Rose and Thistles Tattoo Design

For the celebration of a heritage that combines both Scottish and English bloodlines, a bouquet of symbolic flowers: a rose bud between two thistles.

Father Knot Celtic Tattoo Design

This man came to me for a Father Knot years ago when his daughter was born. This week he was able to wrangle a work trip down from Oregon to add a mirror-image to celebrate the birth of his son. A difficult task, reconciling physical asymmetry!

Black Rose Classic Tattoo Design

One of the most classic of the old school WWII tattoos, the black rose was the mark of one who had looked death in the face and survived.

Sweet story about this one. A WWII vet came into the shop and announced he was done with this old youthful indiscretion, the cherry with "Here's mine, where's yours?" he got when he was 17 and going off to war. He said "I don't want to go to my grave with it." So in honor of his recently deceased dearly loved wife we obliterated the past with a red rose, and put her name above.

Intuitive Knowledge Celtic Tattoo Design

We are drawn to the spiral for its mystic significance, seeking the knowledge we already have, secret and personal, hidden within.