Procedural photos continue after the break.
Abacrombie sent in these shots of a truly old-school tattoo experience at the home of Petelo Sula’Ape, a tattoo artist from Faleasiu, Samoa. The tattoo was done over about eight painful hours of tattooing in a single day. Several assistants helped by stretching the skin as Petelo hammered the tattoo in place using traditional tools in his open-air home — which was a good on account of all the smoking!
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70 responses to “Hand-Tapped Samoan Tattoo Experience”
I’ve always wanted to have a traditionally done tattoo , but I honestly don’t know if I could handle the pain of getting one THAT big done. HUGE kudos to this guy.
I’ve always wanted to have a traditionally done tattoo , but I honestly don’t know if I could handle the pain of getting one THAT big done. HUGE kudos to this guy.
That is amazing. I hope one day i can add some traditionally done tattoos to my collection of black work.
That is amazing. I hope one day i can add some traditionally done tattoos to my collection of black work.
Wow, thats amazing.
Wow, thats amazing.
Traditional Samoan tattoo has received some bad press of late in New Zealand, due to a number of serious bad outcomes (down to one tattoo artist in particular) which resulted in serious infections and hospitalization. There is a recent article here:-
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4375468a23918.html
Earlier articles included this one:-
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10413698
As you can see from the first article, there are no really effective laws in my country concerning who can and cannot practice tattoo. It’s “Buyer beware”, and do your research!
Traditional Samoan tattoo has received some bad press of late in New Zealand, due to a number of serious bad outcomes (down to one tattoo artist in particular) which resulted in serious infections and hospitalization. There is a recent article here:-
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4375468a23918.html
Earlier articles included this one:-
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10413698
As you can see from the first article, there are no really effective laws in my country concerning who can and cannot practice tattoo. It’s “Buyer beware”, and do your research!
Hahaha there’s been hardly any bad press in NZ regarding pea and the like! it was seriously like one article which the press didn’t even pick up on.
there are a shitload of scratchers out here in aotearoa and an even greater number of crappy piercers, but the good guys aren’t hard to find 😀
Hahaha there’s been hardly any bad press in NZ regarding pea and the like! it was seriously like one article which the press didn’t even pick up on.
there are a shitload of scratchers out here in aotearoa and an even greater number of crappy piercers, but the good guys aren’t hard to find 😀
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yep original_sly is right.. that one article is all you are going to find. Awesome tattoos shame about the cigarettes though 🙂
yep original_sly is right.. that one article is all you are going to find. Awesome tattoos shame about the cigarettes though 🙂
10. haha the face hes making is that of a smoker. haha Ahh the smoke is getting in my eyes and i cant free my hands. it sucks trust me.
10. haha the face hes making is that of a smoker. haha Ahh the smoke is getting in my eyes and i cant free my hands. it sucks trust me.
WOW, was searching for some Samoan tattoos and ended up finding myself! Thank you all for the lovely comments!
here’s a small video clip of it being done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50J5kHIt97o
That tapping sound really sticks to your head, back at the hotel the geckos taunted me making the same sound as Petelo 🙁
I was thinking about watching The Tattooist when I was in Auckland a few months earlier but didn’t have the time, instead I saw it on the plane after I had the tattoo done. It brought back sweet memories 🙂
Special thank to cyber_android and Bastiodon 😉 :hugs:
Fa!
WOW, was searching for some Samoan tattoos and ended up finding myself! Thank you all for the lovely comments!
here’s a small video clip of it being done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50J5kHIt97o
That tapping sound really sticks to your head, back at the hotel the geckos taunted me making the same sound as Petelo 🙁
I was thinking about watching The Tattooist when I was in Auckland a few months earlier but didn’t have the time, instead I saw it on the plane after I had the tattoo done. It brought back sweet memories 🙂
Special thank to cyber_android and Bastiodon 😉 :hugs:
Fa!
seriously much respect mate. Im Samoan and that tapping sound even gives me the shivers haha nice work bro.
seriously much respect mate. Im Samoan and that tapping sound even gives me the shivers haha nice work bro.