Meaning of anchor tattoos

Perhaps anchors are one of the most famous and traditional symbols in the tattoo world. In fact, I think that whenever someone thinks about tattoos immediately imagines a proud sailor showing off his anchor tattoos in his biceps (and don’t forget the classic heart with “mom” written bellow, but that is a topic we may end up talking about other day). But getting back to the topic of today, have you ever wondered what the meaning behind this tattoo is?  Those who have already an anchor tattooed for sure know,…

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Hands praying

  A religious tattoo which shows a couple of hands holding a rosary while praying. By the details on the design we could tell that those are the hands of some old person, could be either a man or a woman. These hands could be of a loved-one, and the rosary is a clear symbol of the faith of this person, overall this tattoo could be the wish for wellbeing of a specific person of to him/herself. Work done by Jay Quarles at Black 13 Tattoo (or simply B13). Jay…

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