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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.
Interview
In conversation with Egi Selja
On freehand tattooing, client trust, intuitive drawing, creative freedom & finding a place between the tattoo studio & the gallery.
Interview
In conversation with Yi Shi
Wispy blackwork & custom tattoos open a conversation about creative freedom, client trust & emotional boundaries, with film and friendship offering other ways to sustain a creative life
Article
WWII Tattoos: From Holocaust Markings to Sailors and Soldiers
How WWII shaped tattoo culture, from the personal symbols of sailors and soldiers to the forced numbering of prisoners at Auschwitz.
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.
Suggested studios
HIDDEN HAND TATTOO
seattle, united states
Dark Age Tattoo
seattle, united states
Slave to the Needle
seattle, united states
Madame Lazonga's Tattoo
seattle, united states
The Nova Expansion Tattoo
seattle, united states
Fist Full Of Metal Tattoo
seattle, united states
Suggested artists
joe
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anthony bassett
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REMPE
seattle, united states
Emma
seattle, united states
Joe McSween
seattle, united states
South
seattle, united states