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Lion & Lamb Tattoo by @finn.j.tattoos

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Ginkgo by Lucy C Tattoos

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Lucy C Tattoos

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Stairway to Heaven by Victor Montaghini

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Victor Montaghini

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Apo Whang-Od is a 101-year old mambabatok (traditional tattoo artist) from the province of Kalinga.

Unlike the usual tattoo session, Apo Whang-Od only use thorn and a bamboo stick. Traditional tattoo will make your skin bleed and swells a lot but the ink will stay dominant and clear for decades and you’ll be carrying an obra maestra coming from a legend.

The tattoo tools themselves are made from a instrument constructed in bamboo and razor sharp lemon thorns. The design is marked onto the skin using long strips of straight grass, dipped in simple a mixture of charcoal and water. Then thorn tip is submerged in the charcoal solution before rigorously hand tapping the piercing point into the design on the skin.

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