Today a lot of people want to be tattooers, and here at the shop we get emails all week long asking for us to essentially “hand out” an apprenticeship. This article is my attempt to answer these emails in what I hope will be a helpful and honest response. I have based this information on [...]
A court has ruled that only medical professionals can legally issue ink By Jenni Marsh, Junko Ogura, Chie Kobayashi, CNN. Updated 3:03 AM ET, Thu October 19, 2017 Tokyo, Japan (CNN)Black is a color you won't find on the walls of Ron Sugano's tattoo parlor in the upmarket Meguro district of south-west Tokyo, where quaint [...]
There is currently a big trend with little tattoos. You see it all the time on social media, pictures of these small pieces no bigger than an inch yet absolutely packed with fine lines and tiny details. While these are beautiful works, unfortunately they tend not to work. We hear it here quite a bit: [...]
In 1993, high in the Russian Altai Mountains, the oldest example of human tattooing was found. Princess Ukok was discovered in an unmolested burial mound, on the remote Ukok plateau along with two males (possibly warrior protectors). This region of the world is almost unreachable except by helicopter and was traversed in ancient times via [...]
It’s time once again for New Hampshire to echo with the roar of 110 ci engines as hundreds of thousands make the annual pilgrimage to Laconia Bike Week. With New England businesses frothing at the mouth as this week marks the start of summer tourism season, none may get more excited than leather outlets, motorcycle [...]
Have you ever spoken with someone who is tattooed, and they seem possessive of their tattoo artist? They let you know all about how great their artist is, how close the two of them are and how excited they are to get another piece from this person. There are two possibilities after hearing these folks [...]
There have been naval tattoo traditions for centuries. Since the 1600’s in fact, when British mariners first started returning from the south pacific with indelible marks of their passage. As these markings became the norm it began to beg the question, what do they mean to the wearer? Many of these symbols and images were [...]
It’s no secret that American tattooing has had a rough past, the practice has been banned and outlawed from time to time, and all of those laws and bans have been ostensibly ignored by generations of tattoo artists. Due to the taboo nature of tattoos, especially early on, many tattoo artists led nomadic lives, travelling [...]
With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, we wanted to continue our look at various tattoo traditions around the world and their history. Celtic traditions originated in Central Europe shared by the Germanic tribes who inhabited the region. The iconic imagery we think of, with blue tones and intricate knot work didn’t come until [...]
Ash Ink Have you ever given thought to what you might want done with your remains after you die? How about any heirlooms you might want to leave to the family? Why not become an heirloom for your family, a nice tattoo design for your family to remember you, made of you! That’s right you [...]
