I met Melanie in Penn Station and had to stop her to ask about this colorful phoenix on her back:She originally had just the Yin and Yang tattoo, but expanded the work to include the legendary bird rising through the ashes. [...]
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Melanie's Phoenix Helps Her Rise Above
Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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Tattoosday Goes to Hawai'i - Honu Thursday
Posted by Unknown on Thursday, May 27, 2010
One of the most popular symbols in modern Polynesian tattoo is the green sea turtle, or honu, as it is known in Hawaiian.I saw a lot of honu tattoos while I was in Hawai'i, but I didn't snap any photos of them until my last [...]
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J.R.'s Five Elements
Posted by Unknown on Sunday, September 27, 2009
At the end of August, I spent a couple of minutes on the R train with J.R., who has quite a few tattoos. I didn't have time to take notes, just photos, and I hoped that she would e-mail me with all the details of her work. [...]
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