Krystal Bell Tattoo

.Integrated Tattoo Healing (ITH).

.Hand Poke . Machine.

.Ethereal Graphic BlackWork.
...the ritual of revealing forms with surreal shapes, creatures, + ITH.

Ofrendas, items placed on altars created for a day of the dead practice of admiring and honoring the experiences of the past. "It is the admiring of, rather than the being of it, that releases a person” (Clarissa Pinkola Estés). Could tattoos be a form of permanent Ofrendas? Long standing markings on the skin seen as ritual offerings to the past, present, or future, placed on the body that is, in essence, your altar.

Krystal Bell has been helping her guests create personal and one-of-a-kind designs and emblems by combining her skills in art and tattoo with concepts of trauma informed awareness, remembrance, and ritual adornment. In addition to being representations of the guest's intent, tattoos go on to be beacons of inspiration. 

'Humans... dripping in beautiful remembrances, medals, and decorations for having lived, truly lived and triumphed.'

-Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Thank you for choosing to collaborate with me to reveal your body’s art.