July Flash and Booking
Hello and welcome to July Flash and Booking! As always, in order to book a session with me, please respond directly to this email or send a separate email to sevkoresh@gmail.com. Booking guidelines are in the second portion of the email body.
Last time I sent out flash, I was toying with the idea of doing a series depicting microscopic images of disease in the human body. I included a couple of images of emphysema - no one bit, but that's ok (they're still free and I would still love to tattoo them). After testing the waters, I was hoping that I would stumble upon a resource which might help me to flesh out the concept a little more- and sure enough, I almost literally tripped over a stack of pathology and physiology textbooks from the 60s which were hiding in the back room of the antiques store I frequent. The guy who runs it basically throws garbage at me to take home (shout out to that guy), and he let me leave with about 30 pounds of medical textbooks for around $3 and change, which means I’m a doctor now. This also means that I have plenty of material related to this little inkling I'm now choosing to follow, all included in the flash section below. Please bear with me while I briefly plead my case as to why I find such images beautiful and worthy of depicting as subject matter in my tattooing.
It’s not difficult for us to intuitively understand the human body as a lesser microcosm of the macrocosmic earth. To state the obvious, the human body is made up of the same elements and organic compounds as the earth- both are comprised mostly of water, and the percentage amount of water contained within the human body is similar to the percentage of water that covers the surface of our planet. We move in constant internal rhythmic patterns, just as the earth does; as we breathe, so does the earth, expanding and contracting in nearly undetectable aeonic cycles. Given these truths, it's really no wonder that a cross section of carcinoma of the gallbladder looks like a geode, or that a hyperactive thyroid looks like orbicular granite, or that a micrographic image of a cross section of hypernephroma of the kidney bears a striking resemblance to the same type of image of an ancient genus of freshwater invertebrate.
Of course, the disease of the human body results in material consequences- and the physical pain of these material consequences lives in stark opposition to the experience of awe that strikes us when we bask in the beauty of time's unrelenting effects on the earth. And, of course, when we examine the nature of medical conditions in the human body which are considered to be harbingers of its own decay, we are faced with the true brevity of our microcosmic physical existences as relative to the mind boggling breadth of time as the earth itself experiences it. I am personally of the mind that there is undeniable beauty to be found in the mirror images of time’s effect on the human body and time’s effect on the earth. Just as there is something so stunning about the intelligence of mechanisms of natural decay in their ability to tell stories of the ancient earth and the creatures that inhabit it, there is something stunning about the intelligence of disease in its ability to tell a story about the physical body and the consciousness that inhabits it. The uncanny visual resemblance between some of earth’s oldest and most beautiful treasures and the ways in which disease physically manifests in the human body is yet another reminder from nature that as we experience life on this earth, we are never separate from it- our bodies are derived of the very same ancient particles as our planet, and we are all bound in perpetuity to the very same miraculous, mysterious codes of time, energy, and matter by which the earth inherently abides.
Just a note before we proceed in case of any concern: though some of these flash images are technically medical in nature, I assure you they are not graphic whatsoever- just pure fascinating microscopic texture.
I’ll also be including some good old fashioned rock images from a new book, aptly titled “The Rock Book,” an excellent companion to “The Fossil Book” which is always one of my favorites to pull flash from.
Booking is first come, first served. Please respond to this email to the desired date/dates you are looking to book, the number of the flash piece you are interested in getting, and comfortable range of budget. If your desired date and/or image has already been secured, I will gladly offer some alternatives that are available. Modifying flash (zeroing in on a part of an image, extending texture to blend more seamlessly with skin, etc) is always an option! I am taking customs within the realm of the subject matter I usually deal with: found/decayed objects and relics, marine/paleobiology, geology. If it involves a textural representation of the effects of time on an object/planet or if it looks like an alien life form, I’m usually interested!
NOTE: If you have a specific custom concept inspired by or similar to a piece that you’ve seen me do, feel free to inquire- however, I never ever replicate pieces which I have made before, so please do not ask me to do so.
Upon receiving an email request to secure a piece and date, I will send back an intake form with information for you on pricing, process, etc, as well as some information for me that you can fill out regarding sizing, placement, budget, accessibility and sensory needs, etc.
OPEN DATES: July 4th, 6th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 20th, 22nd, 25th, 27th and 29th.
AVAILABLE PIECES:
Unfortunately, the guy at the antiques store has NO idea what he’s done. Thank you as always for allowing me the space in your inbox to ramble, and moreover, for reading this far- looking forward to seeing some of you in the month ahead.
In awe and exploration,
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