Colour·Ref. Volcano, 11.08.98
Volcano with a dateNúi lửa
A small mountain splitting open, with the date it happened set underneath in fine type. Runs along the forearm so it reads with your arm at rest.
Typical: One sitting, around 3 to 5 hours
XOAN
Every piece is drawn for one body, then needled slowly.
Hoa xoan, the chinaberry blossom, opens for a few weeks each spring and then falls like light rain over the village lanes. We named the studio after it and gave ourselves the opposite job: make something that stays. Every piece here was drawn for one person and one place on the body.
Hoa xoan · Melia azedarach
Five narrow lilac petals around a violet tube. The flower is our mark: small, hand-drawn and a little crooked, like every first line of a stencil.
Five narrow lilac petals around a violet tube. The flower is our mark: small, hand-drawn and a little crooked, like every first line of a stencil.
Seven inks
Styles / Phong cách
Seven ways we work, each with its own tools and needle groupings. Choose one to open its pieces.
Read a full guide to each style: Realism tattoos · Oriental tattoos · Geometric tattoos · Surreal & Sketch tattoos · Colour tattoos · Fine Line tattoos · Lettering tattoos · all styles
The archive
Work / Tác phẩm
Healed and fresh work from the studio, photographed on the client.
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In motion
Films / Thước phim
Turn, flex, breathe. Tattoos read differently once the skin moves, so we film every large piece.
Idea studio
Ideas / Gợi ý ý tưởng
Pick what it should mean, where it lives and how big it is. We'll suggest three directions from pieces we've already made.
Three directions for rebirth · forearm · palm-sized
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Fine Line·Ref. Fine line lotus
Fine line lotusSen nét mảnh
A lotus in single needle with a faint wash of pink and violet. Runs along the forearm so it reads with your arm at rest.
Typical: One sitting, around 3 to 5 hours
Colour·Ref. Blue lotus
Blue lotusSen xanh
A lotus that grows out of mud. Soft watercolour edges held by one crisp outline. Runs along the forearm so it reads with your arm at rest.
Typical: One sitting, around 3 to 5 hours
Tell us yours
Describe the idea in your own words. Rough is fine. We read every brief and reply with questions, a size and a price range.
Gửi ý tưởng của bạn
How a piece happens
Process / Quy trình
01
TalkTrò chuyện
Send the idea, the placement and a few references. We reply with questions, a size and a price range.
02
DrawPhác thảo
The design is drawn for your body, then placed as a stencil so you can see it on the skin before any ink goes in.
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InkXăm
Small pieces take one sitting. Sleeves and back pieces are split into sessions, with healing time between them.
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HealChăm sóc
Keep it clean, thinly moisturised and out of the sun for two weeks. Send us a photo once it has settled.