Features
BUILT WITH TATTOO ARTISTS. ROOTED IN JAPAN.
Tachibana Co. started because Takumi Furukawa couldn't find a birthday present for his dad. Eight years later it's something else entirely.
Industry
News, regulation updates, guild announcements and business coverage from inside the Australian and global tattoo industry.
Features
This Tattoo Machine Used to Be a Disposable Vape
Philip Island tattooist Connor Cardus spent years wiring buildings. Now he's pulling apart disposable vapes and turning them into tattoo machines. It started because he couldn't bring himself to bin a battery.
Industry
The Quiet Death of Tattoo Magazines
Nobody announced it. Nobody held a funeral. One day they were just gone.
Expo Coverage
The Closest Tattoo Expo Was a Flight Away — So Cairns Built Its Own
No competitions. No corporate backing. No website. No bullshit. Jake Straat built Far North Queensland's first tattoo expo on word of mouth and sheer will — and the artists are already calling it the best in the country. This is how Rainforest & Reef came together.
Culture
'Here to Stay' — MJ Forrest Documents Melbourne's Tattoo Scene on Its Own Terms
Someone had to make it. MJ Forrest decided not to wait.