She's already amassed a vast collection of inkings throughout her career. So in order to mark her recent trip to New Zealand, Rihanna decided to get a permanent reminder by having a traditional Maori tattoo inked on her right hand.
While modern tattoos are usually completed using a needle machine, the traditional Ta Moko tattoos use a chisel, ink pigment and a mallet.
Hardcore! Rihanna had a traditional Maori tattoo
inked onto her arm with a chisel and mallet during her trip to New
Zealand this week
Struggling: The intricate design featured lines
and symbols going from the top of Rihanna's fingers down to the middle
of her forearm
A description for the studio on the Moko Ink website reads: 'Moko Ink is the worlds first Maori Tattoo Studio specialising in the contemporary use and creation of traditional Maori and Polynesian Tatu.
'We make one off body art keeping alive the language and traditions that are unique to the art form. All our art is custom designed for each person on a consultation basis.
'The language of Ta Moko is used to design a unique piece of body art expressing aspects that relate to the wearer.'
Painful: Rihanna's swollen, weeping knuckles are seen before the singer uses a paper towel to wipe off the blood from her hand
Sticking to traditional: Rihanna had the new inking done at the Moko Ink tattoo studio in west Auckland
Wearing a grey hoodie, Rihanna appears to find it particularly difficult as Inia and local musician
Tiki Taane, who was helping him with the process, moved on to her knuckles - hitting the chisel with the mallet to place the pigment into her skin.
At one point, Inia is even seen asking the singer to wipe away the blood from her swollen hand so that he can see what he is doing to continue the design.
At least she can laugh about it! At one point, Rihanna managed to laugh, despite the clear pain she was in
No comments:
Post a Comment