This beautiful three-ribbon pattern is one of the most often used elements of pre-romanesque Croatian art. Found on and within churches and monasteries built in the early medieval Kingdom of Croatia between the 9th and beginning of the 12th century, and on crosses and sacred objects. It is an ancient symbol associated with waves and the flowing of water.
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.
