Pat's Tattoo Blog
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Pat's Tattoo Blog is the blog of Pat Fish, a renowned tattoo artist who has been in the industry for over 40 years. The blog features her work, as well as articles about tattoo history, culture, and symbolism. The website also includes information about her books and tattooing workshops.
Pat's Tattoo Blog
2d ago
Single, double, and triple spirals in a profusion of Pictish and Celtic swirls. Making a tapestry of living motion ..read more
Pat's Tattoo Blog
2w ago
A charming dragon found illuminating a choir book produced in the Netherlands in the late 12th century. In the medieval times dragons were not a fanciful thought, they were considered real and were represented in cautionary tales ..read more
Pat's Tattoo Blog
2w ago
Designed to grace the arm of a beautiful surf babe, these interlocked Celtic triskel and spirals embody the swirling power of the sea, and the elegance of those who skim across its curling edge like tattooed flying fish ..read more
Pat's Tattoo Blog
3w ago
A most ambitious full leg wrap, which has won several awards in tattoo shows in Europe. Chosen for its Danish wearer because of the star pattern formed where the knotwork meets, it makes a bold statement unlike anything else in Celtic tattooing ..read more
Pat's Tattoo Blog
3w ago
The gnarled and twisted branches of a sacred tree, sentinel in the Gods' Wood, with roots that tie into a Celtic band, to make an anklet or arm band that completes the sacred circle ..read more
Pat's Tattoo Blog
1M ago
A symbolic tattoo of the California state flower, the California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, united with a moon crescent of knotwork from the 6th century Rosemarkie Stone, a Pictish stone from the Black Isle of Easter Ross in Scotland ..read more
Pat's Tattoo Blog
1M ago
Ornate stylized sea monsters from the Hablingbo picture stone in Gotland, Sweden. Slender and shown in profile, they make a dramatic anklet as shown or would be equally powerful enlarged to an armband ..read more
Pat's Tattoo Blog
1M ago
Patterned after a cross standing in Scotland, this knotwork uniquely weaves around a Templar knight's sword ..read more
Pat's Tattoo Blog
1M ago
A Medieval style European dragon in two version. He flies free, or tries to escape from a ring of Celtic knotwork, making a strong and complete circular tattoo design. The unusual feathered wings and bubble-scaled body make for an uncommon look ..read more
Pat's Tattoo Blog
2M ago
A shooting star is actually a meteorite burning up as it passes dramatically through our Earth's atmosphere. Sightings of them have always been considered harbingers of good fortune ..read more