Matt Howse July 15-19th 2105 Guest Artist

06/27/2015 / Art, Editorial, Guest Artist, Love Life / 0 Comments /

Hi everyone. We are super excited to have Matt back at Fortune July 15-19th.

If you would like to get tattooed by him while he is here.

Please email him at Matt@reliabletattoos.com

Check out more of his work at SeventhSon Tattoo.

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My hands by Christopher Onstott for Buddhadharma magazine summer issue 2015

05/27/2015 / Editorial, Love Life, Mikki / 0 Comments /

I had a pleasant surprise to see my hands pictured in this summer’s issue of Buddhadharma magazine. Christopher Onstott took this photo while Maitripa College was preparing for HH visit and during our meditation class on emptiness. I am really happy my hands are making their way around the globe tattooed, scarred and with love. Thanks to whomever is responsibile. Cheerfully, M unnamed-4image.aspx

Eddy Deutsche legendary Tattooer in Portland 6/10-14/2015

05/09/2015 / Art, Editorial, Guest Artist, Promotional / 0 Comments /

I am greatly honored to announce that Eddy Deutsche will be tattooing at Fortune this June.

We are extremely lucky to be able to have such a talented and kind person such as Eddy visit our humble little shop.

This will be Eddy’s first time working in our beautiful city. I am stoked to be able to share it with him and his family.

If you would like to get a piece by him while he is here, please email him directly at: eddyd222@gmail.com

And check out more of his works and his full bio on his website. Your mind will be blown.

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Compound Art Show

05/09/2015 / Art, Editorial, Mikki, Olivia, Promotional / 0 Comments /

Olivia and Mikki have pieces in the Compound Art Show located at 107 NW 5th street.

Opening night was last night.

I heard it was shoulder to shoulder in the gallery being it was Portland Art Walk night downtown.

I am happy they were able to draw folks in to celebrate the opening of the show. I will be going down this week to check out the other artist’s work with Dboy and Kristin.

If you get a chance please go down and check it out. Cheers, unnamed-15unnamed-5

Tattoo Flash Magazine 2015

05/09/2015 / Art, Editorial, Love Life, Mikki, Promotional / 0 Comments /

I got a pretty cool surprise in the mail last friday.

I am honored to be in such righteous tattooer company being acknowledged in this Tattoo Flash issue.

This last March marked my 28th year in this craft.

Thanks Frenchie for including me.

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The Royal Tribute

05/08/2015 / Uncategorized / 0 Comments /

I have had the great fortune to have periodically studied under Henning Jorgensen from Royal Tattoo in Helsingor Denmark and to have been included in his anniversary book.

Thirty years Royal Tattoo has been putting out unbelievable works. Helsingor is a quaint little town about an hour train ride north of Copenhagen.

When you leave the train station, there is a town center that welcomes you lined with little shops, as well as the Kronberg castle that Shakespeare had been inspired by when he wrote Romeo and Juliette. Hans Christian Anderson had lived on the same street as the shop. You can tell the is still a essence of Fairy presence thriving to this day. This little town that puts out some of the best tattoos in the world. The weekends transform into a mecca for the Sweds that come over to buy up alcohol that is regulated in their country. It is a trip to watch the change the town goes through each week. I am ever so thankful to have had this experience and to be apart of such a wonderful bunch of folks in this book that share this memory that Henning has offered.

To many more years Henning. Much love and respect, Ms. Mikki

I tattooed the mermaid on Olivia.

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Dannyboy will be here 5/10-17/2015

05/08/2015 / Art, Guest Artist, Love Life / 0 Comments /

(May 10-17th, 2015)
Taking appointments now.
Contact directly at: tattooinstaller@gmail.com
www.letitbleedtattoo.com
instagram @dannyboysmith_dpw

Guest Artist Tiffany Garcia 4/29-5/3/15

03/18/2015 / Editorial, Guest Artist / 0 Comments /
Tiffany Garcia of Ink Apothecary will be
working with us April 29th-May 3rd.
“I try to let my work speak for itself.
Striving to create a personal masterpiece for each person I get the honor to tattoo.
I keep my style versatile as to not segregate myself from certain pieces that someone
may want done in a particular way.
I’m here here to create for you.”
Follow me on Instagram @coffinqueen
or contact her directly at:
(562)756-9700

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World Wide Tattoo Conference 2015

03/15/2015 / Art, Editorial / 0 Comments /

Interested in learning more about tattooing? Here is another opportunity coming to Portland this October. Learn a little about how these artists do what they do.

www.worldwidetattooconference.com

PCC Continuing Education classes

03/11/2015 / Editorial, Love Life, Olivia / 0 Comments /

All licensed tattooers in the state of Oregon are required to have 10 hours of continuing education credits per year.

5 of those can be from self study, and the other 5 must be from participation in a course organized by accredited institutions.

Thanks to PCC they are giving tattoo artists the chance to take accredited courses so that we can fulfill our license requirements.

Here’s to bettering yourself in the education department, and to anyone continuing their education in the school of life. It’s not all about the degrees.

Go to Pcc.com to look at their calendar for spring.

There are a few tattoo-centric classes coming up in April and May that we should be paying attention to.

Thanks to Dan Gilsdorf for teaching these classes and recommending Olivia Britz-Wheat for the program photo opportunity.