LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) - An East Texas tattoo shop is going back to the basics with their old school take on the age old practice. The tattoo artists at Black Spot Tattoo Company solely use the hand-poke ...

While many people associate tattooing with the whirring, buzzing sound of a mechanical machine, tattooing can actually be a silent experience. Such is true for a method known as stick-and-poke. As the ...

(WBIR-West Knoxville) It's a studio where you won't get a manicure or massage."We have a very spa-like environment. We try to be more relaxing and a little bit more calming than other studios can be," ...

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 ...

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.

The first tattoo Summer Orr ever did was of a bunny on her ex-boyfriend's rib cage sophomore year of high school. She did it with a Bic pen and a sewing needle in the bedroom of his Sun Valley home.

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, ...

Having tattoos is traditionally associated with being tough. In pop culture, full sleeves of ink are used to emphasize that the character you're watching or reading about is definitely no conformist ...

On a hot July evening when I was 18 years old, I lay naked from the waist up on the hardwood floor of a home studio. My back was sticky with sweat, and I could feel the beat of rhythmic music through ...

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 ...