Discover
Features
Magazine
Loading account
Gem Carter
Styles
traditional
Is it your profile? Want to make any changes or enhance it?
Make it yours
Is it your profile? Want to make any changes or enhance it?
Make it yours
Suggested reads
Interview
In conversation with Christian Maheux
He learned tattooing the old-school way, but has little interest in standing still. On creativity, freedom, learning from a younger generation & making a living without losing the art.
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
Tattoo Conventions: How They Started & How to Navigate One Today
A short history of tattoo conventions, plus how to find an artist, book ahead or walk up, and arrive prepared for your session.
Article
The World’s Oldest Tattoo Shops
Explore five historic tattoo shops still operating today, from Montreal and Long Beach to Hong Kong, Copenhagen and Jerusalem, and the artists preserving them.
Article
A Deep Dive on Early European, British and American Tattooers
From Sutherland MacDonald to Bert Grimm, a history of the early tattooers who helped shape American traditional and Western tattooing.
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