Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos Over 600 tattoos from books, poetry, music, and other sources.

5Jul/121

The Vinegar Works

This is Amber's tattoo.

This is my second tattoo done in November 2010. It's from one of the title pages of Edward Gorey's The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction. He is my favorite writer/ illustrator, and his pen and ink pieces translate so well into tattooing. I plan on getting more of his work done in the future.

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26Jun/091

The Headless Bust

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Neil's tattoo is an illustration from The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium by Edward Gorey.