Kristina's Labyrinthine Symbol of Hopi

A few weeks back, I met Kristina, after spotting the top of her tattoo peeking out from under her shirt and reaching toward her neck.





I was intrigued and asked her about it. She revealed it to be a much larger piece than I initially observed and explained that it is a Hopi symbol of mother-daughter unity that accompanies her on her spiritual journey through life.





From what I can gather, this is a variation on the symbol for Tapu'a, or Mother Earth, and the maze-like construction of the emblem represents one's journey through life.

She had this inked at a shop in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

Thanks to Kristina for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Renee's Papal Insignia Challenges Her Beliefs

I met Renee in the Clark Street subway station in Brooklyn Heights recently, and we had a fascinating conversation.

We talked for a good bit, and actually spent more time time talking about her plans for new tattoos, as opposed to what she already had on her body. She has five tattoos, two of which she did herself. We ended up talking most about this one, on the middle finger of her right hand:


This is one of her self-inked tattoos which, she says, she did using "the prison method". This generally involves using a needle or a sharpened guitar string and dipping it in ink. Sometimes with, sometimes without, a jerry-rigged motor.

The design is based on the insignia of the Pope.

At the time that she did this, she felt a connection to the Catholic Church that was very strong. Religion was a "huge part of her childhood"

However, as anyone paying attention to the news recently is well aware, the Catholic Church has been under fire for quite some time due to its handling of internal matters regarding abuse among the clergy.

Renee finds that who she is now is "irreconcilable with the Catholic Church" and, as a result, she plans on having this finger tattoo covered up "as a statement" about her feelings and her conviction that this symbol is, in her words, "something I can't have anymore".

So today's post features a tattoo whose time is running out, which is not all that common here on the site. I have always maintained that the tattoos seen here aren't always the "best" in art, but rather, interesting encounters in New York with interesting people.

Thanks to Renee for being so forthcoming about her personal connection to tattooing, and for sharing this small, seemingly harmless tattoo, that carries with it such a weight, laden with meaning.

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Vector Drips and Circles Pack for Adobe Illustrator

A collection of nine funky drip and circle symbols for Adobe Illustrator from LukeAvery.

Those symbols might be useful if you are working on a project that conveys pop-art or disco styles.

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Christmas Vectors

A collection of 18 Christmas symbols for Adobe Illustrator, from bcre80v. You can use them for designing a wallpaper, a greetings card or import them in Adobe Flash and decorate your animation project...

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Vector Stars

A set of 62 vector star symbols for Adobe Illustrator from darkdesign1200. You can use them for designing an icon, logo brainstorming or decorating you design concept.

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Rays Of Light Symbols for Adobe Illustrator

A free vector pack of Illustrator Symbols from darkdesign1209. The set contains 9 different geometrical shapes, ideal for background design and positive-negative space experiments...

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Victorian Symbols for Adobe Illustrator

A set of 20 decorational symbols in Victorian style. You can use them for decorating your design composition or creating a seamless floral pattern...

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Feather Symbols for Adobe Illustrator

A set of 14 vector feather symbols for Adobe Illustrator. You can use them for decorating your concept or for designing a pattern ...

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The resource has been made availabe by darkdesign1209 & mourtisada. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

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Bamboo Symbols for Adobe Illustrtor

A set of various bamboo symbols for Adobe Illustrator. Download Thanks to darkdesign1209 & mouritsada-stock Note: To install place the PDF file in Program Files/Applications> Adobe Illustrator> Presets> Brushes/Symbols. Open Illustrator and then open the Symbols/Brushes Palette.

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Random Pop Art Symbols for Adobe Illustrator

A collection of free Adobe Illustrator symbols from Cherryflip.The set contains 29 shapes that could be used for constructing abstract pop-art design elements or for decorating your vector composition...

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30 Vector Flower Symbols

A collection of 29 vector flower symbols for Adobe Illustrator by cherryflip. The file contains different by shape and color flowers that can be used for decorating your artwork or for building a seamless pattern for the web...

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46 Pop Art Symbols for Adobe Illustrator

A collection of 46 random vector symbols from CherryFlip. You can use them for constructing abstract pop-art design elements or for decorating your vector composition...

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