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Shaun Carroll
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Shaun Carroll is a masterful tattoo artist specializing in the distinctive styles of black & gray and trash polka.
Styles
black&gray
trashpolka
new traditional japanese
blackwork
Blacksburg, United States
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Suggested reads
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.
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.
Interview
In conversation with Jessi Mae
On painterly tattoos, East Asian influences, ceramics, indigo dyeing, body confidence & a creative practice that keeps evolving.
Interview
In conversation with Steven Roy
Trading the chef's knife for the needle. A conversation on discipline, business, and why "fear is the mind-killer."
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.
Suggested studios
'Sweet Appalachia Tattoo'
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Hollow & Bloom Tattoo
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Tainted Flesh Body Art
wilmington, united states
North Mountain Tattoo
phoenix, united states
Live By The Sword Tattoo
new york, united states
BLACK SERUM, Inc.
san francisco, united states
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