people were shocked
about female tattooers. I think that it’s a
little high drama, obviously, but the more
female tattooers that
are put out there on
the network, national
or international tv
level and especially
talented female tattooers it’s great for all
of us. We all benefit
from it and all females
benefit from it for
sure. It’s a good thing
definitely.
What artists inspire
you?
Of course my coworkers, they’re all really
talented. I happen to
work in a really great
shop where everyone there is killing it
and we all kind of do our own thing so we all are inspiring to each other. I’m
lucky for that. Aside from that, I would say that there’s a lot of female tattooers that are inspiring to me. Most of the time when I’m looking up references
for tattoos, I’m looking at other female tattooers. I really like Rose Hardy, I
love her stuff. There’s a female tattooer named Savannah Colleen that’s at
Ink and Dagger. Emily Rose Murray, she’s one of my favorite female tattooers. Annie Frenzel was doing amazing things like several years ago. She
was definitely a neo traditional pioneer for sure. Shanghai Kate is inspiring
to me. I love that she will still tattoo folks and she’s still making a living off
doing tattoos on people, that’s cool. I’ve been tattooed by a lot of people
that have been inspiring to me, but I really find that the fem