Embracing female tattoo culture
Kim-Anh is a 22-year-old girl, who lives in a little town in Geneva (Switzerland) called Carouge. She loves tattooing, drawing, watercolour painting, books, collecting useless things and travelling.
She has created some beautiful, girly tattoos.
Kewpie dolls are based on illustrations by Rose O’Neill – they appeared in Ladies’ Home Journal.
She will be guesting at the Jolie Rouge in London from 19-24 March. Might have to book an appointment…
All photos from Kim-Anh’s blog
I recently blogged about my lovely iPhone cover by Rachel McCarthy, and now I have to blog about another beautiful new iPhone cover by Rachel McCarthy. This one’s for my sister.
My little sister, Olivia, is moving to Australia this weekend. I couldn’t let her leave without a little gift to remind her of home and as she loved my iPhone cover so much, I got one specially made for her. I guess we’ll be speaking on the phone a lot while she’s away too, so her phone should look pretty if it will always be by her ear.
I simply sent Rachel McCarthy an email describing what Olivia likes and what the gift was in aid of.
Olivia is the gypsy queen of jewellery and has own jewellery brand (Gypsy East) with her friend Emily. She loves vintage treasures and lives in black nail varnish. She is moving to Australia and I would like her to have an iPhone cover as unique as mine. (to remind her of her big sis!)
Thanks Rachel, the iPhone cover you created for my sister is just perfect. I hope she enjoys it while she is away in Australia.
And sis, I will miss you lots. Love you xxx
You can get Rachel to create you an iPhone cover – go to her Etsy shop.
Ever looked at a painting, model or political figure and wondered where the tats are?
I often look at bare skin and think what a lovely blank canvas – and clearly so has artist Jean-Luc Moerman. He’s known for the tattoo technique he applies to iconic images in history – from models and political figures to renaissance paintings and the kamasutra.
I would love to speak to him about his motivations for undertaking such an interesting project and how he picks who/what to ink…
His work can be viewed on Flickr.
I spotted this beautiful tattoo by Saira Hunjan at the Brighton Tattoo Convention in January.
As beautiful as it is in this state, the tattoo was not quite finished. Today, I found the finished piece on Saira’s website and it’s even more stunning.
I would love an intricate tattoo like this in the future…
