Save My Ink Saves and Frames a Tattoo from a Loved One after They Die
A new service offers an interesting new way to remember your loved ones and their body ink after they die.
Save My Ink is a new service created by tattoo artist Charles Hamm to help family of loved ones remember them and their ink. The service removes the inked skin from the dead and preserves the skin in a beautiful way for you to keep.
This service lets tattoo lovers actually choose which family members and friends can have their favorite pieces of art. Art that just happens to be on their skin. Just like a ring, portrait, home or any other prized possession, the tattoos can be given to family members after a loved ones passing.
The inked skin is put through a "chemical and enzymatic process to permanently alter the chemical structure of the tissue and stop it from decaying." The service just launched last month, and have already preserved 21 tattoos, with a 100% accuracy.
Save My Ink, also known as National Association for the Preservation of Skin Art (NAPSA), is hoping to be able to serve tattoo collectors worldwide. Charles Hamm decided to create the service after he realized how much time and money he had out into his tattoos. Hamm has had over 150 hours of tattoo work on him, with his back piece alone being worth $10,000.
If you would like to get your tattoos preserved, you must register to NAPSA for $115 and annual dues of $60. Once you have passed, relatives have 18 hours to inform Save My Ink so they can ship out the tattoo removal kid and prepaid return postage to the funeral home. The funeral home and embalmer must remove the tattoo within 60 hours of the your passing and then ship it to Save My Ink. Save My Ink will then return it to your family within three to six months. Only living persons may decide that they wish for their tattoos to be preserved. You also are not allowed to get tattoos from your face or genitals preserved.
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