NYAH THORNEY
@tygrestats · Tattoo Artist in Training
Cover Story
The botanical body.
On wildflowers, the spine, and tattoos that read like illuminated manuscripts.
"I want my work to feel like it was always there — like the skin grew it." Nyah Thorney on studying the craft of fine line floral tattooing, and what's next.
Read the interview →N° 01
Studies in stem & petal.
A continuing series of single-session pieces exploring botanical line work along the forearm and ribs.
N° 02
Serpent & rose.
Old-world iconography rendered with contemporary line weight. A meditation on inheritance.
— On craft —
"A tattoo is the only piece of printed matter that the reader carries forever."
P. 03 / Biography
Nyah Thorney, in her own hand.
Born and based in Buckinghamshire, Nyah is currently studying tattoo art and building a body of work in fine line, floral and illustrative blackwork.
She shares pieces in progress under the handle @tygrestats, drawing daily and tattooing her first guided sessions under apprenticeship.
Open to small custom commissions across the south of England as her training progresses.
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