Tattoo Savage Magazine, July 2008

As if we didn't have enough fun at the  2008 Baltimore Convention, celebrating Britishink's 1 year anniversary, Britishink received a nice reminder of that weekend and a few pages dedicated to the studio in July's issue of "Tattoo Savage". It's available on news stands June 3rd.

Congratulations to my friend and studio-bud, Paul Roe, for starting such a wonderful place to ply my inky trade alongside him.

Images from Artomatic

Paul and I are well into our third week at our Britishink installation at Artomatic. It's a challenge working twice as hard between two spaces, but bringing the art of the tattoo to a community of people who would never even think of walking into a tattoo studio has been rewarding. A few images from the past weekend.

An Introduction

Hello and welcome to my little blog dedicated to my work. 

I'm a tattoo artist. Yep, that's right. I draw on skin. I am forever astounded and humbled by the trust placed in me to create an image on another human being, an image they will carry throughout the rest of their lives. Whether the tattoo has great significance to it's wearer or it is worn as a simple body enhancement, I return their trust by creating the best work I possibly can and by keeping their work unique to them. When you leave my studio, you will be the only person on this earth wearing that particular image created under your skin.*

I didn't just wake up one day and decide to do this. Though I had always loved tattoo imagery (even before it was in vogue), I followed a more traditional and "acceptable" path as a professional illustrator and graphic designer for more than 20 years. When the opportunity arose to accept an very traditional apprenticeship in a very old fashioned tattoo parlor, I accepted. It was the most challenging artistic pursuit I had ever been faced with. It still is.

Fate and good fortune led me to my current position, sharing a space artist Paul Roe at his Northeast DC studio, Britishink. And it is there where I encounter people with the most unique requests and expansive ideas.

I absolutely love what I do and I am so very lucky to have a studio space at 508 H Street, NE.

If you follow this blog, you'll see why. 

Cheers for now,

Cyn

*Unless you choose some beautiful, old school Sailor Jerry, Cap Coleman or Rollo designs I have on hand. Reproductions of this art is ageless in it's historical value and folk-like beauty.