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Wednesday Sep 28, 2005
Every BODY Has A Story - Bisou Le
"The story behind my tattoo work goes back to when I was thirteen. I was one of those mischievous "should-have-been-riding my bike, but wasn't" kids. Instead i was busy getting a home made tattoo of my boyfriend's intials, on the top left corner of my back. A couple of years down the road when that part of my life was done with, I had the initals covered up with a star. A couple months following that I decided to introduce a new part of my life by getting my son's name tattooed across my back. That was when I first began to understand and appreciate the art of tattooing. The next tattoo that I had done was on my back of my favorite flower, the orchid. From that point,
it was about a year until I was able to get in touch with a local accomplished artist, Michael Sikes, of whose work I had been admiring for quite some time. After our first consultation and solid hours in the studio, one flower turned into four. He put togther a back piece covering up the original star, and incorporating the rest of the existing work. The flowers are a representation of the beauty of life, and the four seasons represent it's evolution. Each tattoo that I have had prior to this piece came together to represent an important change in my life that has helped me evolve into the person that I am today."
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