Clayton Cubitt captures the before/during/after of Mona Eltahawy’s tattoo. Sekhmet drawing by me
Mona’s Sekhmet Tattoo
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I'm Molly Crabapple, an artist and writer in New York. My art show, Shell Game, was covered by press including New Republic, Rolling Stone, Fast Company, Wired, and The American Reader. My work can be found in the permanent collections of the New York Historical Society, the Rubin Museum of Art, and the Groucho Club. I've published several books, including Discordia (with Laurie Penny), and the forthcoming Straw House. I write a monthly column for VICE, and my essays have appeared at CNN, The Paris Review, The Guardian, and Jacobin.
Beautiful tattoo, and I love the photographs. Really well captured.
Do you generally design tattoos, or was this just a one off?
I do design tattoos, but my rates are pretty expensive. This was a special project for a friend.
[...] Very cool cat (well, sort of) tattoo! Getting cat tattoos right? Not the easiest mission out there – try searching the internet for halfway decent specimens and you will soon find that the (not so) fine line to tacky is crossed more often than not. Well, I can thankfully report that some do manage. Political commentator and activist Mona Eltahawy recently adorned her forearm with what must be the coolest cat tattoo out there! from Molly Crabapple [...]