{"id":10295,"date":"2026-05-10T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T15:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancientskin.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/10\/gotland-picture-stones-hammar-stone-i\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T17:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T15:34:37","slug":"gotland-picture-stones-hammar-stone-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancientskin.com\/en\/blog\/2026\/05\/10\/gotland-picture-stones-hammar-stone-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Gotland Picture Stones (Hammar Stone I)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I made this Nordic Tattoo Sleeve for a wonderful person inspired by the famous Gotland Picture Stone (Hammar Stone I). It tells his life-story in the visual language of the picture stone. Family, worklife, important events. lifechanging events. Everything combined to one picture around the arm. Everything is connected like life is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Stora Hammars I picture stone (GP 253) on Gotland, Sweden, is a limestone monument measuring approximately 391 cm in height and 162 cm in width. Dating to around 700\u20131000 AD (Lindqvist Type C\/D), it is characterized as a tall, slender stone featuring six panels of detailed, mythological carvings. Stora Hammars, L\u00e4rbro parish, Gotland. You will find the stone on Gotland (@bungemuseet) Bunge Museet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love to do these storytelling tattoos. I like to freehand and help you to tell and visualize your story on your skin. I work in Sweden, V\u00e4stra G\u00f6taland @vik__ink studio and also in Germany @ancientskin.tattoo.studio \u2014 Handpoke or Machine Tattoos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#nordictattoo #dotworktattooartist #handpoked #tattoosweden #runetattoo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made this Nordic Tattoo Sleeve for a wonderful person inspired by the famous Gotland Picture Stone (Hammar Stone I). It tells his life-story in the visual language of the picture stone. Family, worklife, important events. lifechanging events. Everything combined to one picture around the arm. Everything is connected like life is. The Stora Hammars […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nordic-tattoo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGotland Picture Stones (Hammar Stone I) | Ancientskin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ANCIENTSKIN: Nordic Tattoo Studio in V\u00e4stra G\u00f6taland, Sweden and Germany. 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