Remarkable Blackbird

Remarkable Blackbird ReMarkable Blackbird offers custom adorned clothing and private henna sessions in Casco, ME Its time to let your beauty shine.

Founded in 2006 ReMarkable Blackbird is located in Portland, ME. We travel throughout New England for weddings, festivals, belly blessing, parties and private sessions. Genevieve "Nev" Levin is a Multipotentialite. Her core belief about the world is that we are all connected through pattern both visual and contextual and she is passionate about discovering that connection in her work as a henna ar

tist. Nev's henna work appears in books and magazines all the way around the globe to China. Other credits include co-collaborating on the multi award-winning short film "Unchastened.” Features in the New York Times, Wedding blog and The revised edition of the art of Mehndi by Sumita Batra. Certified with the ICNHA (International Certification in Natural Henna Arts) since 2004, Nev is also a multi-media artist working with acrylic, paper, fabric, found objects, and all things that shine. After earning her BFA ('97) from The Maine College of Art, she spent nine years working as a studio potter and art educator, assisting people with special needs, the elderly, teens and adults to enhance their lives through creative expression. In 2006 Nev made the decision to pursue her dream of running her own business and has since been a full-time henna artist. Her success with two businesses, ReMarkable Blackbird and Blackbird Soaps has been well worth the initial risk. She is a seasoned presenter teaching at Spring fling, The henna intensive and HennaCon(6 years). Well versed at teaching for schools and library programs as well as more intimate settings teaching one on one. She finds the most joy with her work with mama's-to-be for belly blessings and people reaffirming their beauty after trauma.

It's been ages since I posted on here. Largely because I am not doing henna these days. I am do encaustic art now. Here ...
09/17/2025

It's been ages since I posted on here. Largely because I am not doing henna these days. I am do encaustic art now. Here is a series I have been working on recently which has some aspects of Moroccan(ish) patterns worked in.

Oh my! I just found a whole bunch of messages in instagram that I didn't know I had and one was a sweet photo someone sh...
05/29/2025

Oh my! I just found a whole bunch of messages in instagram that I didn't know I had and one was a sweet photo someone shared. 😁
I also got some messages from 2017 that where so sweet. I wish I knew they where there sooner!

05/29/2025

Every so often I get asked to do a henna job that I say yes to, but its been rare lately. This weekend I am going to do some henna for a group of high school graduates just up the street from my house at Sabago lake state park. I am really looking forward to it.

Not entirely sure why I needed to step back 100% from my career as a henna artist.

I was so engaged and in-love with the art form for over 15 years and then for 5 more I was just coasting. It was an amazing career in so many ways. I was paid to travel and teach, make art that brought joy to all sorts of people. I got to work for 4 months and take the rest of the year off. But I got burnt out. I never had a weekend free in the summer to do what people do in the summer. I was working my body so hard I was hurting all over. I had to constantly be part of social media and I was loosing my life force energy.

So I stopped. I moved on.

I deepened my love with medicinal plants and dove head first into herbalism and plant medicines. I have been studying and learning from these wise elders for 6 years now and I've become acutely aware, or reminded really, that henna was the first plant as an adult that spoke to me really loudly. It called me to learn about the magic that plants offer us. Most of my work in henna was an homage to plants. So many of my designs where filled with flowers.

It's interesting as I look back I see that I built onto my careers and could have used the skills in the pervious career for the next. First I was a Potter, then Henna artist and now fledgling Herbalist. I would have loved to have my pottery adorned with henna patterns and my henna patterns be of herbs.

Anyway, I am not going to edit or meander on this post much. I just sort of feel a call once again to do some henna and who knows maybe some pots!

It's interesting to look back and see where I've been. Such a blessed life I get to live.

Thanks for reading.

I would love to know what you are currently falling in-love with.

05/29/2025

Hey everyone, It's been a good long while since I wrote an actual post.

In support of the Meow loung in Westbrook, I will be doing henna from 11 to 1 this Saturday June 29th.
06/27/2024

In support of the Meow loung in Westbrook, I will be doing henna from 11 to 1 this Saturday June 29th.

04/24/2024

For a short time I’m opening up my books for private clients in Casco Maine.
If you’re interested in booking a henna session PM here.

Just in time for Mother’s Day Meditations with Gaia it is 20% off for the next week.
05/09/2023

Just in time for Mother’s Day Meditations with Gaia it is 20% off for the next week.

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