Must Be The Season Of The Witch...
Finger Tattoos by Jess at Black Hatchet Tattoos on Friday 01/10/2020/
Magic...some people believe, others may call it the Devil's work, make believe, child's play. Personally my whole being is based on it. I firmly believe everything about my life is Magic. As a child, I was always fascinated by "weird things". I bought my first tarot deck at 12, my room always had crystals, goddess statues, candles, incenses, oils and potions. It made sense to me that we are made of the earth, we go back to the earth and therefore we worship the earth and all the other worldly presence that care for it.
I believe in Ghosts, Haunted Houses, The Power of 3 and magical significance of the number 7. I believe the universe sends messages in card readings and that sometimes oils and herbs when mixed together and spoken to properly make medicinal options for people who want something less westernized. I don't know why I think these things or where the initial thoughts came from but I know deep in my soul that these are my universal truths. Finding people that embrace this side of me has become miraculously easier as an adult. My friends join me in many of these beliefs or at minimum hold space for them and for my truth.
My truth before these tattoos was that I always wanted finger tattoo's. I remember meeting a woman growing up who had a single one on her finger and I thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. I never spoke of that to my family or in general much about my fascination with tattoos. I love my family but everyone (except a few cousins) is so repressed, white, privileged, frankly scared to be different and generally made fun of my natural inclination to be different, dark, weird. My Great-Great-Great Aunt used to comment about how beautiful my hands were. She said it every time she saw me, she never made fun of me or how I dressed or looked. She was such a safe woman throughout my childhood. I don't know if she'd like these tattoo's but there are for her and her love of beautiful hands that do magical things.
I got my first finger tattoo with Charlotte at Lovecraft Tattoo, (you'll hear more about how fabulous she is in my upcoming post). It was a wonderful experience and I left feeling more powerful, more feminine and more connected to the universe than ever before. My little triple moon goddess tattoo made a much bigger impact that I could have imagined. This experience spurned me to find another female artist to tattoo the rest of my fingers and that is how I found Jess.
First off, Jess is adorable, if Lydia Deets, Linda Belcher, and Stevie Nicks had a baby it would be Jess. She has this quiet confidence mixed with an authentic silliness that instantly puts you at ease. She's easy to talk to, down for all things weird and her work is phenomenal. If you want crazy line tattoo's and circles on your fingers, go to Jess. She is awesome and her work in impeccable. The first time Jess tattooed my fingers I was in love with her two headed duck, animal skulls and the fact that she was so open about who she was as a person. Finding genuine women like her in the world are hard but I keep finding them, tattooing and making amazing art. In fact every woman in that is super chill, kind, and easy to talk to. Melissa, Lexi and Katrina all have their own talents but when I've talked to each of them, I've felt the ability to be myself and that makes these ladies special.
So it feels fit that magical, special and authentic women contributed to my own magic. Jess ended up tattooing the Witches Grimoire symbols and sigils on my hands. In my first round Jess added the symbols for the 4 seasons and the 4 elements to the middle knuckle space of my hands and then the sigil for blessings on the lower part of my left middle finger. The second go around she cleaned up the original tattoos (they healed really well but finger tattoos are just tough to heal), and added the sigils for Peace (3 circle pyramid) and for Health & Healing (three stacked circle connect my the line down the middle). Jess brought the basic foundations of my beliefs as a woman, a witch, a therapist to life, to my hands, the things I use daily to cook for the people I love, the hands that make muffin Monday at work, the hands that care for my mother and shower her, the hand that comfort clients when they struggle, that make art, that teach my students. Jess gave my hands a whole new meaning to being powerful.
Magic...some people believe, others may call it the Devil's work, make believe, child's play. Personally my whole being is based on it. I firmly believe everything about my life is Magic. As a child, I was always fascinated by "weird things". I bought my first tarot deck at 12, my room always had crystals, goddess statues, candles, incenses, oils and potions. It made sense to me that we are made of the earth, we go back to the earth and therefore we worship the earth and all the other worldly presence that care for it.
I believe in Ghosts, Haunted Houses, The Power of 3 and magical significance of the number 7. I believe the universe sends messages in card readings and that sometimes oils and herbs when mixed together and spoken to properly make medicinal options for people who want something less westernized. I don't know why I think these things or where the initial thoughts came from but I know deep in my soul that these are my universal truths. Finding people that embrace this side of me has become miraculously easier as an adult. My friends join me in many of these beliefs or at minimum hold space for them and for my truth.
My truth before these tattoos was that I always wanted finger tattoo's. I remember meeting a woman growing up who had a single one on her finger and I thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. I never spoke of that to my family or in general much about my fascination with tattoos. I love my family but everyone (except a few cousins) is so repressed, white, privileged, frankly scared to be different and generally made fun of my natural inclination to be different, dark, weird. My Great-Great-Great Aunt used to comment about how beautiful my hands were. She said it every time she saw me, she never made fun of me or how I dressed or looked. She was such a safe woman throughout my childhood. I don't know if she'd like these tattoo's but there are for her and her love of beautiful hands that do magical things.
I got my first finger tattoo with Charlotte at Lovecraft Tattoo, (you'll hear more about how fabulous she is in my upcoming post). It was a wonderful experience and I left feeling more powerful, more feminine and more connected to the universe than ever before. My little triple moon goddess tattoo made a much bigger impact that I could have imagined. This experience spurned me to find another female artist to tattoo the rest of my fingers and that is how I found Jess.
First off, Jess is adorable, if Lydia Deets, Linda Belcher, and Stevie Nicks had a baby it would be Jess. She has this quiet confidence mixed with an authentic silliness that instantly puts you at ease. She's easy to talk to, down for all things weird and her work is phenomenal. If you want crazy line tattoo's and circles on your fingers, go to Jess. She is awesome and her work in impeccable. The first time Jess tattooed my fingers I was in love with her two headed duck, animal skulls and the fact that she was so open about who she was as a person. Finding genuine women like her in the world are hard but I keep finding them, tattooing and making amazing art. In fact every woman in that is super chill, kind, and easy to talk to. Melissa, Lexi and Katrina all have their own talents but when I've talked to each of them, I've felt the ability to be myself and that makes these ladies special.
So it feels fit that magical, special and authentic women contributed to my own magic. Jess ended up tattooing the Witches Grimoire symbols and sigils on my hands. In my first round Jess added the symbols for the 4 seasons and the 4 elements to the middle knuckle space of my hands and then the sigil for blessings on the lower part of my left middle finger. The second go around she cleaned up the original tattoos (they healed really well but finger tattoos are just tough to heal), and added the sigils for Peace (3 circle pyramid) and for Health & Healing (three stacked circle connect my the line down the middle). Jess brought the basic foundations of my beliefs as a woman, a witch, a therapist to life, to my hands, the things I use daily to cook for the people I love, the hands that make muffin Monday at work, the hands that care for my mother and shower her, the hand that comfort clients when they struggle, that make art, that teach my students. Jess gave my hands a whole new meaning to being powerful.