Project 365 - July 23, 2021

 Catching Up

Last week was a whirlwind of activity.  My daughter and son-in-law came down for a visit. I took the week off from work and my other daughter also took some time off from work.

The plan was to celebrate Adina's birthday and also the one-year anniversary of the loss of their father. We did that, but in addition, the girls had another plan in mind.  They had decided to get matching tattoos. 

While I am not thrilled about the prospect of injecting ink permanently into their skin, they are adults and they are in charge of their own bodies.  Their choice.

They had long discussions about what they wanted to get. Their final decision was to have Adina draw a garlic bulb in honor of their father because he was such a wonderful cook and taught both of them the love of cooking.  They also liked the idea of the healing and protective properties of garlic.

When they asked me if I wanted to come along for the ride, I said yes, but I wanted to take photos.  Adina made sure that it was okay with the tattoo artist. He was fine with it!

I really was impressed with the cleanliness of the place as well as all of the preparation prior to each tattoo. In addition, I was fascinated with the actual process of the needle and the ink and the way the artist took Adina's artwork and manipulated it on his iPad until the girls were satisfied with the final artwork. 

Even after he placed the stencil of the tattoo on their skin, both of my daughter/s guided the artist on which lines they wanted to have more emphasis.

So, here are my images.  An homage to the art of tattoo.