Fundraiser by tattoo artist @blue.child
Two fundraiser flash days next week!
All appointments pre booked, arms and legs only, set sizes. Book here
Friday the 13th – small flash for discounted prices. all funds going to families impacted by ICE in the Austin area.
Saturday the 14th – hibrfalastin flash day, special flash, all proceeds go to Gaza. @hibrfalastin is a Palestinian-led international tattoo fundraiser. There will be a coordinated international weekend of fundraising March 27-29th that I couldnt participate in, so I am doing a flash day a bit early! But @nattytoos is participating that weekend so check out her flash & share with your friends!
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The Prickly Pear: The prickly pear came to Palestine from Mexico, where Palestinians learned from the Indigenous people about cochineal and using this insect to dye fabric and food. It was planted in many villages as a divider to keep animals from coming into the towns and eating plants they had grown. In 1948 during the Nakba, over 500 Palestinian towns and villages were demolished and ethnically cleansed by Israeli forces. Most of the buildings in these villages were destroyed, leaving only scattered stones. But the prickly pear, growing amongst the pine forests that were later planted by Israeli settlers to hide the villages, tells you that there was a Palestinian village or town there. In Arabic, the prickly pear is called sabr, which means patience. It can go through the whole summer without water, and it will still grow. And so, it became also a symbol for Palestinian resistance and endurance. [Summarized from an interview with Aya Gazawi Faour (Palestinian artist and cofounder of @olive.odyssey) on the podcast episode “PLANTS ARE POLITICAL on the Sweetness of Watermelon and Prickly Pear – For the Wild”]
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The Watermelon: Following the 1967 war when Israel seized control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and annexed East Jerusalem, the government banned the Palestinian flag in the occupied territory. The watermelon, having all the colors of the Palestinian flag, became a symbol of resistance.