Aileen.Marron

Well it really was like Deja Vu! Only this time we had the long journey on the way down, tonnes of traffic meant a 7 hour car journey (hire car btw, Si’s car’s in the garage and my car might not make it there and back - its an old FIAT punto… (FIAT =Fix It AgainTomorrow LOL) Anyway, because of the nature of Jagua it was really great to see Andy again a few days after we did the tattoos - we left him with pale greyish artwork early hours of Tuesday morning, and seeing him on set in character with some of the tattoos on display was great, it made it all worthwhile! There was a great buz on the set, (more…)

We have just about recovered from our 24hour stint down to London and back for Andy’s tattoos. We went straight into work yesterday, after being dropped off by the RAC man at around 8.30am. After doing all the absolutely essential work, we crawled home and collapsed in bed by around 3.30pm! We slept right through to this morning (Wednesday), save a midnight episode of Lost that we woke up for… very twighlight zone ;-) Anyway, I’ve found out that the film comes out in March, so make sure you go and see it! If you don’t come back here to see some of the tattoo stills from the film.

Anyway, feeling human again, we are working late tonight, we were just geting ready to go home. I was actually emailing back and forth with Riffat when my mobile rang… it was Mary Anne (make-up artist from the film) …Were we busy tomorrow? (more…)

What an eventful day! This jagua tattoo booking was only confirmed properly on Friday (1st) so I just had some time on Sunday to prep some of the artwork in advance. So this morning, (well yesterday morning actually as its now just gone 4am Tuesday 5th Sept.) Simon & I travelled down to London ready to start working on Andy Serkis. We had prepared artwork for the main tattoos, and apart from that we went prepared with books of tattoo photos as well as the life saving laptop and internet datacard. We didn’t actually know anything about the plot of the film, or the time and place it is set in… So its always better to be prepared, having worked on a few films over the years, I always like to have everything I need to be able to do whatever is needed at the drop of a hat.

It was a really great afternoon… em evening… and night, (more…)

My first combined 1 day intensive workshop! As I usually teach henna & jagua as two separate days, I was a little worried about doing a one day workshop for both… But it worked out fine, both my candidates (Cat & Liesl) were on the same learning curve and it was a very smooth run. We were all very tired by the end of the day, but the excitement fator really helped us pull through! As soon as I get some photos together I’ll post them here.

We took the scenic route to Sheffield over the snake pass, and after circling the Ponds Forge Intl. Sports Centre a few times we finally made it into the foyer at exactly 10.30. There was an amazing atmosphere with over 60 teams competing, there was drumming and singing from the South Africans, there were the Columbians with their pan pipes, and the GB team with their Jagua Artists… It was like a fezzie in a sports centre LOL! (more…)

October 2006 - Mendhi Mela.

The Mendhi Mela is an event dedicated to the artform and application of Henna Body Art (a.k.a. Mendhi) The event is organised by Riffat & Cat Hinton; two of the UKs most well respected and creative henna artists.

I have been invited to be a guest speaker at this years Mendhi Mela. I will be talking about jagua body art, its history and traditions and its place in todays expanding world of western temporary body art. I will ofcourse also be sharing tips and tricks of jagua application as well as joining in with the day’s henna practical sessions and fun!

If you haven’t booked a place at this years Mehndi Mela yet,
Then book it here right now! It looks like its going to be areally fun event.

Of course I’ll report back on this event with a write up and photos ;-)

August 2006 - Booking for the GB Mens Water Hockey Team

First Jagua Promotional Contract Artwork Booking! Will report back with piccies again, looking forwards to this one, as the booking is jagua specific for underwater visibility. We (Michelle & I) will be jaguaing (?) the whole team and the coaches, and some of the under 19 teams aswell!

Click here find out more about Underwater Hockey

20th - 23rd July 2006 - Trowbridge Festival

Super Succesfull and a great time was had by all. This year we had the pleasure of Liz & Mandy’s company & incredible artwork skills, great help, thanks! We were also blessed with good sunny weather, though a few mini showers kept us on our toes.

The new Jagua Tattoos went down really well, and henna stood its ground alongside it. I posted more piccies here on The Forum

June 2006 - A New Forum For Jagua and Henna Body Art Chatter

Take a peek at JaguaForum.Com register if you like or post as a guest.

May 1st 2006 - New Jagua Tattoo Products Are Launched

Finally, the cat is out of the bag! PHEW… I can now offer this amazing product in my range of contract artwork services and introduce my new training course. HOORAY :-)

For indepth information about jagua tattoo products and the traditional uses of jagua please see The Jagua Page