An ornate sword runs vertically down the shirt with its blade wrapped in leaves, pink blossoms and a ripe peach, small beads hanging from the crossguard.
It is drawn in the flat bold style of traditional tattoo flash, in greens, pinks and gold, with no text.
Sword and blossom together is old symbolism — something sharp softened by something that grows — and the design leaves the meaning entirely open.
For the tattoo shelf, for anyone who wants a shirt that reads as artwork, and for whoever picks up on the peach.































































































