Given their DIY-like nature, the thought of getting a stick-and-poke tattoo might sound a little off-putting for some, but there are actually plenty of pros out there who specialize in providing this ...

Puzzles, tie-dyeing, baking banana bread—if we’ve learned anything from social media, it’s that we’re picking up all sorts of new hobbies. We didn’t expect stick-and-poke tattoos to quickly top that ...

The sun is just beginning to drop toward the horizon when Taylor Elyse Compton meets me at the front of her Yucca Valley studio. Located in a collective that includes floral stylist The Bloomin Gypsy, ...

About this time last year Madie Ley did something daring. Or foolish depending on whom you ask. She lay on a couch while a friend gently stuck a sewing needle dipped in ink into her arm. Over and over ...

If you’ve ever been to a scuzzy punk party, you probably have at least one beer-soaked memory of watching someone carving a stick 'n' poke into their friend’s forearm. The process typically involves a ...

The tattoo industry has a history of catering to a community outside the mainstream, but until recently, that community of outsiders has looked fairly homogenous (read: white and male). Tea Leigh, a ...

While machine tattooing is considered the norm in the tattoo industry, another tattooing technique—the “stick-and-poke” method—is becoming increasingly popular. There are some similarities and ...

Dot by dot, Rachel Paton’s tattoo art is a lesson in the beauty of patience. The hand-poke tattooer adheres her work to clients’ bodies using the no-machine-necessary stick-and-poke process. Paton’s ...

Tattoos are more common than you may think. Recent statistics suggest that over 35% of men and women in the U.S. over the age of 18 have at least one piece of ink tattooed somewhere on their body.