Tattoo artist Grace (@tatsbygrap) recently completed an MA in Contemporary History – she wrote about the history of tattoos, which complemented her contemporary research on the subject. She combines historical analysis with feminist methodology and oral history. For her dissertation on the history of tattooed...
Tattoo artist Artem Alekhin (Aleki / @aleki_blue) is originally from Moscow but is now based in Miami, often working conventions and travelling for guest spots. This is his story, in his own words – how he got started, his background in fine art, why he...
From Israel to Germany to Japan, tattoo artist Nitzan Dor (@nitzandor_tattoo) has travelled the world honing her unique style. When she’s not tattooing anime characters on to her clients’ skin, she’s still immersed in the world of anime and manga – watching and reading. That’s when...
Tattoo artist Anton Martiushev (@the_marra_) is based in Los Angeles, California, and specialises in black and grey realism with a dark, cinematic mood. He’s drawn to images with mystery and tension – faces that look right at you, mystical elements and masks. We chatted...
NYC-based tattoo artist Sol (@solgrim_) thinks the meaning of a tattoo can only be defined by his clients. His interest lies in composition and how his tattoos work on the human form. He draws his designs directly on to skin – from the initial composition...
Swirling black lines that look like letters and symbols joined together. These abstract tattoos are like works of art, but you can just tell that something much deeper is at play. We’d never seen anything quite like them, these “sigil” tattoos created by tattoo...
The world is a scary place right now and we’re heartbroken at the suffering in Gaza – the starvation of babies and children, widespread suffering on a scale that we can’t get our heads around. It’s easy to feel helpless. But we’ve taken comfort in...
We first spoke to Leeds-based tattoo artist Tina Caruso (@tinacarusodot) in November last year (read our interview) and it was incredible to hear all about her mastectomy tattoo project. But Tina has been busy with a brand new project, so we decided to have another...
Tattoo artist Viktoriia (@tatts.ivanova) is based in San Francisco at Black Serum Tattoo. Born in a small town in Ukraine, Viktoriia specialises in fine line and floral tattoos. She’s recently started exploring micro realism, and she has fallen in love with the style...
Christina (@christinaloves_clothes) is a fashion and lifestyle content creator, based in Northamptonshire – she adores playing dress up, has since she was a little girl. Now a mum of three who’s still with her childhood sweetheart, her tattoos have become part of...