Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Art

Tattoo Spotlight: SLOWER BLACK Hand-poked Tattoos

A couple of weeks ago, I did a controversial post on bad stick and poke tattoos. It was controversial because apparently a lot of people have bad stick and poke tattoos and don’t have a sense of humor about it and were really butthurt (word of the day – use it in a comment). Sorry. Anyway, in response to the article, someone who actually read it and saw that I asked for good hand done tattoo artists to be sent my way put me on to SLOWER BLACK. She’s a nomad Canadian tattoo artist who travels around the world doing beautiful hand poked tattoos in deepest, darkest black ink. Don’t ask what ink she uses, it’s a fucking secret, and it’s fucking genius. I don’t think of work like this as “stick and poke” any more than I think of ta moko or kakau as “stick and poke.” This is an ancient art of tattooing done by hand, with thousands of years of practice and wisdom behind it, and results in stunning skin art. Check out a collection of Slower Black’s work below, and you can reach her here to see when she’s passing through your part of the world.

tumblr_mhfwidmHLE1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_mi95uafBe51s4d5yqo1_1280

tumblr_mib065nwTq1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_mm6d0asB1F1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_mm6d2qG0rw1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_mn4qe71dSm1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_mskum76Qgr1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_n4svmttN9f1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_n4svpj1Ioe1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_n8u9amza8T1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_n8u9cyVlRu1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_n8u9epBsbz1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_n8u919tcSX1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_n8uczpsAUY1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_nb6e6yEuO61qfgfdfo1_1280 tumblr_nb6e6yEuO61qfgfdfo2_1280 tumblr_nb6e6yEuO61qfgfdfo3_1280 tumblr_nb6e6yEuO61qfgfdfo4_400 tumblr_nce7qm5hFJ1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_ncgq5hs2e61qzgs16o1_1280 tumblr_nh6jk8AGfw1qb8ybao1_1280 tumblr_njb7uuYPvx1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_njb7znslBj1s4d5yqo1_1280 tumblr_njb8mqUCWP1s4d5yqo1_1280

Written By

Meghan MacRae grew up in Vancouver, Canada, but spent many years living in the remote woods. Living in the shadow of grizzly bears, cougars and the other predators of the wilderness taught her about the dark side of nature, and taught her to accept her place in nature's order as their prey. She is co-founder of CVLT Nation.

Relapse DF 92123
Sentient 51423

You May Also Like

Doom

Today I needed something heavy. Something mythological, a band that would rip me out of reality into a story that would leave me feeling...

Dis-beat

What if we told you that what you are about to hear was recorded over 10 years ago? That’s the story of long lost,...

Post-Punk

We’ve been waiting three long years for Vancouver’s SPECTRES to release a new record, and now we’re so close we can taste it… Today...

Photography

Gers are the traditional round tent homes of the Mongolian nomadic peoples (foreigners on AirBnB call them “yurts”). It’s current form dates back about...

Copyright © 2020 CVLT Nation.