Re: Transfereing henna designs from paper
Posted by Natasha Papousek on August 17, 1999 at 16:48:10:
In Reply to: Transfereing henna designs from paper posted by Dee on August 10, 1999 at 17:48:34:
Transferring designs from paper is easy-peasy.
You can draw your design in ballpoint pen and then transfer it to the
skin using alcohol.
Or you can draw your design in henna, wait for it to dry (just until
the shine is gone so it won't smear) and "glue" it to the skin with
lemon-sugar. Then wrap and apply heat as usual. I like using the
leftover paper from clothing patterns -- it's very flexible, but not
too porous. But probably any paper would work well.
And you can draw (or trace) your design before going over it in henna.
ballpoint ink, pencil, eyeliner pencils, brown markers are all nice,
and none of them seem to interfere with a henna stain.
The major drawback to using henna on paper is that it;s hard to get
good contact on the skin over curved bits -- palms, tummies, etc. And
large designs would be difficult on a single piece of paper because of
the curve problem. But I've used the technique very successfuly on the
back my right hand and around the wrist.
--Natasha