Little Wise One: September 2012

Well! The past week has been happy henna madness to say the least. My friend Kerry and I have been up to our ears in henna and what a pleasure it has been adorning willing customers with our designs.

Above is a photo I was playing around with and got this groovy effect. Now I just need to find henna that glows in the dark and a neon light...

A collage of Kerry and I and our works.

I'm loving this photo with the hair bindis that Kerry bought me and she insisted we put in our hair, and I'm happy she did because I think it's really pretty.

More Funky editing on Kerry's design and her own arm too.

Another collage of our henna nights and customers.

I really like this design I did on my own arm but the stain wasn't as dark as I had hoped, but I like it in neon.

More of our styles.

Kerry's beautiful design!

These two designs I did on men so there a little more masculine.

A nice Buddha statue watching over us.

The Henna Twins? No we are not twins, clearly... however our designs are very similar.

Thank you to Ishka for having us and to all the beautiful people that enjoyed our art.
You can find us at Ishka Chadstone every Friday night from 5-8.30pm.

Right! I'm off to find a neon light...

All photos above belong to Shannon and Kerry and are a combination of both our works.

A few months ago I got a little lost driving through the winding back streets of Bentleigh when I came across this quaint little suburb called Patterson. Nestled away amongst the old homes I found a tiny shopping strip and a train station of an unusual variety. The stations under pass walls are covered in crazy and colourful mosaics of all shapes and sizes creating an unexpected yet inviting glimpse for passes by. I decided to return recently to fully inspect and appreciate such a wonderful artistic community project that was predominantly crafted by the children from local schools.

I couldn’t resist the opportunity to take along my mosaic mirror bag that I made a couple of years ago from a very old choli top worn by the Banjaran tribal women of North India. These various tribes are renown for there beautiful mosaic works in clothing, homes and crafts of which are a constant source of awe and inspiration for me. I'm carrying around my very own piece of art from all the way over in India, and it fits perfectly with the wall don't you think?

All of the white mosaics were done by really young kids. I think they are amazing, so innocent and fun! This one is my favourite, I like the sparkly sun.

The entire wall is so tactile it just invites you to touch with it's everyday household items such as cups, plates and all kinds of crockery used for facial features like Mr tea cup handle ears below, so funny.

A familiar iconic red head.

Lunar Parks famous face.

Me enjoying the stroll.

The amazing creator.

The sponsors.

I love tribal jewellery. I am wearing a necklace made of old Indian coins on a shoe lace, Kutchi earrings, good luck Tibetan silver cuff, hand painted Indian wooden bangles, Nepalese OM ring and bag I made from vintage banjara choli.