Mondays and tuesdays is when my deshi Oskar drives down from the town of Lycksele to be with me in the studio. His days are spent watching, listening and drawing and sometimes we even get the opportunity to work on his Donburi Soushinbori (full body tattoo without the opening, Munewari, on the chest). Oskar has absolutely fantastic skin for Irezumi and I enjoy simply getting the black and greys in there. Unfortunately he already had a bigger non-Irezumi piece on his back as well as some other stuff on his body when we started discussing his desire to get a Donburi Soushinbori. However, in imperfection lies some of the challenge and I intend to do my damndest with the rest of his skin.
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