Tattoo Zoo

This is not a hoax. Yes it is going to be there for the rest of my life and I love it!
I have been wanting to get a Tattoo for some time now, but not your average wizard or ship & anchor. I have always been fascinated by tattoo's early history, It's tribal roots. Polynesians approached the body as a canvas. They had some amazing graphic artists who would mark the body in bands, sleeves, and plates, which would mark tribe, origin, landscape and would be added to as one grew older. Travels, hunting expeditions, and life ceremonies were marked on the body like life rings which told a personal story of there heritage and growth.
Now i am not from polynesia, so I did not get a polynesian tattoo. But i did use this approach to marking the body as ritual, to represent a change, that I am no longer who i was but changed forever by time and the world. This mark will be an ornament to mark this time of my life and no doubt there will be more periods of time worth marking.

It became important for me to have this done before I returned to Ontario (Yes you heard right. I will return shortly) For this time out here has been an incredible adventure and learning experience, it has allowed me to reconnect with old friends, make new ones and invest a great deal of energy in a new period of my life, which is just beginning.

I cannot thank Bryan Turnbull enough for doing this Tattoo for me. On short notice and with a broken leg he stayed 3 hours past close to make this happen. The work is nothing short of amazing. Strangely enough it's a big small world. Bryan has just moved out from Toronto and we now many of the same people. He even did some work on one my co-workers, Anna Bensick. The experience was great filled with conversation of common friends and transplanting travels. The shop is called "Tattoo Zoo" and it stands above other shops, friendly, informative and not to mention its great artists. Check out some of Bryan Turnbull's other work on his flickr page