At around the end of summer last year I was in Camden Lock market were I brought a tube of henna.Thankfully it managed not to explode in the bag on the way home and so when I got home I did some henna on mine,my sister and my mum.
At the time I was studying Indian culture and patterns. I was blown away by the beautiful detail in all the Indian patterns but especially henna tattoos. In particular I loved how flowing and constant the flower patterns were, so I decided to use that as my inspiration for my mum's henna which came from her toe to around the her ankle on the other leg.
My sisters henna however was inspired by a picture I found on the web. The picture had petals of a flower similar to the leaf-type-things on the tree (on my sisters hand). I included the birds as I knew it was important to use symbolism in my piece. (Birds symbolising freedom).
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