In Part one I have my first session at Side Show Tattoos in Georgetown Ontario. Rachel Telles shows me around her shop and answers some of my questions regarding the health and safety issues of tattooing. Rachel begins the Japanese tattoo on my forearm.
Public awareness documentary about the Canadian tattoo industry and it’s lack of regulations to protect the public from a pandemic of blood-borne deceases. We need to make our voices heard to the politicians. If you are looking to get some tattoo work done please watch this, there might be some info you weren’t aware of!
Traditional irezumi is still done by specialist tattooists, but it is painful, time-consuming and expensive a typical traditional body suit covering the arms, back, upper legs and chest, but leaving an untattooed space down the center of the body can take one to five years of weekly visits to complete and cost in excess of US$30,000