Rosa Carolina + Lady Fern

  • 1-2 sessions

  • Placement ideas:

    • Inner forearm

    • Forearm wrap

    • Clavicle

Rosa Carolina Triad

  • 1-2 sessions

  • Open to freehanding a little extra foliage to make the composition fit the placement

  • Placement ideas:

    • Sternum

    • Shoulder cap

    • Tricep wrapping to bicep

In Her Fullness

  • After P.J. Redoute, c. 1800

  • Likely 2 sessions, could vary based on placement and size. I’d love to do this one large scale.

  • Placement ideas:

    • Thigh/hip

    • Back

    • Front of torso

Osprey

  • 2+ sessions, could vary based on placement and size. I’d love to do this one large scale.

  • After J.J. Audubon, c. 1830

  • Placement ideas:

    • Front of torso (as shown)

    • Back

Knockout Queen

  • Queen of Sweden and Knockout roses from my garden

  • Likely 2 sessions

  • Placement ideas:

    • Forearm wrap

    • Crossing the elbow

    • Clavicle/front of shoulder, perhaps mirrored

Wild, Wild Life

  • Knockout roses from my garden

  • 1-2 sessions

  • Placement ideas:

    • Forearm wrap

    • Crossing the inner elbow

    • Stomach/hip

Strength in Numbers

  • Bull thistle from my garden

  • Likely 1 session

  • Placement ideas:

    • Inner forearm

    • Back of forearm

    • Sternum

Gemini Gemini

  • Lilac and forget-me-nots from my garden

  • Open to adding small decorative elements

  • 1-2 sessions

  • Placement ideas:

    • Sternum/chest

    • Front of thigh

    • Back of calf

White Dahlia

  • Dahlia from my garden

  • 1-2 sessions

  • Placement ideas:

    • Forearm wrap

    • Inner forearm/wrist

    • Side of Neck

To The Bitter End

  • Knockout roses from my garden

  • 1-2 sessions

  • Placement ideas:

    • Forearm wrap

    • Crossing the inner elbow

    • Front of bicep

Wax to Wane

  • Hellebores from my garden

  • Likely one session

  • Placement ideas:

    • Forearm/wrist

    • Wrist/hand

    • Back of forearm

Triple Goddess

  • Hellebores from my garden

  • Likely one session

  • Open to adding small decorative elements

  • Placement ideas:

    • Center of chest or lower neck

    • Lower belly/sacral center

    • Centered below knee

Lightbringers

  • Daffodil + forsythia from my garden

  • 1-2 sessions

  • Placement ideas:

    • Large scale, rambling up the back and over scapula

    • Side of thigh

    • Climbing up the arm

First Frost

  • Knockout roses from my garden

  • Likely 1 session

  • Placement ideas:

    • Forearm wrap

    • Crossing the inner elbow

    • Front of bicep

Gentle Healers

  • Knockout rose, echinacea, and lavender from my garden

  • Likely 1 session, can be placed as a hanging bouquet (as shown) or right side up as they grow

  • Placement ideas:

    • Sternum (hanging down)

    • Inner forearm (facing up)

    • Sternum into chest (facing up)

Friends of Venus

  • Knockout rose, raspberry, thistle, and garlic from my garden

  • Likely 2 sessions, small modifications can be made to fit your space

  • Placement ideas:

    • Forearm wrap, crossing the elbow

    • Trailing up back of forearm onto bicep/tricep

    • Side of thigh

Birthing Bodies

  • Hardneck garlic and raspberries from my garden

  • Likely 2 sessions, small modifications can be made to fit your space

  • Placement ideas:

    • Front or side of thigh

    • Outer bicep

    • Side of calf

Be Well

  • Mullein, echinacea, and. calendula from my garden

  • Likely 1 session, can be placed as a hanging bouquet (as shown) or right side up as they grow

  • Placement ideas:

    • Sternum (hanging down)

    • Inner forearm (facing up)

    • Sternum into chest/throat (facing up)

Dried Healers

  • Dried yarrow, lavender, and echinacea from my garden

  • Likely 1 session, can be placed as a hanging bouquet (as shown) or right side up as they grow

  • Placement ideas:

    • Sternum (hanging down)

    • Inner forearm (facing up)

    • Belly (hanging down)

Late Summer Delicacy

  • Dahlia, double-flowered California poppy, and lavender from my garden

  • Likely 1 session, can be placed as a hanging bouquet (as shown) or right side up as they grow

  • Placement ideas:

    • Sternum (hanging down)

    • Inner forearm (facing up)

    • Back of forearm (facing up)

Battered and Blooming

  • Queen of Sweden roses from my garden

  • 1-2 sessions

  • Placement ideas:

    • Forearm wrap

    • Crossing the elbow

    • Clavicle/front of shoulder, perhaps mirrored

Queen of Thorns

  • Bull thistle from my garden

  • Likely 1 session

  • Placement ideas:

    • Inner forearm

    • Back of forearm

    • Sternum/chest

Strange Friends of the Sickle Moon

  • Likely 1 session

  • Open to adding decorative elements around the frame

  • Placement ideas:

    • Inner forearm

    • Top of thigh

    • Outer bicep

Chanterelle Moon

  • Likely 1 session

  • Placement ideas:

    • Inner forearm

    • Top of thigh

    • Outer bicep

Scotch Pine

  • Likely 1 session

  • Placement ideas:

    • Forearm wrap

    • Lower bicep onto elbow

    • Wrapping around thigh

Yew

  • Likely 1 session

  • Red in berries optional

  • Placement ideas:

    • Any orientation on forearm

    • Sternum/chest

    • Shin

And now, for the grand finale:

Oak tattoo.

Oak drawing.

Oak ink.

O.O.A.K.

You may be thinking, “that’s too much oak, Courtney.” Wait, what’s that? You’re not? Great. Read on.

So ubiquitous it needs no introduction, the oak stands firm throughout time and space as the standard of strength, longevity and vitality to which we hold ourselves. We regard the oak as strong and unyielding, but upon closer inspection, we can see that it is able to gracefully navigate time and space, yes, through its own sovereign efforts, but also thanks to a whole host of other life forms that it exists in symbiosis with, from soil fungi to squirrel seed-dispersal. In observing how the oak moves through the world, and allows the world to move through it, we can learn so much about our own ways of being.

This particular round of oak leaves were foraged in January, when the tales of the year’s passage are laid bare upon their lobes. In these “imperfections,” you can see the cycle of growth and decay in its entirety—planes of healthy leaf tissue that pushed forth in spring, holes made by various insects that nourished their young among its veins in summer, dark spots from fungi that fed upon the dead bits in the fall, and battered stems and edges that weathered winter’s elements, while the roots deep beneath gathered the decaying season’s soil-harvest, ready to send it up as shoots again in the spring. I like to think these pieces can remind us of the beauty that lies in reflecting on the journey with clarity.

Each piece is drawn from life and features a Northern Red Oak leaf, rendered in handmade iron gall ink on cotton paper with a steel-and-wood nib pen. Connect with the magic of the oak in three ways: its longevity through the tattoo itself, its strength through the tattooing process, and its vitality in the dimensional depth and richness of the iron gall ink drawing that you get to keep and incorporate into your life however you like.

Please note that, for safety reasons, you will still be getting tattooed with commercial tattoo ink, NOT homemade iron gall ink. That magic stays on paper.

Pieces will be a fixed price rather than hourly, which we will agree upon once I know the placement and size and before you book.

Mighty Oak 1

  • One session

  • Placement ideas:

    • Inner forearm

    • Back of forearm

    • Front of tricep

Mighty Oak 2

  • One session

  • Placement ideas:

    • Inner forearm

    • Forearm wrap

    • Side of calf

Mighty Oak 3

  • One session

  • Placement ideas:

    • Inner forearm

    • Forearm wrap

    • Front or outer bicep

Mighty Oak 4

  • One session

  • Placement ideas:

    • Inner forearm

    • Back of forearm

    • Center of chest

Mighty Oak 5

  • One session

  • Placement ideas:

    • Inner forearm

    • Forearm wrap

    • Front or outer bicep