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Glenwood Springs, Colorado
09/07/07
Artists are born with passion, talent is earned.
Tattoo artists are very passionate about their art. For Paul Roberts of Tattmandu in downtown Glenwood Springs, it's the passion that keeps him in the business, but it's his competitive nature that keeps him improving his craft.
Looking at his passion for tattoo artistry and his competitive nature, there must be a way to combine the two. That's why after 15 years as a tattoo artist he decided to put his talent to the test and enter the 12th Annual High Altitude Tattoo Competition held in Winter Park on Aug. 17-19.
Meeting people and talking over different techniques and ideas with other artists was the best part for him. That's what Roberts likes the most about getting out of the office and attending competitions and festivals, the chance to grow as an artist.
"I entered five pieces and won with three," Roberts said humbly. "I just wanted to try my hand in a competition." His three third-place awards came in the "Most realistic," "most patriotic" and in the "Best of Color" categories. His piece in the "Best of Color" was his rendering of the Hanging Lake landscape.
Roberts is gearing up for a Las Vegas Tattoo convention the end of September. So, until then, he'll be practicing at his little studio in Glenwood Springs. But Las Vegas isn't the end of his tattooing days. No, he's sentenced himself to life as a tattoo artist.
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
07/05/07
Flesh Tones.
Delving into the body-art community in Colorado Springs means meeting some interesting people, guys with names like Toast, Goat, Spider, Snake and Paes 164.
Snake's Tattoo claims to be Southern Colorado's oldest (read: longest continually running) studio, having opened in June 1972. Snake believes that at that time, there were only about 250 artists in the nation. Now, the Front Range alone easily reaches that number.
Snake's younger brother Bud, whom he taught to tattoo and who later became president of the National Tattoo Association, worked with Snake at a studio on South Nevada Avenue before establishing Pikes Peak Tattoo in 1978.
Longtime Springs artist Jack D'Amore and his wife, Donna, from Art with a Pulse, have won more reader-voted Indy Best Of's (11 awards since 1995) than any other establishment.
Paes 164 opened his own operation, Above Suspicion, just last year. He points to 1997-98 as the nationwide boom time, and confirms what piercer Toast from West Side Tattoo says: Around 2000, Colorado Springs blew up from about a dozen or fewer shops to the 34 we count today.
New regulations were approved June 27 by the Board of Health after discussions with the body-art community. The new regs include such amendments as a mandatory, blood-borne pathogens class to be taken annually and within 100 days for new artists. (Previously, artists could attend one of the next available classes, which could run up to six months or more.) They also increase the frequency of spore testing, which monitors autoclave function, from monthly to weekly.
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Denver, Colorado
03/30/07
Debbie's dynamic at Dynamic Piercing and Tattoo.
Debbie Johns, who has been a tattoo artist for 16 years, said she gets many of her clients through word of mouth. People have come from Kansas, Minnesota, England, Seattle and Ft. Collins to have her work on them.
According to Johns, most of the clients at Dynamic are set to go after a maximum of two hours of tattoo work. The longest she has tattooed anyone in one day was eight hours.
Johns said she named her piercing and tattoo parlor "Dynamic" after name just "popped in her head."
"That's just me. And I was going to do the best job I was going to do and be dynamic at it," she said.
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Denver, Colorado
03/30/07
Tattoo artist is all about the art.
Larry Foussat has been in the business for 11 years, and in this time, he estimates that he has down many hundreds of tattoos, from the exotic to the standard. His shop, Havana Street Tattoos, at 2712 S. Havana St., has been open at that location since January and is his first business.
The TV show Miami Ink has also proven to be a boon to their operation. He said that people come into the shop looking to get a specific tattoo - and often times, him and the other artist in the shop, Lenny Borgeson, will recognize the design from something that they've seen on the show.
And although the technology of tattoos doesn't seem to change very quickly, Foussat said that doesn't bother him. "Even if you have the technical part down, art never stops," Foussat said.
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Denver, Colorado
03/30/07
A tattoo shop in Ken Caryl.
Greg Fritts opened the Ken Caryl shop, located at 11614 W. Belleview Ave., about 2 1/2 years ago. The shop was redesigned in November of 2006.
One wall in the lobby of the store features the art of some of the tattoo designs. The store also has a room in the back for Fritts' wife, Sabrina, where she performs holistic healing techniques on customers.
The tattoo shop also offers family days on Wednesdays. The family day deal is one family member can get a tattoo at full price, the second member 20 percent off and a third family member can get 25 percent off. One free piercing is then included at a $40 value.
Sabrina said clients have to be 18 years old to get a tattoo. "We do offer parental consent piercings for ages 14 to 17, and we do a lot of minor piercings."
Another unique aspect of the shop is the custom design of most of the tattoos. Customers can bring in their own unique designs or ideas for tattoos. "We'll draw it on you or draw it for you," said tattoo artist Cory Lee or " Rain" as he is best known to his customers.
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Denver, Colorado
03/30/07
Faith in tattoos.
Golden tattoo artist Terry Weber would love to give you a tattoo, just don't ask him to ink an image of Satan or a marijuana leaf on your chest.
"We're a Christian-based shop. I don't do anything gang- or drug-related or something that implies violence or might be considered blasphemous," he said.
Part of the gallery at 809 13th in downtown Golden also houses Weber's wife Roxy's clothing boutique called Loyalty. Roxy Weber said, "Faith and loyalty are at the core of our beliefs."
Another aspect that sets Faith Tattoo Gallery apart is the shop only uses high-grade inks and offers vegan inks to customers who request it, Weber said.
Artists Matt Abbott and Nick Wyatt currently work in the shop. Another artist was recently hired and will start April 16.
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Denver, Colorado
03/30/07
Ink shop, owner known for pure quality.
Dwayne Dixon is not your average-looking tattoo artist. He doesn't have any visible or glaring artwork on his arms or face and he likes it that way. Having been in the profession for 24 years, he ought to know a thing or two about giving good tattoos.
In September 1995, his shop, The Tattoo Shop, 2167 S. Chambers Road, opened, giving him the access and exposure he needed to build a name for himself in Aurora.
It wouldn't be long after that his name became very popular amongst local professional athletes. It started with Denver Broncos and Nuggets like Eric Bieniemy and Antonio McDyess. Other pro stars, such as Deltha O'Neal, Dwayne Carswell, and Bill Romanowski were all graced with Dixon's tattoos, something he holds close to his heart.
Dixon's reputation also drew employee D'Jené Touré to his shop. With three years under her belt at The Tattoo Shop, there's no sense of slowing down for her.
"I'm only as good as my next tattoo," he said. So, in the end, Dixon has built more than just a name for himself, and now he's establishing his legacy.
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Telluride, Colorado
12/27/06
Tattoos not taboo at the Telluride Middle School.
The status of tattoo as completely mainstream was confirmed — re-confirmed — last week at the Telluride Middle School, when two tattoo artists were invited to speak as part of the school’s ongoing career research.
Artists Ryan Willard and Lawrence Hammett spoke to the eighth grade classes, covering everything from the history of tattoos to whether or not you can tattoo your tongue.
The artists also imparted some practical information about how one becomes a tattoo artist, how the guns actually work, how much money they make (from $80 to $120 an hour) and about how many layers of skin are penetrated during the process of tattooing itself (three to four). In a way, these artists are so professional they’re almost like doctors, although few doctors have such big plug earrings and lip rings.
The next professional scheduled to speak for career research is a lawyer. (An architect, a mountaineer, and other professionals have also visited the school.)
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
11/09/06
'It's been a ghost town'
Once upon a time on B Street, the northernmost route into Fort Carson, local business owners enjoyed a taste of success. That was before the war in Iraq, before troops from the Army post were deployed overseas — and, often, deployed again.
"When people are gone and people are here, you can tell the difference in business," says Mike Stone, the manager of A-Z Masters 2 Tattooing and Piercing. "It's real obvious."
"The 4th [Infantry Division] is coming," says Brian Binn, of the Chamber of Commerce's division of military affairs. "They've already started to arrive, and they will keep coming over the next three years."
The federal government has already issued Colorado Springs a half-million dollar grant to study the potential effects of the expansion. It's tough to imagine that money would be allocated without plans to follow through on their proposal, Binn says.
"[The troops] have been coming forever," says Lionel Stepp of Awesome Ink tattoo parlor. "That's the story of our lifetime."
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Denver, Colorado
10/22/06
Outlaw art makes its mark.
A show draws in more respect for tattoos, hot rods and other offbeat forms of expression.
Suddenly, the Kustom Kulture Show begins to look less like a bunch of tattooed dudes in the ballroom at a Sheraton on East Hampden Avenue and more like a different kind of art gallery.
"What you've got happening," Leann Tock says at the festival Sunday, "is all these kids graduating from art school who have found a way to work in the real world."
And that, festival organizer Marcy Molkenthen says, is exactly the point of the show. Molkenthen has brought together a host of her interests - tattoos, hot- rod cars, custom motorcycles, expertly painted pinstripes - and put them under one roof. As forms of art, she says, they just all kind of flow together. She said about 1,000 people attended the three-day event, which wrapped up Sunday.
"It's Disneyland for tattooed people," says Scottie DeVille, owner of Th'Ink Tank tattoo studio on South Broadway and one of the people who persuaded Molkenthen to bring the show to Denver.
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Courtesy of: denverpost.com
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Vail, Colorado
06/05/07
Resort’s body piercing ban reversed.
Teton County has lifted its ban on tongue and genital piercings.
Teton County Public Board of Health members were persuaded that the ban might have an unintended consequence of sending customers to back-door practitioners.
“Piercing is here to stay,” said Susan Woodward, owner of a shop called Sub-Urban Tattoo.
The state, however, has no licensing or training program for piercers, and neither does the county.
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Denver, Colorado
12/31/08
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