Feb 21, 2022

FLASH INK | Coal Tit

Flash Tattoo Design | New Art |

Coal Tit 1 | With Gingko | Collector Tattoo Flash | Punctured Artefact

Coal Tit | Ginkgo

The Periparus Ater is a “Black-headed titmouse with white nape, ash-grey back, white breast.

This small design features a stylised Coal Tit, sitting on a Ginkgo branch.

The design can be tattooed with or without the dotted circle.

Coal Tit Facts |

1 - A collective group of coal tits is known as a ‘banditry’ of tits or a 'dissimulation

2 - Their song is a series of high-pitched repeated phrases that have been likened to the sound of a bicycle pump.

3 - Coal tits leave the nest after just 16 days, but continue to be fed by their parents for at least another two weeks.

4 - Coal tits have a hidden crest that raises into a small spike-shape when they are agitated. 5 - From tip to tail they measure about 10cm-11cm, and only weight slightly more than a 50p coin.

| Symbolism | Ginkgo trees | Ginkgo trees have an incredibly long lifespan, attributed in part due to their remarkable resistance to disease and pests. Some specimens are reportedly more than 3,000 years old. Ginkgo is the oldest surviving species of tree known to exist |

In Japanese decorative art, the ginkgo's symbolise beauty: It also represents profound endurance (four Ginkgo’s survived the blast at Hiroshima and are still growing today)