How It All Got Started Greg McCurtain, the owner of Black Gold Studios out of Rock Springs, Wyoming became interested in Tattoos at a young age. He loved the art and taught himself everything there was to know about tattooing. He worked for a three different tattoo studios for a few years before he [...]
The Long and Worthy Road to Tattooing For Savannah Georgia's Red Ocean Tattoo founder, Ben Kelly, the road to opening his own shop seemed like a long one. When he was younger, he fell in love with all that tattooing is made up of, but it never seemed like the right time to jump [...]
Arriving in the 21st Century in Massachusetts Until the turn of the century, it wasn't legal to perform any type of tattooing in Massachusetts. However, that thankfully all changed for the better in 2000 for those tattoo lovers in the Bay State. For over a decade now, in places like New Bedford those wanting [...]
America's heartland is more than wheat fields and wide open spaces, it is also well-known for the amazing artwork being done with needles and ink on skin. In Wichita, no better example can be had than Addictions in Ink Tattoo, founded in 2008 by Bryan Parsons and Tiffani Gruver. As someone who looks for the [...]
Best of Time Tattoo received it’s beginning all the way back in 1997 with Shane Heil when he was all but 10 years old. Starting his apprenticeship so long ago, first in piercing then in tattooing, at 29 he’s already venerable in the industry. Along with Kathy Kelley brought with Shane, the Best of Time [...]
Jeff Jucha from 4 Aces Tattoo and Body Piercing in Franklin Park, Illinois comes from a background of discipline and hard work from his time serving in the United States Marine Corps. His time in the military brought up close and center with a bunch of tattoo types and styles. Some of them works of [...]
Trailblazing in New England! As the tattooing industry has evolved in the last 30 years from being considered on the fringe of society to being brought into the main stream of consciousness and acceptability, so has Jon Thomas and Dave McCormick of Manchester, New Hampshire done with their Spider Bite Tattoo Studio. Dave has [...]
Natural Talent on Display As Soldiers of Ink Tattoo goes into their 4th year of being in business, they have conquered many levels in a short period of time that can take some many many years to perfect. Heath Barnes and Cheyann Davis of Auburndale, Florida have built a Studio location well-known for it's [...]
Tattooing at It's Finest Black Diamond Tattoo was established in 2008 in the heart of Venice, California. From the very beginning they set a high standard in tattooing. The team is comprised of talented tattooers each with years of experience and each artist specializing in a specific genre of tattooing to ensure each client [...]
It's in the Blood When someone says, if you cut them they would bleed tattoo ink, that can be said most especially of Matt Allsman of Eternal Tattoo and Body Piercing. Not only was his father and uncle long-time artists in tattooing, Matt himself has been putting inks and pigments into skin since he [...]
The Art Comes Beckoning Zulu Tattoo in Austin, Texas came into being after the combining of two great minds. Khani's journey began when she walked in and received from Zulu the body art she wanted. Soon thereafter, they were also seeing each other outside of the studio and became an integral partner in the [...]
Experience Has It Covered 22years ago an aspiring artist walked into his local studio and never looked back. This artist, Gavin Bowe of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin's In Your Face Tattooz, was on his way after a shortened apprenticeship. Soon after, he was running the show at his first studio. When 2000 rolled around around [...]
Tattooing from the Cradle When it comes to tattooing in Faribault Minnesota, Shawn White and Mike Quernomoen of Images Everlasting have you covered with just over 33 years in the industry combined. Art has always been a passion for Shawn along with an apprenticeship as a teenager went into the business at a young [...]
Stalwart in Pennsylvania's Tattooing Community People from all walks of life are drawn to the art of tattooing and Steve Gulbin from Marc's Tattooing in Wilkes-Barre is no exception. Having previously been a part of the hardcore/punk music scene in a band, he became familiar with tattooing and piercing through his group of friends [...]
As with most who come to practice their craft and artistry in tattooing, Maria Haycraft and Ben Drawdy have come to Clarksville, Tennessee to bring only the highest standards in business and tattooing with their No Egrets Tattoo Studio. The Best in Clarksville No Egrets Tattoo Studio has striven since it's beginning in 2009 to [...]