Who,what, where

ON THEIR OWN BODY ART

SARAH ROGERS “The tattoo on my neck was done by a great artist from Saskatoon, Craig Fenrick. I come from a family with military history, and so I chose poppies to pay homage to them and have them close to my heart.” TIFFANY THORNTON (lower left image) “The artist who did my tattoo of the Grim Reaper on my leg is Jimmy Gobeil, owner of A Dark Cloud. We worked together, I really liked his work, and so I asked him to tattoo my leg. Didn’t really matter what — I had no specifics. Because I’ve come up with a lot of ideas and drawings for others over the past 10 years, the last thing I want to do is design my own. Takes the fun out of it. So we bounced some ideas off each other and ultimately that’s what he came up with.” RHONDA MULDER “Done by my excellent coworker Sarah Rogers. I associate with foxes for a really silly reason, my last name being Mulder ( X-Files). And I’ve just always liked hobo imagery even though I’m a total homebody. I moved a lot as a kid, so I always feel a little disconnected from the type of society that stays in one place — always looking for a place to call home but never quite finding it. But I don’t even really like to travel!” KAYLIE SEAVER “This was done by my super-talented co-worker Samantha Read. I had the idea to do a hand based on a self-portrait of Frida Kahlo that shows her wearing a hand earring. Frida is a big hero of mine, and the hand as a religious folk charm in Mexican culture represents maintaining the ability to work with one’s hands, which I think is pretty appropriate for me. I asked Sam to redraw the image in a woodcut black-work style because it’s one of my favourite styles, and she pulled it off so delicately and beautifully.”