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Greetings, people of the internet! I’m Livia Michael and I am so stoked to be Scott Glazier’s newest apprentice at Speakeasy Tattoo in Los Angeles. I’m originally from a small town called Boone in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. Ever since I was young, I’ve been committed to the arts. Whether it was painting, sketching, making ceramics, taking dance lessons, or performing in musicals, I was always doing something creative. I studied Theatre Performance at Interl

As you may have noticed I have been sending weekly blogs your way for the past seven or so months. It has been my pleasure to find interesting things about tattooing and share my findings with you all. Some of my favorites have been the more historical ones such as Ancient Egyptian tattoos, Maori tattoos and Yakuza tattoos.  After seven or so months into my journey as a tattoo apprentice I have learned about everything from the History of Tramp stamps to what is inside tatto

Hello! I am learning all I can about tattooing here at Speakeasy Tattoo in Los Angeles California. This week brought me to a simple question, what is in tattoo ink? I’ve wondered this for a while and know that different cultures use different types of pigmentation but today I’ll be diving into some of the more commercial inks and what they consist of.  Ancient Polynesian Tattoo practices used all natural materials to create their body artwork. “The ink was produced from char