Deciding whether to get a tattoo of her class exhibition
logo was simple for Otago Polytechnic design graduate
Carmen Norgate. Photo by Linda Robertson.
Carmen Norgate thought the perfect way to "mark the end
of an era" was by having her Otago Polytechnic class-designed
exhibition logo tattooed on to her lower back yesterday.
"What better way to remember my final exhibition than by
getting a tattoo of the logo?" she asked.
Miss Norgate (20), of Dunedin, is among the first graduates
of the polytechnic's communication design course, which takes
a practical, media-based approach to design.
To showcase their work, the class created the Enter
exhibition, which will run alongside the polytechnic's annual
Excite exhibition.
"Dig a Tattoo" completed the piece in time for the opening of
the exhibition last night.
The logo is her fourth tattoo, adding to her polytechnic
computer log-on and a game of noughts and crosses.
"I like that [exhibition] name . . . I thought it was funny,
so I put it on my back."
She got the noughts and crosses tattoo because it was
something she always doodled.
Her classmates described her latest tattoo as "very Carmen".
Enter is located in A block of Otago Polytechnic in Forth St.
It will be open from today to November 28 (excluding November
23) between noon and 4pm.
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