Amy and Her Colorful Hot Air Balloon

Today's tattoos are from Amy, who I met a couple weeks ago in Penn Station. First is this stunning hot air balloon on her upper right arm:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnbQlNbiXUJDIwtxvbbOkL_fybSoMLQ-m3buS6V0sDDCog266cLwMGuA1ezoNIjJU8jQdfZZKJGBI9ojpjc58NSg76MQrVAWN9OYZwOpTXWFZUOG6vU1vdXR8evuj2G4t7XYQx6rBZNE/s1600/balloon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnbQlNbiXUJDIwtxvbbOkL_fybSoMLQ-m3buS6V0sDDCog266cLwMGuA1ezoNIjJU8jQdfZZKJGBI9ojpjc58NSg76MQrVAWN9OYZwOpTXWFZUOG6vU1vdXR8evuj2G4t7XYQx6rBZNE/s400/balloon.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /> This was done by Brian Marsman at Powerhouse Tattoo Company in Montclair, New Jersey. "I just wanted a hot air balloon and I didn't have a picture for him or anything," Amy told me, "he just drew it up for me."<br /> <br /> She also had this tattoo, on her inner right forearm,<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeshRlTUtOSVSLL5c6CnIL1qq-_PJRZLAlkaBpqdPBxwnMJ9fcq3HTUdeuZjHu8pq33Z7nduwnoUeXMu5hnQYzNA2sdYViDFGDSwL79aq7rDILPLGR9E-W61ts1ISRTLQDzB3jL0LwPBk/s1600/girlhead+bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeshRlTUtOSVSLL5c6CnIL1qq-_PJRZLAlkaBpqdPBxwnMJ9fcq3HTUdeuZjHu8pq33Z7nduwnoUeXMu5hnQYzNA2sdYViDFGDSwL79aq7rDILPLGR9E-W61ts1ISRTLQDzB3jL0LwPBk/s400/girlhead+bird.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><br /> This is an interpretation of a watercolor by Angelique Houtkamp entitled "Edith Piaf":<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEXR1JyLKLMe5tHVwp1QopRCNRs5SkpaOEGyI-PIPw4HFdH8zRT72aQA3qQ6DOg8ECiQ9xQx0JyNr7RbAzLYtauZtVds2PlJP53VE4Ckm0izuvWapwC_NbjCWOOhtrpfrke5ofyf7IcE/s1600/piaf+by+angelique+houtkamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYEXR1JyLKLMe5tHVwp1QopRCNRs5SkpaOEGyI-PIPw4HFdH8zRT72aQA3qQ6DOg8ECiQ9xQx0JyNr7RbAzLYtauZtVds2PlJP53VE4Ckm0izuvWapwC_NbjCWOOhtrpfrke5ofyf7IcE/s400/piaf+by+angelique+houtkamp.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">©Angelique Houtkamp</td></tr> </tbody></table>This was done by an artist named Giordano who was visiting from Brazil, set up shop in Amy's dining room, and tattooed a handful of friends and family, including Amy's husband and father.

Amy and Her Colorful Hot Air Balloon

Today's tattoos are from Amy, who I met a couple weeks ago in Penn Station. First is this stunning hot air balloon on her upper right ar...

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Leyna's Balloon Keeps Her Grounded

Leyna was leaving the <a href="http://www.borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_582?schid=GLBC%7CNew+York+NY%7C582">Borders</a> at 2 Penn Plaza when I spotted one of her tattoos and asked about it.<br /><br />This was the tattoo in question:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuslX4lJQRV183Sqr3uFJ-cCO3zZnO7_6X-BZQRKheqvuaR_cypBHZBmotz25koDJw2myEpvY6CRvqITZ-q1DShnbBwxXwYi5fA8xMsoRZuYZJBXRPMo9Do2SZrs0SIXJCSovo4ia/s1600/Balloon+Anchor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuslX4lJQRV183Sqr3uFJ-cCO3zZnO7_6X-BZQRKheqvuaR_cypBHZBmotz25koDJw2myEpvY6CRvqITZ-q1DShnbBwxXwYi5fA8xMsoRZuYZJBXRPMo9Do2SZrs0SIXJCSovo4ia/s400/Balloon+Anchor.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br />It is located on the back of her left leg, on the calf.<br /><br />The design was inspired by the cover art from the <a href="http://www.modestmousemusic.com/">Modest Mouse</a> record <a href="http://www.modestmousemusic.com/music/we-were-dead-ship-even-sank"><i>We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank</i></a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JsnCx3n6a3v3Cuxrfyba_UMmSlw8EF1XUqKEDHwz6tuSEQRlhIiqDWdmynaRkK4vuWfl8iLnsQxYbeDmXKPMgs4ueZXfRHmdkBzXBMiwbmLX2gHao3_LkJ9xx_gPyVY-Ji1QO_Pv/s1600/weweredead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JsnCx3n6a3v3Cuxrfyba_UMmSlw8EF1XUqKEDHwz6tuSEQRlhIiqDWdmynaRkK4vuWfl8iLnsQxYbeDmXKPMgs4ueZXfRHmdkBzXBMiwbmLX2gHao3_LkJ9xx_gPyVY-Ji1QO_Pv/s320/weweredead.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Leyna thought the anchor was cool, and she feels it is a good representation of herself in her 20's.<br /><br />The tattoo was inked by <a href="http://www.handofglorytattoo.com/pages/derik.html">Derik Snell</a> at <a href="http://www.handofglorytattoo.com/">Hand of Glory Tattoo</a> in Brooklyn. He liked the design because he had never tattooed a hot air balloon before. Work from Hand of Glory has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Hand%20of%20Glory%20Tattoo%20Studio">here</a>.<br /><br />Another one of Leyna's tattoos  caught my eyes, as well:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBcW7nwyPLZX9wemTyhyphenhyphen2-wsd2H3vNjyR9BNHGraTG5P52-COHkjnTQk1N8NK7uFtP9HbmDv5Ei_zmxhHv2zaSlzO5NqulCD-cVORpTTJfMbfrFbBWy_BX9ah6GSQRQoz1fjx5iVi/s1600/howl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBcW7nwyPLZX9wemTyhyphenhyphen2-wsd2H3vNjyR9BNHGraTG5P52-COHkjnTQk1N8NK7uFtP9HbmDv5Ei_zmxhHv2zaSlzO5NqulCD-cVORpTTJfMbfrFbBWy_BX9ah6GSQRQoz1fjx5iVi/s400/howl.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This two-word snippet, "ecstatic and insatiate" is an excerpt from <a href="http://www.allenginsberg.org/">Allen Ginsberg's</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Other-Poems-Lights-Pocket-Poets/dp/0872860175?ie=UTF8&tag=bill03-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Howl</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bill03-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0872860175" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. I'd speak more about it, but it appeared first on the most awesome blog, <a href="http://www.contrariwise.org/">Contrariwise</a>. I'd direct you over <a href="http://www.contrariwise.org/2010/01/06/ecstatic-and-insatiate/">here</a> to read what Leyna had to say about this tattoo, and encourage you to linger about and check out the seemingly endless array of literary ink.<br /><br />Thanks again to Leyna for sharing her tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!

Leyna's Balloon Keeps Her Grounded

Leyna was leaving the Borders at 2 Penn Plaza when I spotted one of her tattoos and asked about it. This was the tattoo in question: It is ...

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