Diversity in tattoo shops is not common, women and non-binary artist are looking to make changes. Tattoos are one of the most popular trends among Americans, yet women and non-binary tattoo artists ...

Laura Craver (right) tattoos Alex Johnson (left) on Friday, June 6, 2025. The tattoo represents his love story with his husband. It includes an illustration of the sequoia tree they got married inside ...

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The main characters of Jamie Santos’ Saturday art lecture included four of the world’s pioneering female tattoo artists, and a silicon arm named “Armothy.” Santos is an artist and the owner of ...

Lorri Thomas, aka “Lady L,” at her tattoo studio at the Ink Spot. Credit: se7enfifteen Lorri “Lady L” Thomas has been tattooing for nearly 20 years, and the last few years of her career have been ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Athens is home to a rich tattoo scene - from Pain and Wonder, established in 1995 ...

Whether as a hobby or a career, tattooing requires commitment. Sitting for a tattoo can be painful, and the resulting ink lasts forever. It’s odd, then, that the prevailing stereotype surrounding ...

While inflation continues to dog the economy, that’s not the only thing keeping clients away. When the world first began to reopen in the wake of the pandemic, tattoo artists quickly found themselves ...

That’s why Amber Lynn, owner of Tru Tattoo shop, decided to open a business with an all-woman lineup of tattoo artists. When Lynn was younger, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her life. A ...

When Marsena “Mars” Martinez moved to Loveland several years ago, she came with an idea that became reality in late 2021 — a women owned and operated tattoo and oddities shop, a place where artists ...

Discriminatory hiring practices is one challenge Black tattoo artists face. Although tattooing has been around for centuries, the practice was mainly underground before becoming recognized as ...

San Antonio is full of tattoo shops staffed with talented artists, and a growing number them are women who can sling ink at a world-class level. Whether your taste in tats is neo-traditional, ...