Q&A: Lina Stigsson
Lina Stigsson is a Swedish tattoo artist living in Amsterdam and working at Admiraal Tattoo. Over the last decade she has been creating striking designs with a modern twist on classic imagery. I caught up with her to ask her why she loves old school style tattoos, who has inspired her through the course of … Read more
Gary Wiedenhof’s Winter Diary Day
It’s almost that time again, when Gary Wiedenhof’s diary will re-open. Gary, who owns Inkredible Kreations, has his bloody work cut out! Every few months, the tattooer’s diary opens, normally for only a few hours, for the months ahead. If you’re in a location like Perth, Scotland, it’s more or less essential since there are … Read more
Coming Soon to Tattoo Age: Mutsuo
Vice’s Tattoo Age is gearing up for next week, where they’ll be focusing on Mutsuo, with a fantastic new trailer. This really looks like it will be something amazing. In case you don’t know, Mutsuo is a tattooer who works at the infamous Three Tides Tattoo, a shop which is on the wish list of … Read more
Quickfire Q&A with Clara Sinclair
Clara Sinclair is the newest addition to 13 Diamonds Tattoo in Soho, an area which is not only the sex shop mecca of Our Nation’s Capital, but also home to several excellent tattoo studios. Clara trained as an oil painter and prosthetic designer and, after travelling for a while, settled in London and discovered tattooing, … Read more
Real Art welcomes Paul Naylor
Real Art Tattoo in Leicester is set to host a new regular guest artist – Paul Naylor of Powerhouse Tattoo in Northwich, Cheshire. Paul has been tattooing since the early 90s, specialising in realism and black and grey, and opened his own studio in 2000. Originally called Indigo, these days the studio known as Powerhouse, … Read more
Total Tattoo, TAM and Dimitri HK on your Phone!
Those of you who read this blog know I’m a little bit obsessed with using my phone. What can I say, I use the bus a lot! Nothing makes those long bus journeys fly by like some great music and apps to occupy myself with. Today, I’ve found three more really great tattoo apps for … Read more
Goddess of Mercy
Sometimes, tattooers’ projects have such cool titles I don’t even have to think up a headline. Goddess of Mercy is a new project which follows on from Dave Allen’s incredible fundraiser last year called Tattooers for Japan. If you read this blog last year, you probably heard loads about what tattooers were up to with … Read more
A Wild Morag Appears
Last week I was contacted by a cool tattooer called Morag Sangster, who has a blog she wanted to share. She wanted to show me just one page from it. and to be honest, I have no idea why- the whole blog is really cool! I’m a fan of really personal blogs, and hearing about … Read more
Hora Incerta
Mo Coppoletta has a brand new exhibit starting this week- well, it’s about freakin’ time! The London based tattooer (Mo owns The Family Business Tattoo Parlour) finally has his first ever solo art show, and it looks like it’s absolutely fantastic. It has in it loads of really great paintings, photography and drawings which Mo … Read more
Mike Rubendall now on Tattoo Age!
It’s that time again! Every week, the wonderful Juliette from VICE.com sends me an email to remind me about Tattoo Age, and it brightens my day. This week was no different, as the mighty Mike Rubendall episodes have now started- and the first episode is up already! This is all really awesome, although I have … Read more
Josh Adams: Painting Flash, and doing a Guest Spot!
Josh Adams is a busy man at the minute. Firstly. he’s working on a new 6 page flash set… though, he won’t be selling prints! Noooooo! You’ll still be able to see the finished result by clicking here, and holding your breath. Wait, don’t hold your breath. But please, be patient. In the mean time, … Read more
Tattoo Age’s Final Grime Episode: Now online
Wheeeeey, it’s that time of the week already! Tattoo Age’s third and final Grime episode is now online. It’s pretty bittersweet really- I’m happy to see it, and this episode really rocks, but I’m sad that this is the end of the Grime shows! This last show is another “all-rounder”, much like Grime’s work … Read more
Phil Kyle: “Destroy the Circus”.
Today, I was going to talk about the new Grime episode of Tattoo Age that came out, but everyone keeps sending me this link today so I’ll talk about Grime tomorrow for you all. On one of my favourite blogs, the Tattoo Artist Magazine blog, Phil Kyle pretty much let rip today. Not in a … Read more
Updated Information Page- Finally!
Hey everyone. I keep getting a lot of emails about some trashy whore having her TV show cancelled. I’m pretty sure this doesn’t really qualify as news since this probably happens once a week in Hollywood, so instead I’ll tell you about the updated information page we now have on Tattoosday UK. The old page, … Read more
The Last Pinky Yun Interview?
As many of you probably know, the legendary Pinky Yun sadly passed away last year in December. This was a great loss to tattooing, especially at a time where many people think “fame” equals talent, as he was such a great example of what a real master of the art is. Before he died, … Read more
