Birds in a Tree

Miranda arrived for her appointment at 11am and we began with picking colors to dress up in and she was drawn to purple. I showed her some ideas I'd sketched out - she had requested birds in a tree - and she liked different parts of all of them. Also, can you add in a sunflower? Yes!  

 She sat in my special henna throne and I adorned her until the art felt complete, about 1pm. I photographed her for about a half hour, changing colors halfway through. I love how colors shift the energy and bring certain things out. It's a beautiful process to witness and capture as the photographer. 

I'm so grateful to be creating my favorite kind of art again! It makes me so happy to honor motherhood, especially for women coming into it for the first time. This rite of passage is so important to acknowledge and feels so meaningful to do so. 

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Sometimes the henna stain is very light on the belly, even if the mama follows all the aftercare. Hands always stain well because the skin is thicker there - the further away we are from the hands, the less predictable the henna stain will be. Some people’s skin simply does not take henna very well, and my experience is that I can’t tell who that will be. Their skin seems the same to me, but for whatever reason the henna doesn’t stain it very well. For this reason, I can’t guarantee how dark the henna will get.