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Suggested reads
Article
Butterfly Tattoo Meaning
What butterfly tattoos can mean: transformation, remembrance, love, cultural symbolism, colour, placement, and how to choose a design that feels like yours.
Interview
In conversation with Pifa Alarcon
On black and red hand poke, Catholic guilt, the joy of the creative process, and the slow, thoughtful work of sharing the craft without becoming an elitist.
Article
An Appreciation of Early Tattoo Collectors
Explore four early tattoo collectors and performers—Prince Constantine, the Great Omi, Nora Hildebrandt and Rusty Skuse—and their role in tattoo history.
Article
The Hidden Language of Wabori
A field guide to the dragons, warriors & blossoms of Japanese tattooing: what the classic motifs stand for, and the quiet logic that binds them into a single design.
Interview
In conversation with Egi Selja
On freehand tattooing, client trust, intuitive drawing, creative freedom & finding a place between the tattoo studio & the gallery.
Suggested artists
Ken Carlosta
London, England
ALYA TATTOOING
London, England
Mang
London, England
Yan Skiold-Fiest
London, England
Emmy Lim Hon
London, England
Malgorzata Furga
London, England
Suggested studios
Hollow & Bloom Tattoo
goshen, united states
Tainted Flesh Body Art
wilmington, united states
Inkwell Tattoo Studio
Vancouver, Canada
Yonge St. Tattoos
toronto, canada
Mojos Tattoo Parlor
alken, belgium
Tao Space Tattoo Studio
vancouver, canada
