Sun shoulder

Design Story

Red requested a Maori styled tattoo to cover up an old tattoo on his arm, extending all around his shoulder.

Working on the shape of the original tattoo, we thought of covering it with koru delimiting a sun made up of various elements, like shark teeth (strength), the tiki and the manaia (protection and balance), the turtle (navigator, family mainly) and the manta ray (elegance and freedom) among the others.

The plain black parts are thought to be coloured with traditional fillings like these:

The blue color recalls water (waves are in this design too) and helps improve the covering of the old tattoo.

A curiosity: the old tattoo can be seen here.