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Nordic Tattoo

Ratatoskr

All handpoked and made to move! This is RATATOSKR („drill-tooth“ or „bore-tooth“) is a mischievous red squirrel in Norse mythology who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil, constantly conveying malicious gossip, insults, and slander between the eagle at the top and the serpent Níðhöggr below. He serves as a messenger who stirs conflict between the worlds. The squirell is mentioned in the Poetic Edda (Grímnismál) and Prose Edda (Gylfaginning). You see me feeding a representant of this symbol on the last picture.

Handpoked Tattoo, still work in progress as it will be expanded later. Nordic handpoked Tattoo, freehand drawn directly on the skin in my studio in Germany. You will also find me as a resident artist in Sweden (Västra Götaland).

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Handpoked Mammen Style (c. 950 – 1030) inspired Nordic Dragon

This handpoked Mammen Style (c. 950 – 1030) inspired Nordic Dragon tattoo was freehand drawn and all handpoked. And the second sleeve of this brave man. The Mammen style grew out of the Jellinge style, and it can sometimes be difficult to tell them apart. The name comes from a small, decorated axe-head, you will find in the last slide here, from a grave in Mammen, Denmark. Recent dendrochronological dating has suggested a date of c. 970 for the grave.

The Axe is inlaid with silver wires: on one side is a foliate pattern. On the other side, which you see on the picture is a bird. The body of the bird is thicker than the ribbon-like bodies of the Jellinge style animals: it is decorated with dots, and there is a large spiral hip. The wings and tail are drawn into long, curving tendrils. At the top of the axe is a human face mask with round eyes, a large nose and a spiral beard.

✍🏻 I have free bookings in Sweden this year. Write me to get your personalized freehand Nordic Sleeve. Handpoked or machine. What‘s your favourite style, figurine from Nordic Mythology or Artefact? Tell me and I make something meaningful out of it for you.

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