Today for ‘My tattoos, My legacy’ will be interviewing the awesome Leah Harris, 23 from Birmingham, UK 

She works as a Alternative lingerie model and can find her online here

Q.pre1. So what is it you do and how does the tattooed lifestyle influence you?

Hi! I’m an alternative lingerie model so tattoos influence me and my work quite heavily. I have to think carefully about what tattoos I’m getting and where in case it influences the commercial companies who book me. Plus I am really into music, and music and tattoos seem to come hand in hand.

Q.pre2. Have you got anything coming up in your career that you would like to tell our readers about ?

I’m always doing a variety of cool things really haha so nothing too much in particular. Just keep a close eye on the work I’m doing with Tokyotattoo!

Q1. What is your favourite piece of artwork and what influenced you to get such a piece?

My favourite piece of artwork is the new tattoo I’ve just had done by Aaroné Realmao. She’s a beautiful feminine mermaid on my left calf, I’ve named her Esmerelda, she is stunning.

Q2. How many tattoos do you have around your body and where?

I have tons! Too many to count! A full sleeve on my left arm, the left hand side of my ribs, my thigh, my feet, both the sides and backs of my calves, and loads more planned!

Q3. Where have you had your piece done? And would you recommend any artists to our readers?

Todd Willetts at Bon Voyage in Stourbridge, West Midlands did the majority of my sleeve. Brad Edwards at Last Port Tattoo in Penn, West Midlands also added some work to my sleeve as did Nathan Beardmore at Inkpot Galleria in Stafford, West Midlands.

We won’t talk about who did the mess on my right thigh haha, as that is currently being reworked.

Ollie Jackson did the piece on the back of my left calf, Nathan Beardmore did the piece on the side of my right calf and Aaroné Realmao from Luton, UK did my two newest pieces on the left side of my calf and the back of my right calf.

I would recommend them all, they are all fantastic artists and I am so lucky to showcase their work.

Q4The age old saying of “what about when you get older” rears its head over us from time to time. What are your thoughts on being asked this?

Tattoos are like marmite, especially if you are heavily tattooed. We can’t expect everyone to like them and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, the rudeness of some people is downright disgraceful. A lady once said to me, “what will your grandchildren think of the mess you’ve made of your body?” – I replied “they will be raised to accept all different kinds of people and different cultures. They won’t be raised to be judgmental so I guess they won’t care” – that shut the old bag up. Keep your negative opinions to yourself, I’d never go up to someone and be like “that hairstyle’s a bit crap isn’t it” so I don’t expect people to come up and comment on my appearance. Unless it’s to tell me I have a banging arse.

Q5. What about getting a job? Any stories of the strife of a tattooed person?

I’m a qualified dental nurse, tattoos have never limited my chances of employment as I have got every single job I’ve ever applied for. I don’t even have to cover my tattoos at work! It’s great!

Q6. for our readers without tattoos, what piece of advice can you give them about getting tattooed?

RESEARCH YOUR ARTIST. I cannot stress this enough else you’ll end up with something crap like I have on my thigh which now needs reworking. Once you have found an amazing artist, trust their opinions and ideas. They are paid to be creative. 

A massive thank you to Leah Harris for getting involved – go check her out

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