A bit of traditional tattooing
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Here's my latest, wee Pictish salmon 
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You seem to be 'in the know' of Pictish/Norse designs, correct?
Could you point me to where I could find a design of a Cod?
Could you point me to where I could find a design of a Cod?
For true carvings, there are only a few simple salmon carvings in Scotland. None of cod, and I know of none in Scandinavia sadly. It's a case of drawing up a modern design inspired by those origins like my salmon
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Hoping I don't sound facetious, but I have long wanted a red herring ... never yet found the design, nor decided where to put it. So, it remains just an idea. (Along with the turtle I never did but have wanted since I was sixteen
)The Maori make nice turtle designs.
US folks are great on red herrings.
US folks are great on red herrings.
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I honestly can't say tattoos especially on girls are really my thing but these and your reasons for getting/doing them I like. Bravo.
Some more handpoke practice ive been working on lately all designs taken from Pictish carvings
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But, Janne, if you have a cod with twirly bits wont it be a Burbot?
And Dreadhead will confuse any Picts he meets with every Clan tattoo on him?
Dad got me `The Art of the Picts` by Henderson when we were in the Crannog Centre; Its a very good and superbly illustrated book.
I want a Pictish chain; ornate but not overdone.
And Dreadhead will confuse any Picts he meets with every Clan tattoo on him?
Dad got me `The Art of the Picts` by Henderson when we were in the Crannog Centre; Its a very good and superbly illustrated book.
I want a Pictish chain; ornate but not overdone.
I do not know. I am still looking for the design. It will be my only tat, so it has to be good.
I had to look up what a Burbot is in Swedish. I used to fish those during winters.
Burbot has one long back fin, one short. Cod three short.
I had to look up what a Burbot is in Swedish. I used to fish those during winters.
Burbot has one long back fin, one short. Cod three short.
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We have no real idea what the symbols mean or represent. The theory that they are clans is pretty loose when you look at the distribution of them in quantitive terms. The great mystery of Pictish symbol stones is a catch 22, would they be so magnificent if we knew what they meant?
For me, i just tattoo the symbols that have personal meaning to me, regardless of the theories of what historians think they represent
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For me, i just tattoo the symbols that have personal meaning to me, regardless of the theories of what historians think they represent
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Paleo and Neolithic is only 200+ years ago here.
If anything, your images would be of even greater worth if their interpretations were known
like the totems displayed in front of homes on poles here.
Do you know of any regional differences in artistic style?
If anything, your images would be of even greater worth if their interpretations were known
like the totems displayed in front of homes on poles here.
Do you know of any regional differences in artistic style?
