Gears, the small mechanisms that make things simply work.
Gear motifs are extremely popular when it comes to tattoos depicting clocks and those done in the biomechanical convention. In the latter case, gear tattoos add a cool vibe and make the vision of a mechanical limb more realistic. It’s similar in steampunk-inspired works. There, too, gears and cogwheels play a key role in building the specific post-industrial atmosphere.
