Re: Henna galleries and originality

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: It certainly makes me think about the source of my designs. : Sometimes I copy what I find in books, and as I copy the design : changes. Or I copy it but the next time around I get bored with it : so I change it. I am grateful to the artists/authors for giving me : the impetus to further their designs. All this talk about copyright : reminds me that I should take a look at the designs on my website and : give credit where credit is due, not only for reasons of copyright, : but also in case anyone really likes a design and wants to know where : they can look for more of the same. : Thanks for an interesting thread. : : : I would think it was cheating if she had not done the mendhi work : : : herself. It is an example of the quality one can expect if they : hire : : : her to do Menhdi. Another thing I would like to point out is : that : : : she is not alone. You merely have to look at most of the henna : : : galleries out there to determine what henna books people own. : : Many of us, just starting out, were too busy with our day jobs to : have : : the time to develop portfolios of our "own" work, so we relied on : : published books. My first few appointments saw me with books in : hand, : : encouraging clients to pick from those (as I didn't really have the : : confidence or skill yet to come up with my own). : : : All of : : : the artists I have run into in the Seattle area are using books : : : published by others as part of their flash. Originality is not : as : : : valued as people wanting to know what their design will look : like : : : and have lots of ideas to chose from. : : I love the clients who pick "the flower from this page, the vines : from : : that page and the bird from this other page" because they force you : to : : combine ideas. Which is what all of this is about anyway-aren't : almost : : all of the traditional mehndi designs like this? A lotus is a lotus : is : : a lotus! Variations on a theme are what makes us all artists! : : Waht I really can't stand is someone who tries to say that thier : : simple, basic design (lotus, leaf, vine) is copyrighted. Granted, : put : : together a bunch of those in an innovative way and you can claim it : : your own. But the basic designs should remain free to use without : : punishment or defamation. I guarantee when my web page goes up it : will : : give credit where it is due. If that make people think I can't : : generate MY OWN ideas, so be it. : : What's that saying? "There is nothing new under the sun" : : We all own the right to each other's designs. By practicing this : art, : : one should commit to the idea of tradition. We are preserving the : past : : here! Heaven knows-if this hadn't become so trendy lately, would it : : even be an ISSUE? : : Carrie : :

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