Caught Red-Handed Podcast

Episode 4 - Nic Cartier (Part 1)

We talk all the time, Nic and I. We've been talking non-stop for 15 years, a lot of it about henna. When we talk about henna we cover the gamut of topics, from cone material to ingredients, from the meaning of art to the meaning of the khamsa. Even though we live in different cities we end up having a lot of these conversations over coffee or idlis or red wine somewhere in NYC. We cooked up our Moroccan book in a corner booth at the Culture espresso bar in midtown Manhattan. We dreamed of our ne...

Episode 3 - Noam Sienna (Part 2)

If you listened to the last episode you know that my conversation with Noam went into overtime with the score tied. We had so much to talk about that I split the episode into two parts. This is the second part. We finished part 1 talking about some of the common myths of henna and henna history, and the conversation picked up in that same stream. We also talked a lot about Noam's work as a henna artist, especially how he uses henna as part of his role of Ritual Facilitator. I knew nothing about ...

Noam talks, I smile and nod

Noam's Moroccan henna work[/caption]The air was thick and moist on this first hot day in New York City. Anticipation ran rampant as I spied those familiar flowing, caramel locks chilling at a sidewalk cafe. That was surely Noam Sienna, my most favorite henna historian ever! We were on a tight time schedule and rushed to get the express train out to Brooklyn. Feeling the crunch of time we started the interview as we swiped our Metrocards and got on the A train. The interview continued until we wa...

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