Saturday, 31 July 2010

Hand Poked Tattoos

A style of tattooing taught to me by Hannah Johnson, after going over a tattoo of my own.
I use needles that make three small pricks, I like that I can build up the design dot by dot. I'm still practicing, it takes a long time and can be more painful than gun tattoos, I'm told.
spider


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Spider tattoo I designed based around the house spider. I concentrated the joints and shapes of the legs. Its on the right side of my boyfriend's chest. I'm going to finish it with a little more grey shading on the body and a couple of legs.

I love the simple, classic shape of the Fleur de Lis. I was inspired by the structural shading in Victorian filligree designs. It is on Antonia's ribs, the left side. I am also tattooing two upside down Fleur de Lis on my own ankles. Its taking a little while to finish. It's an awkward angle and pretty painful. but coming soon....

Thursday, 1 July 2010

Pigeon Claw Pendant




Making fake gold
Alloy experiments with mixtures between bronze and brass.

Initial sketch.

Made by sand casting a pigeons foot in an alloy of bronze and brass. The glass diamond is fixed by bending each claw a little and making small grooves to hold it in place.



Think of England


Hackney Olympics 2012


Drawings



Feathers in the Plughole

Madrid airport. Stranded passengers during the Icelandic volcano




Wednesday, 19 May 2010