Amsterdam – Rijksmuseum , De Pijp, Meatless District

The Empire Rijks Back.

Advertisements

Our bodies were printed as blank pages / to be filled with the ink of our hearts

O, wind, if winter comes
can spring be far behind?

Commemorating Minerva and her half-brother: our much loved, still missed Mr Pip.

Tattoos, as ever, by the superlative Gillian Turner Ink.

See the “making of” all our most recent body art below!

IBTrav – Supergirl

John’s all-time favourite movie is the original Helen Slater Supergirl (I’m not exaggerating when I say that he knows it word-for-word), so for his birthday this year I commissioned the incredible IBTrav to create this original artwork. (Yes, the same IBTrav whose artwork I used for my tattoo!) I was so excited when I received this amazing finished design that my biggest struggle was not showing it to John the second it arrived! 💙❤️️

Part of My World

…or at least my arm. Based on one of my favourite concept art sketches of Ariel by her character designer and animator: the legendary Glen Keane. Tattoo itself by the always wonderful Gillian Turner Ink at the Otherworld Tattoo Parlour in Glasgow.

John, meanwhile, went a slightly more villainous route, and opted for his personal favourite – Sleeping Beauty’s Maleficent.

Provand’s Lordship

Aging gracefully in the Provand’s Lordship – medieval dwelling and the oldest remaining house in Glasgow. Because what better way to make me feel better about my birthday than surrounding myself with things even older than I am.

Autumn Collection ’15

And, bringing us fully up to date, the latter half of 2015. (Hey, this is still a step up from posting the last set of Halloween photos in January!)

Rachel Jackson – Memoirs of a Bunny Boiler

Final promotional image for Rachel Jackson’s one-woman show Memoirs of a Bunny Boiler, touring Newcastle to Glasgow, 2016. (In case you were wondering what we needed all that blood for.)

You can see some of the other options after the cut.