Wildflash
Real tattoos I made, drawn from nature, often in ink that answers to light.
Flash is the tattooer’s word for pre-made designs ready to tattoo, but flash is also a burst of light, which is how we actuate Magic Ink. Wild is the imagery, all of it drawn from nature.
Most of my self-administered tattoos exist because something needed testing and I was the nearest available substrate. A single-subject study, unblinded, with the investigator as the only volunteer. A few other people have let me tattoo them too, which I consider an act of considerable trust!
The tattoos
Carson J. Bruns, Associate Professor, ATLAS Institute and the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder.