magnoliaceae; order Magnoliales), about 80 species of trees and shrubs native to North and Central America, the Himalayas, and eastern Asia. They are valued for their large and fragrant white, yellow, pink, or purple flowers and frequently handsome leaves and conelike fruits. Some are important garden ornamentals; others are local timber sources. They have evergreen or deciduous, alternate smooth-margined leaves. The flowers, usually cuplike and fragrant, are located at the branch tips and have three sepals, 6 to 12 petals arranged in two to four series, and many spirally arranged stamens. The numerous simple ovaries in the centre later form a conelike fruit. The seeds, usually reddish, often hang pendulously by slender threads.

Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica 2007 Ultimate Reference Suite . (2008).

Outcome of Liennas aid mehndi

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:44:49 -0800

olga_rashida posted a photo:

Henna or mehndi is not a tattoo which is made with a needle to bring the color pigments beneath the upper layer of the skin and therefore painful and permanent.

To draw such fine lines the finely grounded laeves of the henna shrub is in a first step well sifted, than mixed with warm water. After several hours of let sit the paste the strained paste is filled in a cone or syringue to lay very thin and delicate strings on the skin, which will stain the skin red. THlS DOESN'T HURT AT ALL, but you have to be careful not to smudge the henna and also very patient, because henna needs between 6 to 8 hours to develop a color.

On my website www.henna-und-mehr.de (available in French and German) you can see several little videos how henna is made and applied:
1.) how the paste is prepared: www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hzuberei_T1.mov
2,) how henna is applied with a syringe: www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hennaauftrag_T1.mov
3.) how it is applied with a cone : www.henna-und-mehr.de/movies/hennaqidra2.mov

Khidab painting for Livia

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 15:59:24 -0800

olga_rashida posted a photo:

Livia the childhood friend of my daughter came by today. She was thinking getting a tattoo. To convince her, that it is much nicer to be able to change motives every so often, I made her this painting as a christmas present.

Khidab is a Gall ink which is employed in Yemen mainly in the mountainous regions around the capital Sanaa instead of henna. For an account how it is made you can download an article:
Yemeni Women’s Body Painting with Black Gall Ink Khidab, Production Methods,
from my colleage Dr. Hanne Schönig at www.henna-und-mehr.de/pdf/Khidabartikel_eu.pdf (Englisch) or www.henna-und-mehr.de/pdf/schoenig_deutsch.pdf (German)

If you like to see original Yeminite bodypaintings with this ink visit
www.henna-und-mehr.de/de/khidabslide.html (German) or
www.henna-und-mehr.de/franz/khidabslide.html (French)

my second payed "naksh" with khidab

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:02:30 -0700

olga_rashida posted a photo:

Me in an old silk brocade garment and silver-jewellry from Yemen

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:18:51 -0700

olga_rashida posted a photo:

This photo was made by my late friend Barbara Gesell as we met the last time on easter 2006, the day I returned from Yemen.

veiled woman in Sanaa' (Yemen)

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:55:45 -0700

olga_rashida posted a photo:

this is the typical veil women wear at Sanaa'
It is called "sitara"

Torbogen mit Brunnen

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:30:22 -0700

olga_rashida posted a photo:

Painted hand with khidab

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:46:05 -0800

olga_rashida posted a photo:

I got in the beginning of the week a new shipment of khidab, after I had nearly given up the hope to get hold on this bodypaint from Yemen.

Khidab is a Gall ink which is employed in Yemen mainly in the mountainous regions around the capital Sanaa instead of henna. For an account how it is made you can download an article:
Yemeni Women’s Body Painting with Black Gall Ink Khidab, Production Methods,
from my colleage Dr. Hanne Schönig at www.henna-und-mehr.de/pdf/Khidabartikel_eu.pdf (Englisch)
or www.henna-und-mehr.de/pdf/schoenig_deutsch.pdf (German)

If you like to see original Yeminite bodypaintings with this ink visit
www.henna-und-mehr.de/de/khidabslide.html (German) or
www.henna-und-mehr.de/franz/khidabslide.html (French)

If you like to try it, i.e. to paint your self with this ink, you can now order it in 5gr. portions on the follwing pages:
www.henna-und-mehr.de/franz/boutiq8.html (French)
www.henna-und-mehr.de/de/boutiq8.html (German),
you can even order it with an instruction for use in three languages : english, French and German. To inform me in which language you'd like to have the instructions, please use the message box of the order form.

My sister Octavia

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:08:56 -0700

olga_rashida posted a photo:

My sister Octavia arrived yesterday for a visite from Tunisa. Because I had left some khidab from my last costumer, I painted her one hand with a small design of it and decided afterwards to take these photos of her.

Khidab is a Gall ink which is employed in Yemen mainly in the mountainous regions around the capital Sanaa instead of henna. For an account how it is made you can download an article:
Yemeni Women’s Body Painting with Black Gall Ink Khidab, Production Methods,
from my colleage Dr. Hanne Schönig at www.henna-und-mehr.de/pdf/Khidabartikel_eu.pdf (Englisch)
or www.henna-und-mehr.de/pdf/schoenig_deutsch.pdf (German)

If you like to see original Yeminite bodypaintings with this ink visit
www.henna-und-mehr.de/de/khidabslide.html (German) or
www.henna-und-mehr.de/franz/khidabslide.html (French)

In the Parc Thabor of Rennes

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:04:46 -0700

olga_rashida posted a photo:

More information in French about the park you will find at: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_du_Thabor

kleid

nobody@flickr.com (olga_rashida) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:05:25 -0800

olga_rashida posted a photo:

As I was staying in Yemen for a few days by my friend Imke, who was working in Hajja as an Agent for the German Development Service (DED) her neighbor invited me and showed me all her clothes she got as she was married.
Because she was not allowed to be photographed, she proposed to me to act as a model for her dresses.
I accepted immediately for the rare occasion, and within one day, all these pictures showing a complete wardrobe of Yeminite festive costumes came into my possesion.
The photos took the joungest son of the familly a 11 years old boy