Flower Tag

There was a time period, says tattoo artist Carrie Metz-Caporusso, when all and sundry who sat in her chair expressed a desire for a tattoo on their back – but just once they'd lost some weight first. As someone who's fat with multiple back and tummy tattoos that she loves, these caveats really bothered her. “My tattoos make me feel great about myself and I wanted others to feel that way too,” she says. “I believed if I could design something just for fat people, that highlighted the things society says is a flaw, possibly I could change some minds.” So she sat down and sketched until she got here up with an idea: roll flowers.  The tattoo industry can often...