Episodes
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Chatting with Caryl, a hardcore traveller about her Mektoub experience
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Today's guest is Caryl Cunningham (@carylcunningham on Instagram) who is a tattooer but started out as a henna artist. She was one of our guests at the Mektoub Marrakesh Henna Journey in March 2022. I was excited to talk to someone who is a hardcore traveller and learn about her perspective on the event. If you are interested in the Mektoub events please follow us on instagram (@mektoubhenna) or visit us at MektoubHenna.com. If you have suggestions of people you would like us to interview email us at MektoubHenna@gmail.com.
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Connie tells it like it is! Get your teacup, listeners
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
If you have ever met Connie, online or in person, you know she has many thoughts and feelings. She joined our Mektoub Marrakesh Henna Journey in March 2022 and we were really happy to have her there because we knew her and liked having some friendly faces at our first ever event. Listen in to hear her perspectives on our Moroccan event and her transformative experience.
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
A very Mektoub Episode with Monique and CV
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
This is the first in a short series of inteviews with attendees at the recent Mektoub Marrakesh Henna Journey. It features Monique of Alchemy Henna (@alchemyhenna) chatting with attendee CV from Art of the Zodiac (@art_of_the_zodiac) about her experience at the workshop. For more info visit us at MektoubHenna.com
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
We talk about our journeys as fans of Moroccan henna, from geeking out over photos of Moroccan henna in the early days of the internet, to deciding to host this Moroccan henna workshop featuring Moroccan henna artists, and a whole lot more. The event will be October 8-15, 2021 in Marrakesh, and registration opens on March 28, 2021. Click here for more information. A few others things we mention in this episode:
Our featured henna artists' IG accounts:
Khadija @galerie_henna
Nadia @marrakechhennaartcafe
Fatima @tamolayt.henna
Mektoub Henna: @MektoubHenna
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Gnawa voyage with Samir Langus
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Samir is a Moroccan musician and friend of ours. He took us on a wonderful journey through his career as a musician, discovering gnawa music and making it his life. You'll hear his story and also get to listen to some amazing music. We hope you will be as charmed by him as we were. Enjoy!
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Jen's Marrakesh Memories with Monique and Kenzi
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
In this episode Monique and Kenzi chatted with Jen about his several trips to Morocco and learned about his henna encounters in Marrakesh, the city of art and artists. Come join us on this virtual audio tour and fill that void that misses traveling!
Wednesday Jan 14, 2015
Episode 23 - More Moor with Nic, Nev and Noam
Wednesday Jan 14, 2015
Wednesday Jan 14, 2015
Perhaps you heard that a bunch of us Moroccan henna fans are doing a full weekend workshop in NYC at the end of February. Maybe you are interested but haven't made up your mind yet. If that is the case, I hope that these conversations with three of the instructors--Nic, Nev and Noam--will help make the decision to sign up even easier! You can hear in their own words what the three Ns are bringing to the workshop and why they think it's going to be amazing. Rebecca and I will also be teaching at the workshop but we decided that our voices have been heard too much on this podcast already. Below you'll find more information about the workshop and what to expect, as well as links to the Facebook event page and to the registration page. See you in February!
Sunday Nov 16, 2014
Episode 22 - Live from HennaCon 2014 with Kim, Jessica and Kiran
Sunday Nov 16, 2014
Sunday Nov 16, 2014
Welcome to Episode 22 of the Caught Red-Handed Podcast which is the first ever live podcast and therefore most of the intro is about my experience at HennaCon. It was my first time, and one of my rare appearances at a conference. If you’ve never been to a henna conference and aren’t sure if you’re ready, believe me you are. The only prerequisites are a passion for henna, a desire to learn and grow, and a minimum of a few weeks of doing henna. I was surprised to see that HennaCon offers so much to newbies and seasoned old pros. I’ve been doing henna for 16 years and walked away from this experience with my brain and heart full of so much new stuff, most of which I am still digesting a month later. I met so many newbies who were all bright eyed and bushy tailed, soaking up as much information as they could , hennaing each other and getting hennaed. The week after I saw their work on Instagram and noticed leaps in quality and creativity. For me, HennaCon came at a good time for me benefit from it. If you have listened to just 1 or 2 episodes of this podcast you’ll know that I have been on a journey to improve my skills (learning to roll and use cones, and also tampering with my paste) as well as finding ways to more deeply tap into my creativity. My state of mind is very curious and receptive so HennaCon felt like a perfect match for my sponge-like state. I absorbed a lot from classes, but also from talking to other artists, watching how they work, answering their questions which really made me think about how I work, hennaing and getting hennaed.
Back in Brooklyn one month after HennaCon here is what I’m thinking/doing/learning/planning. Starting with the podcast, i got a surge of ideas of different kinds of podcasts and people to interview. Watch this space for these developments. I’ve started practicing more on my own (it helps that it’s the slow season here). In my practice time I am working on things that I picked up at HennaCon like Kiran’s shading, Neeta’s fills, Rebecca’s leaves, Joey’s dots and then putting them all together. From the Moroccan henna class that I co-taught with Noam I realized that there is a huge interest in Moroccan henna. Before that I was despairing that no one cared about it and what’s the point of pushing it out there. Thanks to all your support (especially those of you who asked me to henna you with Moroccan designs) I feel a renewed passion for it. Nic and Noam and I are cooking up some projects in the realm of Moroccan henna. Again, watch this space.
As for this episode of the podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kim Brennan, Jessica McQueen and Kiran Sahib on the subject of the creative process. I hope the sound issues aren’t too disruptive; it was my first time recording in a live environment. After the conversation with these three awesome women and artists I put in a few woman-on-the-street interviews with HennaCon attendees recorded on my iPhone. The sound quality on these is pretty terrible tho with all the background noise you may feel as if you were there, listening in person.
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Saturday Sep 20, 2014
Episode 21 - Mixmaster Mixtape - Part 4 (Kendra, Antoinette and Kenzi)
Saturday Sep 20, 2014
Saturday Sep 20, 2014
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I interviewed 13 people (myself included) and got 13 different recipes. Imagine that! Incontrovertible proof that there is no secret recipe for henna paste, no perfect one-size-fits-all recipe. Who would have ever guessed that! All my guests are pro artists with years and years of experience and most of them are still working on their perfect recipe. Almost everyone agrees that you have you change the recipe according to a variety of factors: the weather, what kind of gig it is, what tool you are using, where your gig will be held, what kind of designs you are going to be doing, and possibly even the phase of the moon.
This is the last of the series on mixing henna. If you haven't found a recipe or a technique that you like after all these conversations there is no hope for you. Of course, I am sure you--whether wet-behind-the-ears newbie or season ole pro who has seen everything--will have learned something that will take your henna career to the next level. Go put some henna powder in your favorite bowl, find a spoon or a spatula and get ready to fill your ear holes with wise words from the henna pros!
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Sunday Aug 24, 2014
Episode 20 - Mixmaster Mixtape - Part 3 (Sarah, Deb and Rebecca)
Sunday Aug 24, 2014
Sunday Aug 24, 2014
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This episode of the mixtape mixology series is a classic East Coast-West Coast battle with Middle America officiating. We have Sarah Walter in the West, representing Seattle (pictured above). Deborah Brommer takes up the middle position, representing the flyover states from her home in Ohio. She's the perfect person to middle because she is very tolerant of all types of henna, mixes, essential oils and even tools. She can roll with whatever is at hand which I found impressive. Representing my East Coast peeps is Rebecca Freedner, based in Vermont. No she does NOT mix her henna with maple syrup. Don't listen to the haters!
The more I listen to all these mixes the more confused I am about what is best for me. I'm making small changes in how I mix henna, nothing too drastic because I need to be sure I have a good and consistent batch for working on clients. I think this winter I will have time to do some experimenting outside my comfort zone. What have you changed since you started listening to this mixtape series? Share in the comments. After this episode, there is one more in the series in which I am interviewed by our very own Nev.
I mention this in the podcast, but just a reminder to register for HennaCon if you haven't already. I'll be there teaching an Advanced Moroccan workshop with Noam Sienna, and also doing a live podcast with a bunch of awesomely creative people. Go to HennaCon.com to register and see you there in October!
Remember to subscribe to this podcast via iTunes to always be the first on your block to get the newest episode. This helps me know how the podcast is doing and will also help me attract sponsors to help finance the podcast down the road. Please also rate the podcast on iTunes just so I know how I'm doing . Thanks!