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■\h UNCA student views her body as a canvas LOGAN TODD Multimedia Staff etodd@unca.edu Elizabeth Webb, freshman music technology student, has an affinity for tattooing different artists’ work on her body and giving her own personal meaning to the pieces of art. Currently, she has three tattoos on her shoulder, arm and thigh respec tively. The tattoo on her right arm fea tures a red fox being pulled up by a balloon, surrounded by stars in something akin to a galaxy. She refers to the tattoo as her “wander lust” tattoo. Webb said she chose a fox be cause they are her favorite animal. “I like how cunning they are and a little mischievous too,” Webb said with a smile. The galaxy portion of her tattoo ties into her personal philosophy of maintaining a sense of wonder and adventure for her surroundings. Webb got this tattoo done last July in Nashville with Chipper Har bin, an artist who specializes in ab stract, watercolor-like tattoos. Webb gives artists free reign on the interpretation of her tattoo — with her approval of course — and then lets them execute their idea. Aside from the pain, Webb said she enjoyed her tattoo experience. Her next tattoo was a pinup mer maid on her shoulder. The mermaid was created in American traditional style at her brother’s house by a tat too artist who was staying with him at the time. Webb fondly recalled summers at the beach with her family, deep sea fishing and walking on the sand. Those memories gave her the inspi ration for the shoulder piece. “It kind of became this sort of on going joke/low-key believing that I’m a mermaid,” Webb said with a laugh. Webb said her mom would al ways call her her little mermaid. Webb’s third tattoo is a thigh piece, a bouquet of roses. In high- school Webb struggled with her body image and found solace in ori gami. She wrote things she strug gled with on napkins then folded them into origami roses, making a bouquet, the activity helping her cope with hard times. “They’re representations of my self. All my tattoos are artwork on my body, especially being an artist, I love that my body is now becom ing this canvas that’s always chang ing and shifting,” Webb said. PHOTOS BY LOGAN TODD
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