Soldier Celtic Cross Tattoo Design hokusai The amazing site of religious

The amazing site of religious pilgrimage in England known as Glastonbury Tor rises high above the surrounding landscape

A wreath of shamrocks taken from the embossed leather cover of a book printed in Ireland in 1848 surround a classic claddagh design in a new way

and the triangular knot below to draw the eye down the arm

the exquisite hummingbird symbolizes love

shaped to fit over the difficult-to-fill area of the elbow

Soldier Celtic Cross Tattoo Design hokusai The amazing site of religiousEvening's long shadows became the night, in the small Irish graveyard where I made the grave rubbing that became this tattoo pattern. Memorial to a soldier who had fought and died in a foreign land. Not forgotten.