Mehndi Bag -- done (I think)
Jul. 26th, 2008 04:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eregyrnFinished up. I might do some designs on the lower gussets, but only after I get some new pens...
BEFORE!
AFTER!
By the way, as a final note, I was using references for mehndi designs that were labelled "Indian". As opposed to "Arabic", which were also really neat-looking, but in my estimation, probably harder for a beginner to try to do. I have to say that when I look at these designs, they still look more Mughal-Indian than Hindu-Indian to me, but I'm prepared to be wrong about that. The mehndi ("henna tattoo") folk art tradition goes back 5000 years, probably, so there's probably no style that hasn't been done, or can't be done.
BEFORE!
AFTER!
By the way, as a final note, I was using references for mehndi designs that were labelled "Indian". As opposed to "Arabic", which were also really neat-looking, but in my estimation, probably harder for a beginner to try to do. I have to say that when I look at these designs, they still look more Mughal-Indian than Hindu-Indian to me, but I'm prepared to be wrong about that. The mehndi ("henna tattoo") folk art tradition goes back 5000 years, probably, so there's probably no style that hasn't been done, or can't be done.
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Date: 2008-07-26 09:31 pm (UTC)I admire your patience in tackling anything so intricate! (And your skill of course, that goes without saying.) I particularly like the sort of paisley looking pattern in the fourth 'after' pic.
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Date: 2008-07-26 10:17 pm (UTC)One of a kind, man. One of a kind.
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