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Summary: Learn how to create henna design art for the home with expert tips on décor in this free crafts video on making henna art designs for wood and paper.
Paula Broussard has been a professional henna tattoo artist for 15 years in Los Angeles.read more
Henna dye is made from the henna plant, which is native to regions of Africa, Asia and northern Australia. Henna is used to dye skin, fingernails, leather, silk and other fabrics. Humans have been using henna dye for body art since the Bronze Age.
In this free video series, watch as henna artist Paula Broussard teaches how to do henna art to decorate your home. Learn how use henna supplies to create henna design door hangers, wall hangings, and paper henna designs. She offers guidelines and step-by-step instructions to help you choose a henna design, how to draw out your design, and how to add henna ink, and how to seal your henna ink design. These henna art projects are a great way to add beautiful designs throughout your home.
"I'm Paula Broussard and this is Expert Village and I'm going to be doing some expiration on how we can use Henna art on wood, paper and fabric objects. Most people are familiar with how Henna stains the skin. But not many people know that Henna can stain a wood object, a fabric, and paper just the same as it does the skin. We are going to make a door hanging and do a simple design that is used for normally for hands. But we would do it on the door hanging. On the envelope we would do a design that you can send for a card. On the fabric we would do a floral design that you can hang on your wall. I'm a Henna artist and I have been doing Henna for about 7 years. We would be using designs that translate from the body to varies objects. In our next clip we would be talking about how you use the technique of Henna to how you adapt it to use for varies objects. "
eHow Article: Henna Design Tips for the Home