Last weekend Dianne and I went to get tattooed at the awesome Gypsy Stables studio on Berwick Street in London. I got my thigh tattooed by Fidgit and then the next day Gary was kind enough to tattoo my hand for me!
Here are some lovely photos snapped by the wife. Tomorrow I'll post some of her getting tattooed! And then I'll probably do a London instagram photo round up!
So yesterday I went for my tradition Friday 13th tattoo. I went to Needle Queen where I've been tattooed before and they we're doing a selection of Friday 13th themed flash for £13 each.
Getting tattooed.
Broken looking glass.
Old Friday 13th tattoos.
First Friday 13th tattoo.
When I got my first 13 tattoo I just happened to be getting my hand tattooed by Sarah Schor on Friday 13th and we decided to pop a little 13 on there somewhere so I'd always remember the date that I got tattooed! Anyway, it worked! And started a little tradition - now I have 4 Friday 13th tattoos and I'm sure I'll add more. They're a great way of filling up little gaps.
This song is the soundtrack to this blog post...
I love the history behind the Friday 13th superstition too. Obviously the films did nothing to help it but I think traditionally the superstition of the number 13 comes from numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve hours of the clock, twelve gods of Olympus, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus, the 12 Descendants of Muhammad Imams, etc.. whereas the number thirteen was considered irregular, transgressing this completeness. Having 13 people sat at a table is suppose to be unlucky too - this derives from a Norse myth and the Last Super.
And Fridays have been considered unlucky since in the 14th century. It was been suggested that this started due to the Christian scripture that states Jesus was crucified on a Friday.
I think that anyone who's ever worked a 9-5 job would probably agree with me when I say that Mondays are far more unlucky that Fridays...
Alison Manners was the first person to tattoo me - way back in 2002 if memory serves - and I've been lucky enough to get quite a lot of pieces from her since. She moved back to Australia though so obviously I don't see this awesome bird quite as much as I'd like but she did tattoo this amazing eagle on my chest last winter while she was visiting the UK. I'm stoked to see she got featured in 'Tattoos Down Under'! Check out more of her work here - http://www.mannerstattoo.com/ She is one talented lady!
