Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Jerry's Sparrows Represent an Ocean Crossed
I met Jerry just outside of our local grocery store in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
He was kind enough to let me photograph one of the sparrows flying on each side of his neck:
Jerry estimates that 50% of his body is inked. Today being January 4, a lot of that was covered against the elements, so the sparrow it was.
He has been getting tattoos since he was 17 years old.
He went with the sparrow tattoos to represent the traditional aspect of the art, and the fact that he had crossed an ocean (The Atlantic). This is one of the meanings that sparrows possess when represented in ink.
This piece, and most of his recent tattoos, was created by Alex Franklin at Brooklyn Ink.
Work by Alex and other Brooklyn Ink artists has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.
Jerry also has knuckle tattoos, which I also snapped pictures of his hands for KnuckleTattoos.com, but a shadow (mine) interfered with a clean shot:
Casey's Name Transcends Generations
I met Casey while passing through Penn Station. He was waiting for the Amtrak to his home in Rhode Island. I spotted his neck tattoo and asked him about it because it was not your typical neck piece. He was very enthusiastic about sharing it with Tattoosday,
Simply, the ink, which begins on the left side of his neck and curves in a semi-circle to the right side of his neck, is his name (first, middle, and last) in Armenian.
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