New York: Museum of Tattoo History
Daredevil Tattoo studio in New York have been fundraising to create a tattoo museum, we chatted to tattoo artist Michelle Myles who works at the studio to find out more… Who tattoos at the shop? I...
View ArticleMiniature Ink II – tattoo artist announcement
ATOMICA GALLERY AND THINGS&INK MAGAZINE PRESENT: ‘MINIATURE INK II’ OPENING NIGHT: WEDNESDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 2015 Atomica Gallery and Things&Ink magazine are pleased to announce the exhibiting...
View ArticleAdopted doggies from Battersea
Our Miniature Ink II exhibition (which opens today, Wednesday 23 September) is being held in collaboration with Atomica Gallery to raise funds for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. So we thought we’d...
View ArticlePostSecret: Tattoos
PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. People send in all kinds of secrets, some funny, some heartbreakingly sad, yet...
View ArticleOldest person to receive their first tattoo
Great-grandad Jack Reynolds has become the oldest person to receive their first tattoo according to the Guinness World Records. Jack went under the needle on his 104th birthday at a local studio called...
View Article#tiarchive bidding extended
Our exhibition The Archive #tiarchive has been a wonderful celebration of the end of the printed magazine and new beginnings (you can read more in editor Alice Snape‘s final letter)… And it has been...
View ArticleBEWARE OF THE THING! A charity exhibition.
Our Australian contributor, Fareed Kaviani, tells us about his Thing Gallery project and why he curated a charity exhibition of tattooed silicone hands at Melbourne’s Neon Parlour. A selection of...
View ArticleInterview with Dr. Faisal Rehman
45-year-old Dr. Faisal Rehman is a nephrologist (kidney specialist) and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. He also...
View ArticleSarcoma and You photographic portrait series
A poll of the general public revealed that 53% of people have never heard of sarcoma and only 26% knew it was a cancer. Our editor Alice Snape has been working on a very special online photographic...
View ArticleVeganism and Ink
In this post our guest blogger Amber Bryce discusses how she thinks veganism and tattoos go perfectly together and she talks to two tattoo artists who also share her point of view… In many ways, I...
View ArticleMental Health Hearts By Callum Glover
23-year-old tattooist Callum Glover works out of Black Craft in Wakefield and Secret Society in Hartlepool and Brighton, where he creates blackwork tattoos. We chat to Callum about the hearts filled...
View ArticleKeely Rutherford on dealing with depression
Tattoo artist Keely Rutherford recently lost her mum to depression and pyschosis, in this honest interview she talks about what happened to her mum and why she is holding a charity flash day in her...
View ArticleCharity Tattoo Convention: Nessy Forever
In loving memory of Mark Nesmith Nessy Forever Charity Tattoo Convention 17th September 11-8pm FarGo Village Coventry Entry fee – £10 on the door Free to under 16s We would love to have you with us...
View ArticleEmily Malice & PETA
Our babe tattoo artist Emily has collaborated with PETA to create a ‘No Fur’ enamel pin, and we love it! Mixing a fierce fox design and her signature barbed wire, Emily is spreading the ‘no fur’...
View ArticleLucy Thompson: Breast Cancer Survivors & Tattoos
27-year-old tattooist Lucy Thompson based in at Skinflicted in Keighley, Yorkshire, has travelled to the US to learn how to create realistic three-dimensional tattooed nipples for women who have had a...
View ArticleFidjit’s story
Managing editor Keely Reichardt approached tattoo artist, Fidjit over Instagram in July 2015 after spotting an ambiguous statement posted late at night. Fidjit chose to remove the post not long after...
View ArticleAlice SB Tattoos Bravery Medals for World Mental Health Day
24-year-old tattoo artist Alice SB at Forever Bound tattoo studio in Bristol has been tattooing bravery medals to raise money for Papyrus – the national charity dedicated to the prevention of young...
View ArticleTatts for Cats: Charity Tattoos
The feline welfare charity, Cats Protection in Coventry, is holding a collection of tattoo fundraisers to help cats in the local area. Cats for Tatts will showcase three flash days in three different...
View ArticleThe Circle: International Women’s Day 2019 Exhibition
Head to The Circle, London on International Women’s Day Friday 8th March 2019 to view an exhibition of works from a group of seven female artists: Athena Anastasiou Pang Heleena Mistry Laura Callaghan...
View ArticleStill Not Asking For It Tattoo Flash Event
Still Not Asking For It The worldwide tattoo charity event is back on Sunday 9th June 2019 Born in 2015 by tattooer Ashley Love, Still Not Asking For It, an annual tattoo event, aims to bring people...
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