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The First Rule of the Okanagan
Urge 3 Tattoos and Why We Can’t Talk About the Region Located just a few hours east of Vancouver, the Okanagan is arguably Canada’s
Home, Home on the Range
Saskatchewan’s Nomadic Tattoo Co. Thrives Against all Odds “Maple Creek is very old school, very traditional, very . . . conservative. Many here have never left to experience
Bad Apple Tattoo: Bad to the Core, But Not Rotten
How One Bad Apple Can Spoil the Whole Crew Edd Word1 didn’t plan on becoming a tattoo artist. The owner of Bad Apple Tattoo in

Talisman SOM
A spoon, a guitar string, a Sony Walkman, and 20 bucks collected from a day’s worth of panhandling. In the beginning, this was Kevin Hinton’s

The Tao of Wayne
True North Tattoo is a Sterile Environment—But Also, it Isn’t. “I don’t know man,” he concedes with a shrug. “I’ll say this . . .

A Wicked Undertaking
Wicked Tattoo and Piercing Peanut butter and jelly. Wine and cheese. Abbot and Costello. Whiskey and a pickle juice back. The connection between these fragmented,

“We take pride in being a street shop.”
Wait . . . really? Simmer down. It’s not what you think. Not quite, anyway. Within the tattoo industry, the term “street shop,” has come

Flesh to Fantasy Tattoo Emporium
Flesh to Fantasy Tattoo Emporium fleshtofantasy.com Everybody started somewhere. When Big Mike Hill began tattooing he was working out of his kitchen and trading services

Drugs Are Bad, Mmkay? Jose Pena and His Unlikely Acquisition of Xtreme Tattoo & Piercing
Xtreme Tattoo & Piercing facebook.com/tattoosbyjosepena “Drugs are bad. Punk rock is fucking tight. Don’t get your face tattooed.” Yes, the accompanying photo indicates that Jose

Wolf Pack
Wolfpack Tattoo www.wolfpacktattoo.com It might be coincidence that the new address for Wolfpack Tattoo is 666. Then again, when you hear the stories of