Great Front Design, 4-20-2023
Great Front Design When Phil picked me up at 10 am on Thursday, April 20, I discovered that Rangi would be meeting us today to sort out the front design.…
The Beginning of Shading, 4-19-2023
The beginning of shading Today, Phil started inking in the short, horizontal pakati lines between the vertical heke lines. This is the partial shading that makes the sweeping puhoro lines…
This is Where We Were This Morning, 4-19-2023
After a full day of work on 4-18-2023 Yesterday, we drew and inked my hips, which framed my butt for the spirals to come on each butt cheek. Also drew…
Figurative Art 4-19-2023
This Gives Figurative Art a New Meaning In order to get a puhoro [poo’-ho-ro—accent on first syllable, u as in ‘moon,’ o’s as in ‘more’, r from the back of…
Day Three and Now Two Days Off, 4-17-2023
Inner Thighs, Backs of My Legs We are putting a lot of ink on my body in a pretty short time.Two days ago, day three of work, Mark and I,…
A bit about the tatoo
A Bit About the Tattoo The puhoro I am receiving is much like the one Illustrated at the top of this page. I have a thinner body and am…
Here’s Where We Are Today, 4-15-2023
Here's where we are this morning Some barely-legal photos of yesterday's work. When I take my pants off, I feel like I'm still wearing clothes!
Day Two, the front thighs, 4-14-2023
Day 2, the front thighs Mark picked me up and we meet Phil Hoskins at the moko pod at 9 AM, Beautiful day, great view over the land to the…
Tattoo Post 3 4-14-2023
We Started Last Night! After I had a chance to tell Phil my story, after we had a great discussion on gender in traditional Maori matrilineal society, after Rangi told…
Tattoo Post 2 4/13/23
The Tattoo Journey Begins (at last) The tattoo journey was delayed a bit, since Rangi was sick with an ear infection and Covid when I arrived in Aotearoa. Then he…