Butterfly Tattoos

A generally feminine tattoo design choice and a perennial favorite. Its ranking shows the growing influence that women have in tattoo culture.

For most people, when they think about tattoo imagery, the subject matter of insects probably does not spring immediately to mind. In fact, it’s probably not even a close second.

Fairy tattoo’s are a fairly recent development and they represent a certain range of interests or way of thinking. The very word fairy, derived from the Latin “fata”, or fate underlies the use of fairies in literature and myth to explain the workings of destiny, with it’s often unpredictable nature of gifts and disappointments.