Embracing female tattoo culture
Tattooer SOOSOO owns a private studio in Hongdae Korea where she creates incredible tattoos. We chat to SOOSOO about how she became a tattooist and her work, including her amazing fire tattoos… How long have you been tattooing and how did you become an artist? I’ve been working as a tattooist for four years. Four …
24-year-old Charlotte Verduci works out of Lav Mì Tattoo in Milan and Ink Factory Tattoo Shop in Bergamo, where she creates wonderful blackwork tattoos inspired by her love of baroque patterns… How long have you been tattooing? How did you start? I started tattooing at the age of 19. I’m now five years in, I started very …
Just like tattoos, the things people collect are personal and unique. Guest blogger Amber Bryce decided to explore the ties between the two by speaking with three toy collectors, to see what inspired their collections and how these in turn have inspired their tattoo choices… “When I was a kid, I would daydream through every Saturday …
Things&Ink met up with Tessa Metcalfe to talk tattoos, inspiration and pigeons… as published in issue 7 of Things&Ink magazine, The Identity Issue. How did you get into jewellery making? I was making a taxidermy pigeon hat for myself one day, and I had the feet left over. I dried them out and eventually started …
In issue 9, stripped back, we asked the Things&Ink team how they feel about their naked bodies, now that they’re tattooed… We got in touch with blogger Rachel Bradford, creator of Illustrated Teacup, to discuss how she feels about her body now that it is beginning to be covered by tattoos… “You don’t have to go far on …