“You know this is permanent?” the sceptical tattooist says. It’s 1999 and I’m in a tattoo parlour in Mill Hill armed with a copy of British Vogue to anaesthetise my brain. I’m having a full sleeve ...

It’s funny to imagine tough guys with tatts covering their arms sitting down to plan out each sleeve – sketching out the designs on paper, talking them over with their tattoo artist, searching for ...

Dion Kaszas, who is featured as part of the True Tribal exhibition, tattooing fellow Nlaka’pamux community member Ecko Aleck. Photo by Steven Recalma. This article is part of a Tyee Presents ...

It’s funny to imagine tough guys with tatts covering their arms sitting down to plan out each sleeve—sketching out the designs on paper, talking them over with their tattoo artist, searching for ...