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 Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:07 am Post subject: Memorial Tattoos... kinda morbid... you've been warned.. |
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i know i'm gonna hear it about this, but assuming you were wanting to, would it be possible to take a portion of a loved ones cremated ashes and use it in a memorial tattoo?... and how would you mix it... same as reg powdered pigment??? i realize that this is morbid and fukked, but i just realized that when my parents die i'd like a part of them with me ... and it'd seem to me that i'd want a picture (maybe a portrait of the loved one) ofsomething that reminds me of that person, rather than just their name and a cross or whatever...
now i now it may not sound safe, however at the temp. at which a body is creamated, wouldn't anything (microbes, diseases.. etc) be destroyed..?
just curious... please be at least pleasant about ansswering... if you don't think it's possible just say that....
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:16 am Post subject: |
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PSYCHO!!!!!
I'm not sure. I suppose it would be possible to combine very fine cremated ashes with tattoo pigment to create a "memorial" tattoo, although I wouldn't recommend it. If you have ever seen or felt the cremated remains of someone it isn't like cigarrette ashes or soot; it is more like sand and small pebbles (bone fragment), although there is some fine ashes it would have to be thoroughly sifted. As for the safety aspect, I'm not sure. I would believe introducing a foreign matter to the procedure would increase the likelihood of infection or disease, but who knows? I believe it is possible though! I want pictures if you decide to do it CRAZY MF'er!  |
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| Slinger520 wrote: | | If you have ever seen or felt the cremated remains of someone it isn't like cigarrette ashes or soot; it is more like sand and small pebbles (bone fragment) |
... i was thinking grind them w/ a morter and pestel or somethin...
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| We used to rub cigarette ashes or roaches on our tattoos to darken the higgins or pelican ink. I would try MY dad's ashes too, but he was'nt cremated. |
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oh my god... anyone plaease give thoughts on this...
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Yes, it can be done. I know two people who have tattoos done with ashes from a friend.
As for safety, it takes a lot of heat to burn a body into fine ashes, so carbon based pathogens would likely not survive. Dry powders can be sterilized in a dry heat sterilizer, also. Although I would not find dry heat to be an acceptable method of sterilizing tattoo equipment on a daily basis, there are things that can only be done this way, and dry heat is better than nothing at all.
As for mixing it, it would be best mixed with black, then thin the black to the proper viscosity again.
There is nothing morbid about the idea, really. Only in western culture, where Puritanical guilt is tolerated would an idea like this be considered taboo. |
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Badwolf, thank you very much for your comments.
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I think its a great idea!!!!
Anyone who thinks this is gross should be aware that animal bones are used in black (not all the time, but I think its very common). The bones are burnt down to charcoal. Tatoos also can use glycerine, which can be animal or plant derived.
I just think its interesting that some people would be creeped out about using other peoples bones, but not animals. |
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| I actually was thinking about doing this with my best friend's ashes, I'm glad I found this forum. I read BadWolf's reply but I'm wondering if it would be pretty difficult to find a tattoo artist who would be willing to actually do it? The artist I was tight with moved away and I've gotten some snotty responses from other guys I've spoken to, which makes me not want them to ink me anyways. |
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Its done in some old school shops, like bad wolf said nothin abnormal about it. I beleieve we have done it 2 times in 7 years for clients. Myself I have it in 6 tattoos of brothers who I rode with that passed. I put thier ashes in my oil so they can ride with me as well.
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My tattoo artist has a tattoo with her father's ashes in it. So no, you are not morbid, I find it to be quite a great tribute.
The ashes are gritty like sand because after they incinerate the body the skeleton is left, they simply grind the bones and add them in afterwards. So you can sift the ashes a few times to get some really fine ash, The mortar and pestil idea was a good one too.
Doing this is something I considered, however my dad hates HATES HATES tattoos so I figured it would be an improper memorial of him. Instead I'm going to do this with his ashes: http://www.lifegem.com/
Good luck my friend.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:04 am Post subject: |
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Cool idea!  |
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| I've always wanted, after my hubby dies, to graft off his tattoos and have them preserved so that I can keep them. Maybe frame them next to his ashes. He's completely grossed out by the idea. |
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SweetTeaSweetheart wrote:
I've always wanted, after my hubby dies, to graft off his tattoos and have them preserved so that I can keep them. Maybe frame them next to his ashes. He's completely grossed out by the idea.
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I don't think they would graft off his tattoos, but, then again,
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