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The Industrial Revolution and It’s Effects on Tattooing, or …..
why some people will always judge others with tattoos, or a short history of why tattoos/tattooed people are disrespected in our culture. in 1891 sam o’reilly patented the first tattoo machine as a way to speed up the process of tattooing. it was the industrial revolution afterall. soon after, people were selling the idea of [...]
Man Enough to Get Pink (or I Love Japanese Tattooing)
This is my friend/client cory. If you’ve ever been in my studio there is a pretty predominant picture of a sun back piece I did on him. He is currently a professor/student. Every time we talk, whether it’s just a phone conversation or while I am tattooing him, he always has something interesting to [...]
Fixing Work From Decades Ago
This is a new client/friend. Stewart was introduced to me by my friend Will. He had this Betty Boop tattoo. Doing some basic math he figured it was about 26 years old. He wanted to add a horseshoe of roses and I was happy to oblige since he let me do them in a compatible [...]
Some Other Tattooists Steal From People
I posted this as a bulletin a couple weeks ago. Since then I have confirmed another tattoo studio (probably more than one) is stalking my MySpace friends list hoping for clients. More power to them. I just think it is weak that they would be desperate enough to do so. If they were doing [...]
One Other Thing…
In the state of TN all tattoo establishments get inspected 4 times a year. NC state inspection happens once a year for tattoo establishments (ridiculous considering restaraunts get inspected 4 times a year, and they don’t make intentional open wounds). Well, my most recent inspection happened today, What was my score you ask? 100 as [...]