Melanie starting Crystal’s beautiful art nouveau cover up!
Spring cleaning and reorganizing on a rainy day
Oh man. Lisa started this GORGEOUS perfect holy shit look at all those tiny lines amazing tattoo today! Wow. Wow.
Drawing for Rachel’s amaaazing Song of Ice and Fire tattoo! Love this one so much!
By Melanie
Wonderful Elli working on a beautiful tattoo. Love love.
Sometimes (lots of times) chickens are unclear as to whether they live outside or in the house. This is Miracles at Melanie’s bathroom window.
Drawing for Crystal’s beautiful chest piece/cover up!
By Melanie
IT’S SPRING!! And (the last couple days notwithstanding) it feels like summer!!
Can you even wrap your mind around chickens this cute? Melanie’s girls (Miracles, Miercoles, and Christmas).
Thailand’s White Temple, Wat Rong Khun (วัดร่องขุ่น)
Located near the city of Chiang Rai, Wat Rong Khun (วัดร่องขุ่น)—known outside Thailand as the “White Temple”—stands as an unusual and beautiful mix of traditional Thai architecture and modern-day science fiction memorabilia. It was designed by painter-turned-architect Chalermchai Kositpipat, one of Thailand’s most renowned architects, who set out to create one of the most elegant temples in Chiang Rai.
The temple’s white color symbolizes purity; its glittering glass signifies the teachings of the Buddah; and the moat filled with outreaching arms represents desire. Detailed sculptures of skulls, demons and severed heads are also scattered around the premises. Perhaps most interestingly, a mural inside with images of Batman, Superman, and even the alien from Predator tell a modern-day story of Buddha.
Construction on Wat Rong Khun began in 1996 and is expected to finish in 2070, long after Kositpipat has passed. Plans include nine buildings built on an area of about 3 acres, and though it is a work in progress, the temple attracts an increasingly large number of visitors every year—many of whom share their visit to the temple on Instagram.
AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! WE ARE SO PROUD AND EXCITED!!! Melanie’s handsome male counterpart, Peter, just got his album onto iTunes. You can buy the download for $9.99 (just search for “Peter Rainbeau”on iTunes) or vinyl records are available through peterrainbeau.com, or in person at Icon or Clinton Street Records! Melanie herself did the cover art, and many wonderful Iconians contributed vocals, musical skills, and beer-drinking to the effort. Granted, we are not totally objective, but objectively we can say that this record is so amazing, beautiful, and totally unique. Woo hoo!!!! Listen to it!!! It will fill you with sparkles.
But seriously, one of the AMAZING things about Oregon is the accessibility of wilderness. HELP PRESERVE IT!! Write to Senator Ron Wyden to let him know you oppose further logging on Mt. Hood. It’s so easy, it seriously takes about five seconds: http://org.salsalabs.com/o/1810/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=13354
There, did you do it yet?
It’s your lucky day! Kirsten had a cancelation for tomorrow from 1 to 4 and wants to tattoo YOU! Something small and simple, such as a Sailor Jerry tattoo, that she can squeeze into that time are the only requirements. If you want it call the shop before 8pm tonight and claim the slot!
HOLY CRAP!!!
Pictures of the excavation of a lost sunken underwater city near the mouth of the Nile! Some of us (Melanie) have been in a slightly-obsessed-with-Egypt phase. This is soooo amazing. Underwater archaeologist!!! What a rad job.
We are so happy to officially have Elli Adams as a part of our Icon family! Go check out her portfolio on our shop’s website and come get tattooed by her! She is AMAZING!
