Places
WHAT IT TAKES TO START A COVEN
Almost two years, a lot of spreadsheets and a venue that took some finding. Helen Highwaters and Carly VanVidler are bringing a different kind of tattoo expo to Melbourne on 24–25 October.
Places
Studios, towns, expos and the scenes that grow around them. Where tattooing happens, and why it matters that it happens there.
Places
WHAT IT TAKES TO OPEN A DOOR
LiveArt Tattoo almost didn't happen. Three years of rejection, an industry stigma nobody talks about, and one man's obsession with getting every detail right. This is what it took to build it.
Places
THE CLOSEST TATTOO EXPO WAS A FLIGHT AWAY — SO CAIRNS BUILT IT'S 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.