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This site is a repository of my tattoo-related thinkings and makings, and a healthy channel for the ineffable force that compelled me to pursue this bizarre carnival craft… continue
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Don’t Fear the Reaper T Shirt
Before we get back to the exciting sequel to our San Francisco trip, I figure a brief detour of some tattoo-related projects might be in order.
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Another Kind of Ink
What's with the Kat Von D magazine cover? Well, a couple months ago photographer Mark Cohene paid our shop a visit to shoot some images for an upcoming issue of Inked Magazine.
To the City by the Bay – Part I
In late February, friend and fellow tattooer Nick Wasko and I ventured south to San Francisco for a safari of sorts; we planned to drop in to some noteworthy tattoo shops, visit a few notorious seasoned tattooers, and eat our weight in Mission burritos.
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Settling in at Sacred Heart Tattoo
Friends, I have officially returned to Vancouver! For some this news is probably months old but it came to my attention recently that not everyone knows I'm actually back to *stay* this time around. You can now find me tattooing full time at Sacred Heart Tattoo, 725 Nelson Street, Thursday through Monday.
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Airwolf
Each week I travel back and forth between Vancouver and Victoria so I can tattoo at both Tattoo Zoo in Victoria, and Sacred Heart Tattoo in Vancouver. On average, this round trip eats up ten hours of my week. If you're on a budget (which I try to be), the time-consuming commute between Tsawwassen and [...]
Poppies in Print
My dear friends Meghan and Paul got hitched early this year. Regretfully, I wasn't able to make their wedding but as any good friend would do I lurked their Facebook profiles and have been celebrating their union vicariously through their photos.
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Whale Bone & Human Flesh
Bookmistress recently delivered me a copy of “Skin & Bones, Tattoos in the Life of the American Sailor”, a thin but nonetheless interesting little catalogue for an exhibition hosted at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philly.
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Full Circle
Time, how she flies. This last month has been jam-packed with tattooing: working four days at Tattoo Zoo, my home shop in Victoria, and coming over to Vancouver to tattoo for three days at Sacred Heart Downtown. This seven-day-a-week streak lasted just over a month and has now settled into a comparatively relaxed five-day schedule.
Twenty and Ten
During this evening's LOTR-esque public transit journey from Victoria to Vancouver I savoured a few spare moments (“gift time” I call it) to reflect on the past year. Let me get all scientific-like and suggest that if you take an individual day as a representative sample of the year, today has been solid evidence that [...]
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Snake, Dagger, and Heart Tattoo
by Nick Wasko