'Why would I want to have all these hours of tattoo work put into my body to be buried with them?'
"People put urns on their mantle and to me, my tattoos are more meaningful than an urn on the mantle," says Mr Sherwood.Ms Wenzel sought out the Sherwoods' help following her husband's death.Tattoo artists Kurt Wiscombe and Clint Danroth with the tattoos they did for Chris Wenzel
Most tattoos the company handles are on a smaller scale - individual pieces that measure a few inches across - and"with that we are comfortable with the funeral home and their embalmer removing or surgically excising the tattoo," he says. The fledgling company has also faced scepticism from some funeral homes, with Mr Sherwood saying that some"old-school funeral directors" have been resistant to the novel idea.
Mr Sherwood said the company ensures the entire process is completed with dignity, and that it will only work on professionally done tattoos.This is an example of a smaller piece preserved by the company"A lot of time you look at it like a painting and you appreciate the art," he says."And once you digest that, you're left with: 'Wow, this is the remains.'"
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