Scarification is the art of purposefully cutting/burning the skin in a design, and prolonging the healing process to create a visible scar. It has been widely used by tribes such as the Maori and the Aborigine people as a way to decorate the body and as part of age milestone rituals such as when a child reaches puberty or gets married. I loved this idea for the character of Quentin, for Claudia to brand him with scars of 'mine' to display her claim on him.
I like the bottom right picture for Claudia and Quentin as this is what I had imaged the Quentins scars to look (although faded). I feel that the art of scarification could be seen as quite intimate and personal. seeing as it involves someone cutting another person and spilling their blood. I think this method of tattooing ties in perfectly with the Gothic, as it blurs the lines between right and wrong. Harming another human seems fundamentally wrong but when it is as closely ingrained in some societies as scarification is, it is actually seen as a right of passage. This juxtaposition is a theme within the Gothic so I feel that this is the perfect method for Claudia to use to brand Quentin.
Body Scarification (no date) tattoo22. Available at: http://www.tattoo22.com/scarification.html (Accessed: 13 April 2015).
oops | malformalady: Tribal scarification (no date). Available at: http://witzelsuchting.tumblr.com/post/49321163532/malformalady-tribal-scarification (Accessed: 13 April 2015).
Scarification Tattoos: Page 22 (no date) Tattoos Time. Available at: http://www.tattoostime.com/tattoos/scarification/page/22/ (Accessed: 13 April 2015).
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