Pakistani tattoo artist Iman Sara has started to create buzz in the country because of her unique style. The young tattooist created a demand for Mughal Miniatures.
While minimal tattoos are something that youngsters prefer when considering getting inked, Iman Sara’s Mughal Miniatures are a whole new niche.
These miniatures are not the Mughal-inspired artworks you see in museums or in historic places, these have a modern touch to them from devil horns to cigarettes, free nipples and much more. Each one has a different identity.
Although she had the passion from the early age of 14, Iman started tattooing during the pandemic lockdown. However, due to a lack of apprenticeship options in Lahore or fake skin to work with, Sara had to experiment on her own body and now has 120 tattoos!
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She started practising on her legs, then moved on her arms, her torso and finally her hands, pouring over videos on the Internet, and researching hygiene and cleanliness to avoid infections in fresh skin wounds.
Soon enough, her friends and family, and those who found out about her interesting art pieces wanted to be her canvas.
“I had a friend in America [who got] me all the equipment I needed,” Sara told Arab News from London, where she is now based and working at Lost Fox Studios. “During quarantine, I taught myself how to tattoo.”
“We used to paint with brushes that were made of 10-15 strands of squirrel hair [for miniatures at NCA]. They were very thin, so it was a natural transition to fine-line tattooing,” the artist said. “The miniature background was a blessing, same hand pressure, clean lines, attention to detail.”
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Before moving to London, Sara had a client waiting list of 200 in Lahore, while the biggest tattoo parlour in Pakistan!
“But living in Pakistan, I never thought it would be a possibility for me, especially being a girl.”
Artist, model, and content creator known as ‘Baemissal’ is also a head-over-heels fan of Sara Iman’s work.
“Seeing her tattoos up close instantly got me obsessed with her line work and precision. As an artist myself, detailing and finesse are super important to me,” she said. “I went to see her a year ago. I’d been wanting the tattoos I have now since I was literally 14. I [just] couldn’t trust anyone because some of my tattoos are my own illustrations.”
But Sara’s work is “so incredibly unique,” Baemisaal said. “Everywhere I go, people ask if they can look at my tattoos.” What was best about the miniaturist, Baemisaal said, was that she gave her clients “complete freedom” over their designs.
“Some tattoo artists insist on doing things their own way,” the model said, “which never makes sense to me since it’s our bodies, the tattoos [are] etched on our skins forever.”
Despite being known for her Mughal miniatures, Iman has inked many different designs on her customer’s bodies.
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Iman is a National College of Arts graduate – in the Miniature Department and has been tattooing clients for the past 3 years o create a niche in the body art industry.
She frequently uses a 0.30mm Round Liner instrument, which comprises a tight cluster of needles, narrower than the needles used for traditional machine tattoos, but ideal for fine line work.
“We used to paint with brushes that were made of 10-15 strands of squirrel hair [for miniatures at NCA]. They were very thin, so it was a natural transition to fine-line tattooing,” the artist said. “The miniature background was a blessing, same hand pressure, clean lines, attention to detail.”
Kudos to her for some brilliant designs, we hope she continues to make a name for herself in the niche industry.
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Source: Arab News