I’m Stacy and I’m 32. I’ve been tattooing for five years now and it’s quite a story how I started my career. I lived in Denmark, I’m educated as an architect and I was doing my master there. I was also working in a restaurant kitchen as an extra job. There one of my colleagues … Continue reading Artist in spotlight: Stacy
My name is Hemmo, and I’m currently 40 years old. I got my first tattoo when I was 18. My psychobilly friend had a tattoo machine made from an old electric shaver. The machine was noisy and heated up so much that in every 15 minutes he had to pause tattooing to prevent his hands … Continue reading Hemmo
I planned my first tattoo for three years. Even though the tattoo itself is small, it was a big thing for me to get tattooed in the first place since there weren’t any tattooed people in my family, and my friends didn’t have any tattoos either. The meaning of my first tattoo derives from my … Continue reading Hanna-Kaisa
When I was young, I waited for a long time that I would turn 18 and could get a tattoo. When I finally turned 18, of course I was prepared that they would ask to see my papers at the tattoo parlor. But when I went there, nobody asked for my papers. I remember how … Continue reading Kikke
I’ve always felt like an outsider. I was born in Porvoo, Southern Finland, but we moved to Lapland when I was 10 years old. Our new home was in a small village where everyone knew each other and people belonged to their own cliques. Suddenly I was in a situation where I talked different, my … Continue reading Meri
I’ve always thought tattoos are a great form of art. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been listening to both rap and metal music where being tattooed is part of the imagery. When I was in junior high, I used to hang out with tattooed friends who were a couple of years older than … Continue reading Pena ‘Painajainen’
I’ve never been a big fan of tattoos, and when I was younger, I used to say I’d never have one myself. To be honest, I’m still not very fond of tattoos, and I think the skin is more beautiful without them. Nevertheless, I currently have 7+1 tattoos on my skin. In 2011, a friend … Continue reading Daniel
I was 18 years old when I got my first tattoo. I wanted to have something quite small, so I took this little image on my wrist. It’s from the solo album of a Japanese artist called Hyde. He’s also the vocalist of a Japanese rock band, L’Arc~en~Ciel. He said that this album, Roentgen, was […]
My name is Nouvelle Rita. Originally, I’m from Portugal, but currently I work in London. I started tattooing in 2013, and I think it has been the best thing that has ever happened to me. Before tattooing, I had just finished university. I was looking for a job or an internship, but in Portugal, it’s … Continue reading Artist in spotlight: Nouvelle Rita
Aloin suunnitella ensimmäisen tatuoinnin ottamista ollessani vielä alaikäinen. Ajatus ensimmäiseen tatuointiini syntyi, kun makoilin sängyllä ja kuuntelin yhtä lempiyhtyeistäni, Simple Plania. Vaikka kuuntelemassani biisissä ei edes laulettu näitä sanoja, ne vain tulivat yhtäkkiä mieleeni ja päätin, että haluan tatuoida ne iholleni. Ensimmäisen tatuoinnin ottaminen oli jännittävää, mutta kesti onneksi hyvin vähän aikaa. Good enough toimii … Continue reading Kaisa (Suomeksi/In Finnish)
