Aug 5, 2013
Updated: Oct 22, 2019
| 2013 | Connect with nature | Tattooed Leather Art |
Heres a look at how I created my large tattooed & tooled anatomy inspired piece…..
Created on pale veg tan leather , and left as nude as possible – which is very difficult when all your tattoo machine wants to do is spray black ink everywhere….. !! I managed to save it from a few disasters!
Inspired by plant and animal/ human anatomy & old scientific illustrations
You can see a cross section of the brain, mixed with plant anatomy, the silhouette of a body with an intentionally rough outline of the skeleton & stylised anatomical heart
It also features a couple of my favourite flower (Anemone & Nigella)
The line work is pretty detailed on this one, and its taken the longest (so far) to ink, it took 3 hours to just get the design onto the leather! Overall its A3 in size so still quite small & detailed
The leather was really great to tool. I didn’t want to have sections really raised but i did want to get lots of definition on the main body outline
I added in a border featuring more plant and anatomical illustrations, which i oiled to a darker shade of tan, I may remove it, as i quite like it being pale only … but I haven’t quite decided yet!
At the moment, its in one of our reclaimed handmade frames
Here it is…
Here are some shots of the piece as it develops….
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Dionne
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