She shaved her hair and tattooed Dunhuang on her body

Speaking of Dunhuang, what do you think of?

Nine-colored deer, flying apsaras, caisson...

This is the beauty of Dunhuang, but also the beauty of China.

There is such a person

She tattooed Dunhuang on her body.

These patterns are taken from Dunhuang's "Nine-Colored Deer Scriptures".

With the flying apsaras image in Dunhuang frescoes.

If show you this hand,

Can you see where it was taken from the Dunhuang frescoes?

There are more than 50,000 square meters of Dunhuang frescoes, among which the figures are countless.

The posture of the hand is even more varied and different.

But one person can, she's called Mumu,

These tattoos are all designed by her.

She came to Dunhuang because of her studies, and she was deeply moved by the vivid

and detailed Dunhuang murals at that time. She has since fallen in love with Dunhuang.

She said:

"This beauty is only available in China"

"At that time, I thought, in the future, I will make a tattoo that only Chinese talents have."

Tattooing Dunhuang frescoes to the body?

This is a bold idea.

Many people persuaded her that it was too difficult to do.

But she went it alone.

Speaking of her original intention, she said:

"It's not just about tattoos,

It's a question of cultural confidence "

Dunhuang has a history of thousands of years.

Its beauty should not only be seen by the Chinese, but also go abroad.

So Mumu started to try,

Extract some Dunhuang materials for tattoo design,

Like that hand, the material comes from Dunhuang frescoes.

In order to draw this hand well,

Mumu observed nearly a thousand murals.

Did countless exercises,

Finally, a perfect "Dunhuang hand" was patterned.

Caisson is also an important Dunhuang element.

"Caisson is often looking up in the Dunhuang Caves,

The layered pattern evolved into a Buddhist mandala,

Use the most complicated symmetrical color system of fine sand to make the most exquisite patterns.

Then swept away, and lived up to existence,

This is a grain of sand and a world said by the Buddha. "

The real caisson is very complicated,

This pattern is after Mumu copy a lot of caisson pattern

A new version of Dunhuang Caisson refining the design,

The pattern is modern without losing its charm.

But the most representative of Dunhuang is still flying apsaras.

"Flying apsaras is inevitable in Dunhuang frescoes,

A beautiful existence like a spirit,

Hands carry flowers, streamers are like the wind, like dancing but not dancing,

Full of graceful gestures and imagination. "

In this way, "flying apsaras" became the first tattoo design in Mumu shop.

Although Feitian is beautiful, the production process is very difficult.

"The smoothness and color of the lines are the hardest.

Because of the structure of the streamer,

Influenced by Wu Daozi and Gu Kaizhi's lines are very slender,

There is also to pay attention,

The maximum curvature of a person's hand should not be weak. "

The charm of the characters is even more difficult to grasp.

"Most of the flying apsaras tattoos are not big,

Basically the size of a palm,

The face is only the size of a pinkie cap,

It is difficult to make a dignified and soft look of flying apsaras on it. "

And the color of flying apsaras in different,

It's completely different.

There is almost no tattoo color like Dunhuang murals on the market.

All the colors are Mumu himself,

After countless experiments, it was reconciled again and again.

After tattooing to the skin,

Also pay attention to the degree of color after it is restored.

To this end, she insists on the recovery of visitors every month.

Use this to correct your own color scheme.

But the hardest part is the production process of flying apsaras.

Sometimes because of the position of some tattoos,

Need to kneel to draw,

Over time, the legs will numb,

But it cannot be interrupted because of this,

So I can only bear it silently.

"Completing a tattoo requires the attention of both the guest and the tattoo artist.

This is a ceremony close to practice."

Mumu said with emotion.

In Mumu's eyes,

Dunhuang frescoes are very suitable for tattooing.

One is beauty and charm.

Wherever the pattern is, it is an expression of Chinese beauty.

The second is that the texture of the skin and murals are sometimes close.

Dunhuang and tattoos,

It ’s basically a heaven and earth pair,

Because they all need to stand the test of time.

Copying Dunhuang frescoes is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive.

In order to better learn the essence of Dunhuang frescoes,

Mumu made a bold decision: cut her hair!

Today, she is far from the city, far from social,

Use your phone for less than two hours a day.

She seemed to be a hermit and a warrior.

Actually long ago,

She became very interested in Dunhuang frescoes.

And halfway through the study of Dunhuang frescoes,

Created a series of tattoos that imitated his style.

This is a cat fairy and willow branches.

In ancient times, raising cats required wearing willows to fish, and then wrapping them with salt to make "gifts."

Cats were mythical in ancient times,

As a god, so this picture,

"God is flying and the wall is moving",

It feels like a fairy.

Zoom in, cats wear gold and silver,

Fingering the lute

With a natural look, there was a golden circle of light behind the cat.

This is Pisces,

Ca n’t think of constellations from the West,

She can also look like an ancient style.

"Customers say they want Chinese Pisces,

It stumped me then. "

Finally Mumu used his body to make mountains and lakes,

Tattooed this Pisces picture, light and ethereal,

Zoomed in, there are layers of color inside,

The lines are hidden under the colors and are very cleverly conceived.

Willow branches,

Willow branches are a sign of spring,

This design is relatively simple and elegant,

It looks full of vitality.

"The hardest part about tattoos is the light color and ethereal texture.

Need to stay on the skin, heavy, not flexible enough,

Make it light, and once recovered, there will be no trace. "

She studied for five full years in order to create natural colors.

Here are two goldfish pictures,

Fish is often one of the popular patterns in tattoo parlors,

It is also a common theme in our traditional Chinese realistic painting brushwork.

The hardest part is the fish tail,

Designed as a large fan-shaped area,

There is a sense of fantasy.

White gardenia,

Using the style of Traditional Chinese realistic painting,

Pay attention to rewriting and leave blank,

White in tattoos is extremely picky,

Can make this clean feeling,

It must be profound.

Mumu spent 3 hours painting the painting.

She said, "Our studio keeps flowers and fish all year round.

I often squat there to watch them and observe their seasonal changes.

Every leaf, petal, I know their name and track. "

This is Mumu Studio,

One of the rare large-area patterns:

A plum blossom blooming by itself.

It looks both proud and charming.

However, this design,

It ’s actually for covering up,

The red birthmark scattered by the guests,

right now,

You may not find out,

Which are birthmarks and which are plums.

This is a design based on the Japanese cherry blossom festival.

The combination of fan and cherry blossom,

Coupled with the flowing colorful ribbon,

A breath of joy was forthcoming.

This one is an old tattoo repair,

The original tattoo had only one antlers,

Later Mumu added elements such as the ocean, sunset, and birds.

"People who know me may know,

I often see birds in my works,

More or less because of flying birds,

Stand on the shoulders of the wind and fall in love with freedom. "

This picture uses traditional Chinese ink painting.

This picture is highly integrated with the skin,

And very oriental charm.

"In this work,

I started to explore further,

How to use modern elements to form ancient style,

Make it fit more closely to the structure of the human body,

It feels flowing when turned. "

The lantern full of classical meaning is hanging on the branch in the picture,

A swallow stood on top.

"The more interesting part of this work is,

The two shy lovers behind,

Her name has a swallow character, and he has a swallow on her body.

When he felt pain in his tattoos,

Kissing his hair and wrinkles.

Almost at the same time, tears filled my eyes instantly. "

This is a piece of bamboo,

The combination of calligraphy and painting is unique.

For men, they look handsome and masculine.

This is a little elf designed by Mumu for young customers.

Inspired by Shan Hai Jing,

The color matching is more complicated, but it looks very fairy.

This pair is also the Chinese version of Pisces,

Western legends, the texture of Chinese painting,

Combined, there is a taste of Chinese and Western combination.

The customer said when booking:

"I want to put my wife beside me,

Watching the pictures of me and my children playing football,

After all, China is the birthplace of football. "

The adult woman in the picture is the mother,

Adult men are dads,

Bottom is the son,

On the top is the unborn daughter.

"Children were angels before,

Will choose a mother in heaven,

So I designed the girl on the highest cloud "

This plant is also the other shore flower,

The design of the wind chime is added behind,

The work is in memory of those who have passed away,

Customers initially only wanted flowers from the other side,

After Mumu heard her story, she added a wind chime to her.

The wind chimes have psychic powers.

Every time the wind bell rings,

It means that the dead person is missing her.

The design of this one is more complicated,

The picture is Phoenix Nirvana,

Refers to the phoenix bath fire burning, living to death,

Rebirth reappears after burning in the fire, and eternal life is obtained.

It took 13 hours to complete the painting.

Great efforts.

Selected as the most professional tattoo magazine in China

"Chinatattoomagzine".

"The work of Phoenix,

Not pain that ordinary people can bear,

She flew twice and was a very skinny little sister.

It is difficult to imagine what she insisted on.

Perhaps the meaning of Phoenix is only understood by Chinese talents

The non-industrious pride. "

Seeing this, someone may ask,

Why would a girl be a tattoo artist?

Mumu said with a smile, many people have asked her this question,

The answer is simple: love!

"In the beginning it was just trying,

Later I became more and more fascinated,

In a row, a needle is a lifetime.

In the next fifty years,

By doing something with my heart, I am satisfied in my life. "

Because Mumu went to Qinghai to practice for one year,

Lead a simplified life

Some people say that she is Li Ziqi from the tattoo industry.

She smiled and said:

"We are not in a field at all,

But we have one thing in common,

That is to have confidence in the culture of your country. "

Talking about the future, Mumu said:

"I want to create works that Chinese understand at first sight.

Works deeply hidden in the blood of Chinese people,

Works that only belong to the Chinese,

Believe me, it can absolutely move anyone,

Because of our culture, it can. "

In recent years,

Regardless of the field,

The return of Chinese style is becoming more and more obvious.

It ’s like a toy that we abandoned on the way up,

Was found again.

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