Issue-47-May-2015

Arts Feature
Jamuna Davies
Malvern based Jamuna Davies creates henna designs and
body art through her company ‘Art and Enchantment’
whose goal is simple; to enchant the world through art.
As a teenager she loved painting and created art all the
time. She got an A in her GCSE art but then decided to give it
up because “I struggled to find the 'point' of my art. Yes it was
amazing putting all the colours, shapes and ideas together,
but what for?“
Then at 22 she started her family and had 2 sons. One day
her boys asked her to buy face paints and paint them. So
began the love affair with paint once more. She had found the
'reason' for her art. Transforming children and adults. Making
magic. Creating smiles and memories. From her passion she
also found her profession. Art and Enchantment was born. 5
years or so into this wonderful world of body decoration,
Jamuna attended a Face painting conference and met her
Henna teacher. Learning this ancient art of temporary body
adornment has hugely expanded her art techniques,
experiences and what she can offer her customers. Most of
Jamuna's events are on the weekend or evening so in the
week she started exploring her art once again on paper,
canvas and wood in her garden art shed/studio in Malvern.
“It has been amazing
rediscovering my art.
When working alone I
get to chose what I
want to create so that
in itself has been
interesting. When
working for a client they
usually lead the way,
asking for floral,
geometric, a dragon etc. I have found that I am influenced
greatly by my upbringing. I was brought up in the Hare Krishna
movement and got to live in amazing places ( like Croome
Court ) It was a colourful, vibrant and spiritual experience and
I feel that really comes out in my pieces. We always had
peacocks wandering the grounds and I am especially drawn
to them, as well as lotus flowers, madalas and yantras.
I am exploring and expanding as an artist at the moment. I
love colour and experimenting with oil paint but I also find the
henna so exciting and interesting, working only in brown.
Henna is all about positive and negative space and line
weight; so different to other techniques. Some of my work is
a mix of the two. It is so satisfying to create a piece and
varnish it, knowing it will last, because so much of my work is
ephemeral being on the body.
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I have built up a small
collection of works but
at the moment it is only
for sale through coming
to my studio or if I attend a craft market. I plan to open a
couple of on-line shops and start exhibiting in the next year or
so. I have so many ideas in my head.
It is a wonderful journey. I am blessed to be able to share my
art and joy with so many. “
For more information on Jamuna, her work and bookings,
check out her website on www.artandenchantment.co.uk
or face book page www.facebook.com/ArtAndEnchantment
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