Tattoo

Activism

How a tattoo flash day is revolutionising the industry

Still not asking for it — Still Not Asking For It is a US-based event celebrating women and survivors. Artist Liv Wynter explains why her studio Red Point Tattoo – led by Claudia de Sabe – is bringing it to the UK.

Written by: Liv Wynter

Culture

The extraordinary rise of Japan's unlikely tattoo hero

The art of intimacy — Horiren 1st is one of the world’s most sought-after tattoo artists, celebrated for keeping the ancient Japanese method of Tebori alive. But in a country where body art is considered taboo, her journey to the top hasn’t been easy.

Written by: Michael Magers

Culture

The architect who threw it all away to become a tattoo artist

How to make it on your own — Silvia Castro Pérez pursued her dream job as an architect in Spain until it felt like a creative dead-end. Then she moved to Berlin and taught herself how to tattoo, opening up a new world of creative possibility.

Written by: Alex King

Art

Dark, twisted rituals: The artist using human skin as his canvas

Body of Reverbs — Oozing fetishism and violence, Michele Servadio’s strange tattooing rituals are being performed around the world; creating spectacles that fuse art, music, and exorcism.

Written by: Jonas Henmo

Culture

The Virginia tattoo artist transforming lives by inking over scars

Tat for Tit — Amy Black’s tattoo parlour in Richmond, Virginia helps clients with scars from illness or surgery reclaim their bodies with needles and ink.

Written by: Ryan Mcmeekin

Activism

Why I'm giving my customers Planned Parenthood themed tattoos

From Where I Stand — One Brooklyn-based, immigrant-run tattoo parlour is transforming bodies into spaces of protest for freedom of choice in the age of Trump, raising cold hard cash for Planned Parenthood in the process.

Written by: Burak Moreno, Fleur Noire Tattoo Parlour

Culture

A brief history of the British tattoo

How we got inked — From high class beginnings to the myths of inked up criminals, as a new exhibition opens in Cornwall, tattoo historian Dr Matt Lodder plots out a history of British body art.

Written by: Michael Segalov

Photography

Under the skin of Britain's facial tattoo community

The people beneath the ink — Mark Leaver's photography project looks at facial tattoos; a misunderstood and stereotyped group, already a niche within a subculture.

Written by: Alex King

Culture

The NYC doctor changing lives by removing gang tattoos for free

From teardrops, swastikas and gang insignia to fresh starts — Dr David Ores is on a quest to change lives by removing bad tattoos from former gang members, ex-convicts and victims of human trafficking - free of charge.

Written by: Alfred Rinaldi

Art

The Scandinavian tattoo shop handpoking black humour

Deepwood Tattoo — Chris Magnusson of Deepwood Tattoo talks DIY tattoo guns and getting paid to draw stupid things in Northern Europe.

Written by: Joshua Gabert-Doyon

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