Australia’s ‘most tattooed woman’ has revealed an insane detail about her body art as some enthusiasts and industry heavyweights descend on Brisbane for the Australian Tattoo Expo.
Amber Luke, who calls herself the Blue Eyes White Dragon, was among the stars who attended the Brisbane expo on Saturday.
She got her eyes tattooed at age 22 – the excruciating process rendering her blind for weeks.
Ms Luke revealed she had recently returned from Brazil to have her eyeballs re-inked.
‘I wanted to own that and say: ”You know what? I may have gone blind for three weeks, but it turned out to be quite an okay experience”,’ Ms Luke told The Apollo Show podcast host Adam Manikis earlier this month.
‘The way I saw it back then, it botched me for three weeks.
‘I really wanted to make that completely separate to what it actually was.’She told the podcast there were no complications and there was no pain,’ she said.
Amber Luke, who calls herself Blue Eyes White Dragon, had her eyes tattooed at the age of 22
Ms Luke rose to prominence for her prolific body art featuring 250 tattoos including on her eyes
Ms Luke explained the process involved a 1mm syringe being injected into ‘two pinpoints’ directly into her eyeball.
‘My eye is a solid blue … if it’s done correctly you feel no pain whatsoever,’ she said.
Ms Luke revealed the first time her eyeballs were tattooed she was left in severe pain.
‘It was the most intense, brutal pain of my life,’ she said.
‘I honestly felt like … 10 shards of glass (had been rubbed) in my eye, for three weeks.’
Ms Luke rose to prominence for her prolific body art featuring 250 tattoos, along with multiple piercings and implants.
The Tattoo Expo, which has been going for 15 years, attracts about 60,000 people through its doors
The Tattoo Expo has been held in cities across Australia for the past 15 years, attracting about 60,000 people through its doors each year.
A Tattoo Expo spokesperson said the event was dedicated to supporting the tattoo industry and increasing the community’s growth.
‘It’s a great chance to get tattooed by tattoo industry titans, form lasting connections and chat with both the pioneers and up-and-comers of the tattoo community,’ the spokesperson said.
