Henna artist to graphic designer

Lucy February 17, 2009 2 comments India

Henna artists in India have been producing their intricate designs for many centuries. Traditionally they are used to decorate hands and body for special occasions.

Image from beginningwithi.com, who also posted this video of a henna artist in action.

Now some henna artists in Hyderabad, in Southern India are turning their skills to graphic design.

The ‘Technology for the people’ programme trains talented henna artists in computer animation to prepare them for a new career and enable them to take part in India’s technology boom. Watch more online with Click from the BBC.

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Lucy is English and first ventured out of the UK she was 19. Since then she has lived in 4 different countries and tried to see as much of the world as possible. She loves learning languages, learning about different cultures and hearing different points of view.
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Alice

on Feb 18, 2009
at 7:32 pm

Henna is used by a lot of the Bengladeshi women I know but its called mendhi in Bengali. Women often have a mendhi party just before getting married. I also know some Somalian women (and children) who decorate their hands. But they use a darker paint, almost black. Does anyone know anything about this. Is it also Henna?

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St. George Utah golf community

on Mar 31, 2009
at 11:47 pm

Alie: I don’t know if it’s the same thing as Henna, but when I was in Mexico I got henna done on the beach a lot and the Henna they used was black and when the top came off depending on how long you left it on it was a really dark brown to black.

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