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TL/DR: Blackwork and botanicals, full sleeve on one of my dearest friends, @carrupa .
Did you know that I am here because of this lady? We’ve been friends almost as long as we have had kids… I think I had henna in hand when we first met and when I began learning to tattoo she was there. To understand her steadfastness, we have to recall that the last 5 years have been insane. I apprenticed through the pandemic, and if that weren’t enough, I also had two separate car accidents with two concussions during those 2 apprentice years. In 2021 I was assaulted on a “date”. And In 2022, my body (uterus) tried to literally take me out, which began two solid years of incredible debilitating pain. So in 2024 I said goodbye to my less than savory reproductive system. It’s really been only in the last year and a half that I have gotten to work without major interruption. Honestly, I think I owe it to this woman that even made it through.
Laura was always there. After the concussions she ran my books for a solid two years bc I couldn’t handle even looking at technology, and honestly I still easily get lost, but back then she saved my ass, even as she had her own wild life unfolding. When the depression was coming for me hard, she gave me real talk - time to pull it all back together friend. “Don’t loose everything you built because of all the shit.” When I had my organs removed she showed up with food and flowers and a helping hand. When I do stupid dating things, she tells me that too.
Thank you Laura. I love you so, and I appreciate how very much you have had my back during this journey. Thanks for walking through the trenches with me. This sleeve tells several stories, but most especially how woven we are.
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Cosmos, thistles, maidenhair fern, and roses (grown by her)
I’m proud of this work and definitely this woman.
Original Sri yantra not by me, everything else seen is by me. Some parts are still healing.
More on this one soon.
