A doting granddaughter has had the final words her and her grandma said to each other inked on her arm in a unique and poignant tribute.
Emma Pryor made a recording on one of her last visits to see her Grandma she said: “I love you” and her Grandma Ann replies: “I love you too.”
Ann Pryor sadly passed away, less than two weeks later aged 87, on March, 17.
She was laid to rest on May, 3 at Thornton Garden of Rest in Merseyside.
Emma, from Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, initially intended to place the voice recording inside a teddy bear but later decided to have the tattoo created “so she is always with me.”
The tattoo features the sound waves from the recording, with Forget-Me-Nots (Myosotis) flowers at the beginning and a heart symbol at the end.
Sharing the photos of the new tattoo last week she posted: “The picture does not do this justice.
“The recording is of the last proper words my Grandma said to me – I really do love it thank you Carly Sweet’Art Tattoo Studio.”
One user commented: “Love this idea, and finished with forget me nots and a [heart] – Perfect!”
Another wrote: “Wow that’s proper amazing!! Love it.”
A third added: “That is a beautiful idea!!!”
Speaking today Emma, 35, said: “I did it originally to put in one of those bears you squeeze and it talks [it’s me saying I love you and her saying I love you too] but decided to get it put on me so that way she is always with me.
“It’s so hard losing them especially in Covid times – I was really lucky that the restrictions weren’t as bad when we lost her and lucky to get the recording deffo something I’ll treasure forever.”
According to Wikipedia a similar idea was pioneered by an augmented reality app ‘Soundwaves Tattoo’ crated by Lazar Mihai in 2017.
A 5 to 30 second sound is recorded, and a sound wave is created from it using various software and then printed on paper.
The design is then inked it onto the body line by line, and a picture of the sound wave is then uploaded to the internet.
Users can then use a sound wave app to scan and hear the audio message contained in it – sound wave tattoos are typically used to preserve the voices of loved ones deceased or alive.
