Germ Killer From Heaven And A Backpiece From Hell

Hectic day at the shop, we got our new autoclave delivered this afternoon wich is a blessing from the heavens, since our old one just decided to quit a couple days ago and we had to run back and forth to another shop in town to get our stuff sterilized. So now we can get back to sending diseases to hell from our own shop. (the new one also has a lot more shiny lights and buttons on it than the old one!!)

Besides that, a lot of tattooing got done. Unfortunately I did not have enough time in between running from one place to another to take pictures of all of it.

But..... I was able to sneek in a few of the more mention worthy piece done today.
Mehdi did some work on Frank's little Yama.





Frank is also the guy that produces our trademark single piece tubes. Milled out of single pieces of high grade stainless steel which are pretty awesome and easy to clean so keep your eye out for them.


Stay tuned for updates on the Yama backpiece.

Tim

tim, originally uploaded by Tony @ 'Kirituhi Tattoo'.

This was Tim's second session, to complete the fill work and shading.

Brendan

Brendan, originally uploaded by Tony @ 'Kirituhi Tattoo'.

second session saw the completion of this Half leg Kirituhi design.

BET Atlanta Lifestyle Video....featuring Miya Bailey

Just a video BET did before their Hip-Hop Award show...they popped up on me when I was about to start a tattoo...

My Film Project "Pain & Tears"

I'm at the stage of my life where I want to be known for being more that just a tattoo artist....I want to show the world ALL of my vision...from books, paintings, fashion, and FILMS...the reason I'm in DC right now is to work on my film project... I hooked up with my homeboy, AJ who did my Vimby video interview because I'm a big fan of his camera work... I drew out some story boards and he can see my vision so it feels like a perfect team...this film is about the struggles and lifestyle of black tattoo artists in america.... They are not a lot of TRAINED professional tattoo artists who stay in own community to serve own people... A lot of them move on because the money is wayyy better when your dealing with a clientele that has a respect and knowledge of this art form we call "Tattooing" I want to show all sides of tattooing... How we never see our children, how our relationships suffers because we don't see our mates....how we don't have a social life outside of the tattoo shop.... When we get off work everyone is sleep so it's always lonely nights... How our own people will still go to tattoo parties, tattooist who dont even understand black skin (lie and say you can't get colors) and scratchers with no professional training to get tattooed because they are CHEAPER when we spend YEARS training to serve the people....these days of filming were VERY emotional... Lots of tears and pain.... The people HAVE to know what tattoo artists go through and how important it really is to support TRAINED black artists in this industry...these tattoo parties, home call scratchers, and the leak of respect for tattooing just for money is really hurting our industry... "Understanding" will be born... And after you see this film I PROMISE...you it will understand why I have to retire and help my fellow tattoo artists teach the people about this ART we call
"tattooing" after this film I will see where I will stand in the tattoo business...if the people don't care about the struggles I see my fellow artists go through daily.. I will forever put down the needle... And won't return to tattooing...and the scratchers can have it...


Posted from my iPhone

Patience Young Grasshopper

Today was a lazy day, yesterday was queensday over here so today everybody was hungover and tired.

Nothing spectacular happend on this side of the fence.



Except for "Young Grasshopper Willem", our apprentice who had time to work on his brother.
It's always great to see how people evolve and get better at what they do. Looking at a year ago, what they did then and seeing the progress that was made and all the effort that was punt into getting better is truely inspiring.

Makes me curious to what the future holds for us.

alexh1

alexh1, originally uploaded by Tony @ 'Kirituhi Tattoo'.

The second piece for Alex, Polynesian inspired trip tick design.