Nina's Windhorse Stamp

Nina is a fellow fire flow wanderer. We met through a mutual fire-dancing friend and became kindred spirits instantly. Nina has many talents and one is being one of the few women Moran knife forgers. She makes and shines up some bad-ass knives. When she asked me to design a windhorse stamp for her forging creations I was, of course, very honored.

You can find more of Nina’s beautiful creations at @Windhorse Forge on Insta or via her website.

Sue Ann's First Tattoo

Sue Ann and I’ve been dancing together for close to ten years. When she asked me to design her first tattoo I was beyond excited. I mean, imagine someone who you admire (for many reasons) asks you to make art that they will see for the rest of their life, every day…Right? She wanted text “Dance like the world is watching. Make it count”, and an idea of the dancer’s body position. Our collaboration was pure joy. It was an organic process and one where I wanted to be sure the design was exactly what she wanted.

She took the final design (image on the right) to a local tattoo artist who traced the design perfectly (image on the left). Now, I get to dance with both Sue Ann and our design in the studio.

Sue Ann is a co-founder of Tint Dance Festival. Their mission: ‘Tint Dance Festival’s Mission is to provide dance performance opportunities where choreographers and dancers of color are represented and celebrated on stage and artists of color have space to tell their stories with bodies that are representative of the truths they are sharing.’

Sarah's Rib Tattoo

I was drawing a lot of androgynous dancers with textures and nature-inspired patterns throughout their bodies when Sarah requested a tree dancer inspired by her pole dancing. Our collaboration was seamless. She sent me a few reference photos of the specific poses she wanted and I transformed the muse as requested (image on the left). She took the illustration to a local tattoo artist who rendered it with color and dimension (image on the right).

Early drafts were completed with pencil and traced with pen.

Sarah owns the coffee shop A Muddy Cup on 45th in Wallingford in Seattle. It’s got great beans, brew and comfy seating!