Thanks to Beccy for including me in another article for Skin Deep Magazine after such a short period. We got to talking while interviewing for the "Kings & Queens" article last year, featuring 12 artists in Copenhagen. She knew that Nanna and I travel alot with Loki and are very active in the tattoo community. When Beccy became pregnant she got an idea for an article on pregnacy and tattooing and figured as a tattooist and parents Nanna and I might have some opinions on the subject. I'm sure alot of my comments were edited for space, so I've included the questions and answers as well as a few extra photos I sent if you scroll down
The article is out this month... Enjoy
Cover at the news stands
Every designer knows that parallel line make you look fat! ;-)
A few family photos included
Pregnancy and Tattoos
> What
is your experience of pregnancy and parenthood, are you parents? Tell us about
your family.
Nanna and I both have grown children from previous
marriages and had never really expected to have Loki come into our lives at
such a late date. We had already been traveling a lot, both to Viking markets
in the Summer and Tattoo Conventions throughout the year. Loki quickly became a
part of this and had already been on 50 flights by the time he was 2...
traveling mostly in Europe, but also occasional trips to Canada, India, South
Africa, etc. When we opened Skin&Bone 9 years ago it was to have a studio
close to home where our friends from other countries could come to work and
visit, but also where we could be together as a family despite my late hours.
Skin&Bone is like a second home.
> What
are your experiences of pregnancy and tattoos - do you think it’s OK to get
tattooed whilst pregnant and why? If so, why do so many people shy away from
it, and if not, why is it best for women to rest in pregnancy? Feel free to
write as much as possible! Have you ever tattooed anyone who was pregnant?
I tattooed Nanna forearm when she was 4 months
pregnant, while in Tahiti. She has had more than one child and many more
tattoos... was not stressed and generally falls asleep while getting tattooed.
The Tattoo Festival was in an open air venue on the beach and I tattooed her by
hand which takes more time but is also less stressful on the body. The
difference between Festivals and Conventions is that Conventions are made for
entertaining adults, with loud music, freaks and burlesque shows... while
Festivals are more about the culture of tattooing, with traditional art, song
and dance. Lots of children were in attendance as well as school groups who
came to learn more about the varied traditions of the different cultures
attending.
> And
how about breastfeeding - I know women who get tattooed whilst breastfeeding
but others who prefer not to, do you think it is OK and is it different for
every person or tattooing method?
> Here
in the UK a lot of children aren’t allowed in tattoo studios… as a tattoo
collector I am keen to show my child what tattooing is, from a young age, as
it’s such a big part of my life, but I feel this may be difficult and I may not
be allowed to bring my child into the scene. What are your opinions on this? Do
you think there’s a way children can learn about tattooing without it
interrupting the regulations of a studio and the artist trying to concentrate
working?
The street the studio is on will hold several annual
events... flea market, street party, Halloweėn, Christmas market, etc. For many
of the weekend events held during the day we have been open for children’s tattooing
;-) We have an old barber chair at the studio and I’ve renovated a few of my
old machines to have a pen cartridge on the needle bar or to hold a sharpie
instead of a grip and tube. The kids climb up in the chair and get all
the sights and sounds (and fear) of getting a real tattoo... and walk away just
as proud as any naval cadet back in the day :-)
I actually had a client the other year whos mother
contacted me about getting him a half sleeve dragon done using hand tool for
his 18th birthday. Seemed strange, but after further inquiry I discovered that
his two (much) older sisters had been tattooed by my mentor. However it didn’t
stop there... it turns out that I had actually did a sharpie tattoo of a dragon
on him at a Viking market about 15 years earlier which he still remembered :-)
> Is
there anything else you want to share about tattooing and parenthood?
Thank you
for your time!
Actually we just returned from French Polynesia where Loki finally received his Tahitian name given to him by Mammi & Papi Sam, the tribal elders from Moórea.
He is now "Loki Paitoa Dale-Grandberg"
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