Customs and Motif Tattoos
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Customs and Decorative SWANA and South Asian Motif Tattoos
Please read all of the information below before requesting a custom tattoo.
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Custom tattoo information
Open for June+July
Please make sure to include all of the information when filling out the CUSTOM request form
Your ideas for a tattoo
If it sounds like a project that would be a good fit I will then email you and ask for any photos/inspiration you may have for you tattoo. I do not wish to receive many examples of others tattoo work nor do I replicate the tattoo work of others.
Your budget
My customs begin at a minimum of $300 and require a $50 deposit.
Placement ideas
Placement affects time and price and can effect how I may prepare for an appointment.
I am interested in custom projects that are centered around the following things:
Bugs, skulls, decay, rebirth, tarot, spells/intentions, astrology, critters, trans and queer identity, plants, charms, symmetrical pieces, decorative/ornamental designs, and sacred symbols.
I am open to creating original art around these subjects.
I am not interested in recreating an already existing tattoo. My custom requests are a request to create specific imagery in my art style.
Thank you for your interest in working together.
Decorative SWANA and South Asian Motif tattoos information
This work is a reclamation of the violent appropriations of SWANA and South Asian design work and tattoo traditions which are rebranded as “decorative” or “ornamental”.
This work is both collaborative and intuitive. You are able to share what symbolism and protection you desire, we will use the existing motifs to create protective tattoos where you will understand the meaning and the history behind the designs. This is tattooing and an attempt at decolonizing this art style.
I aim to make this both a healing experience and an educational one. The minimum for this work is $350 but sliding scale is available to folks who are Black or Indigenous or have these symbols in their cultural lineage.
Let’s work together.
Interested in working together? Fill out some info and we will be in touch shortly! We can't wait to hear from you!
SWANA
South West Asia and North Africa. It is a way to refer to a geological area without it having political implications.
Much of my art (and the worlds art) is influenced by this region. Many of the symbols and little dots in my work have cultural significance to my background. Supporting SWANA and other BIPOC artists directly is cultural appreciation and I welcome folks of any race to book my designs unless it is noted otherwise.
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