7 Year Journey

In 2017, Heather reached out about completing a single mandala tattoo on her right forearm. We completed the piece and then shortly thereafter made a couple more appointments to fill out the rest of her forearm.

Piece by piece we continued to work together, until seven years later to the exact day, she had both arms fully sleeved. 

I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to work with the same person over such a long period of time; it certainly isn't something I take for granted. There's a lot of trust involved on both ends of the relationship between client and artist. It requires effort from the client to be available and open to ideas as well as ultimately letting the artist be the captain of the ship on their journey; the artist is required to check their ego at the door, listen to what their client is requesting, and find a way to achieve their client's goals in the best way they know how (by pulling from their own experience and artistic intuition).

I'm super grateful for the opportunity and the experience that these experiences provide.

It makes me a better tattooer, which leads to better tattoos, which leads to happier clients. Everybody wins.