Gina's Phoenix

In late June, I ran into Gina in Penn Station and complimented her on a tattoo she had on her back. At the time, she was wearing something with straps that covered part of the design. I gave her a flier and she remarked that she had just recently discovered the site through <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/06/julies-crazy-tattoo.html">this post</a> on the tattoo of Julie Powell.<br /><br />Alas, like so many folks to whom I give fliers, I didn't receive any emails or photos. But a month passed and one day I was pleasantly surprised to see an email from Gina, with the following photos of her phoenix tattoo:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aoK1sJzd1ISTV9daDarPCYqMF8V-E0SOtUt0M7RzGRu1ZvDqd4I8NKTrxVtpY40ydKljk_2MkPOZerXCmhylXkE1rmZG8tbOiLxS_gDikrmvhU6NUAs0bih7541kLHI3bt5CLeYT/s1600/IMG_6288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aoK1sJzd1ISTV9daDarPCYqMF8V-E0SOtUt0M7RzGRu1ZvDqd4I8NKTrxVtpY40ydKljk_2MkPOZerXCmhylXkE1rmZG8tbOiLxS_gDikrmvhU6NUAs0bih7541kLHI3bt5CLeYT/s640/IMG_6288.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />I'll let her explain the rest:<br /><br /><blockquote>"... I had completely forgotten [about sending in the photo] until I found the picture I took for you on my camera... This was done by Junii at the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/10117559">Diamond Club</a> in San Francisco. [Bill Salmon, Junii's husband, is the studio owner]. She does amazing line work.  She's also incredibly conscientious about design and her clients.  For both my tattoos, she spend a lot of time talking with me, looking at the 20 pictures I had brought in of bits or aspects of what I wanted, then went off and did her own research, always coming back with exactly the right drawing.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjR0OUL-1Q2nadtWGLrU44Z7QHVKOc4YnMQHwefE9sMXJrz1QKwFVPcV2wvZzqeNMx0qL_rjs3wLpcFxrFxmb_RB1Odm-iJsWFyZyVMjIjWhwm1AuLx1QVsDs5mQ1Oe4c9rrMcU-jQ/s1600/IMG_6288+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjR0OUL-1Q2nadtWGLrU44Z7QHVKOc4YnMQHwefE9sMXJrz1QKwFVPcV2wvZzqeNMx0qL_rjs3wLpcFxrFxmb_RB1Odm-iJsWFyZyVMjIjWhwm1AuLx1QVsDs5mQ1Oe4c9rrMcU-jQ/s400/IMG_6288+detail.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br />This one - I got it after a really, really difficult year. So, obviously, not the deepest symbolism - just wanted to remind myself of the possibility of renewal."</blockquote><br />Thanks to Gina for sharing her tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Gina's Phoenix

In late June, I ran into Gina in Penn Station and complimented her on a tattoo she had on her back. At the time, she was wearing something w...

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