Genius Hour with Zahra | BRIDAL HENNA

Final Blog Post

In the end, I think my presentation went well especially since it was a video. Since it was a video, there weren’t really any major problem so or mistakes. This genius hour project in general went well too. I got to improve my skills at henna, practice on family, and apply my henna skills to…

Bridal Henna: The End Goal

This week I accomplished my end goal for this Genius Hour: bridal henna. Suprisingly, I finished in only two hours. The henna turned out to be very neat and precise as well as very intricate. It might be hard to tell by the photo, but the henna covered my entire arm which was exatly what…

Week 8: Cultural Day

Last Friday was Cultural Day at the school, that I mentioned would be coming in a blog post a few weeks ago. To represent my country, Pakistan, I decided to run a henna booth along with a few other girls representing India. I also held a henna booth last year which was a great success….

Week 7: Half-Arm Bridal Henna

This week I attempted half-arm bridal henna. The henna turned out neat and precise, however, I would say that I was well-over my limit for time. Half-arm bridal henna is a design which is complicated as bridal henna but goes only halfway up your arm. The henna should’ve taken me only an hour at most,…

Week 6: Using My Henna Skills for a Real Event

In nearly 2-3 weeks, Cultural Day at the school will be coming up. Henna is part of Pakistani culture, therefore, I will have a stall together with Raghad for cultural day. This will be the perfect oppurtunity to apply my henna skills to a real event. This is another reason why I have been focusing…

Progress Check

So far, I think I’ve done a pretty good job, in terms of time. I think that the Eid henna definitely helped me reach my goal with the amount of time I was supposed to be able to apply a average sized henna design. For example, my best time that day was a complex henna…

Week 5: Eid Henna

Henna is mainly used on special occassion, like holidays or weddings. Eid al-Fitr was last Friday, and being the only henna artist in the entire family, most of my family asks me to do their henna. Other people who want henna but are unable to do it themselves usually go to the Chand Raat Bazaars,…

Week 4: Contacting a Specialist

This week I decided to contact my specialist. By contacting my specialist this early, I will be able to determine whether or not I will need to contact someone else if I do not get a response. The specialist I decided to contact was Henna By Ashiyana, a professional Edmonton-based henna artist. She does bridal…

Week 3: Moving to Intricate Designs

This week I did a very similar activity to week two but with a more intricate and complex design. My time limit was 50 minutes this time since it was much more intricate and included a design for the wrist. This time I created the design on my left hand (since I’m right-handed). Again, I…

Week 2: A Simplistic Henna Design

This week I have attemted a simplistic design on my mother’s hand with the goal of completing it in 40 minutes. Although I was over nearly 20 minutes over my time limit, the design came out neat and precise. I did not follow any videos or tutorials and only used a photo for reference. Subtle…