Old Japanese photos of irezumi

We thought we want to share some really cool old photos from Japan, early ca 1900-1930

The tattooartists are unknown and long gone, but the photos remains!

True piece of art and proud craftmanship, this is the real thing, uncut!

Enjoy!

 Unknown Tattoo-artist, ca 1900, Japan

Unknown Tattoo-Artist, ca 1900, Japan

Tattoo-Artist unknown, 1995, Japan

ca 1900, Japan

Shoko Tendo, Writer of the book 'Yakuza Moon', Tokyo, Japan, 2000

Tattooed man in the red-light district of Tokyo, Kabuki-cho, ca 1950

Tonys friend Chiaki at work, Japan, 2005

I hope you all get inspired by these beautiful photos and can feel the pride, patience, dedication

 and amount of work that is behind creating these beautiful pieces,

Its a prefect example of that tattooing is NOT a fashion-thing, if we choose

designs and placement wisely, Go BIG is the keyword! 

  Enjoy!

Latest acrylic painting by Alex....and added link to our friends in Taiwan...East Tattoo

The latest acrylic painting by Alex!

"Passage"  Acrylic on Canvas by Alex, Feb 2012

We also added a link to our friends in Taiwan, East tattoo!

Check them out!  They are doing fantastic work!  You can find it in our link-section to the right of the page!

Enjoy and get inspired!!

Winter, snowboard and Tattoos

A very cool piece in progress by Alex,

Snowboard-theme sleeve!  Fits perfect now here in the frozen north!

Enjoy!

2012- We are all back in the shop from holidays and travels!

We are now all back in the shop working, after the holidays and travelling,

2012 is the year of the dragon, so first out is a photo of Alex working on a very nice dragon-backpiece!

Tattoo-artist Ivo has also visited us, and stayed in Sweden for a weeks,

getting some work by Alex, that they started last spring at the Copenhagen Inkfest convention!

Ivo getting tattooed!

Close-up photos of Ivo's incredible back tattooed by Alex!

The front is also tattooed by Alex for many years ago, looks very nice!!

Tony and Elin has been travelling in south-east Asia, Thailand and Bali, Indonesia,

getting some buddhistic protection tattoos by hand, and visit some fellow tattoo-artists and shops!

Here are some random photos, nice escape from the swedish winter-cold!

Elin, Si and Tony at Jay´s Tapear Tattoo shop on Phi Phi Island

Inside the Tapear Tattoo Shop on Phi Phi

Beautiful Thailand

The Art of Bali, Indonesia, what an incredible island!

Tony tattooing tattoo-artist Bow in their local tattoo-place up in the mountains in Thailand!

Very primitive, but cool place, with alot of art and artists living together!

This is as far we came this time, we continue next winter!

Lazy January day in Thailand, far from snow and ice!

Andreas has been very busy on some really nice big pieces, here comes a few of them,

Andreas at work on a japanese back-piece!

 Some nice script by Andreas, Smile Now, Cry Later...

 First session on a traditional japanese piece, by Andreas

 Dragon-koi sleeve, by Andreas

 Mattias legs, by Andreas

A cool full-sleeve, Fudo Moyo's sword with a dragon wrapping around it, in progress by Andreas

Elin has also been busy since she came back from the travels, painting and tattooing!

She is in the process of doing a series of paintings in ink, graphic designs!

Prints will soon be avaiable for sale!  check out for more info or call the shop at 0413-21360

Elins paintings!

...and some new tattoos from Elin!

For more updates..please check our facebook page, Tattooworld Höör

We will also be attending and working at Harley Davidson ProBike Helsingborg 24-25 March for the spring meeting!  If you are near that area, drop in and say hello to us and check out some cool bikes!   See you there!

Elin will be attending the yearly female tattoo-convention in norrahammar, Jönköping this coming weekend!

Elin will be working at this convention the upcoming weekend! If you are in the area, drop in and say hi to her or get a cool tattoo! Its in Norrahammar, Jönköping! Interesting yearly convention just for female tattoo-artists! So Alex, andreas and myself are not allowed, we contain too much testosterone!! :) 

Click on the link for more info!

www.femaletattooart.se

Our own happy Elin in the clients-chair!

Today it was time for Elin to change her seat into the clients-chair!

Happy as always, the tattoo went easy and beautiful,

Alex did a really nice butterfly with cherry-blossoms in the background!

Not only a beautiful design, but it also has a symbolic value in Japan,

The butterfly is a common design to express freedom,

the cherry-blossoms are japans most loved flower and is the symbol for love and sensitiveness,

they just bloom for a week and is therefore a reminder of that all beauty in life can be very short and intense!   They suit Elin very well..both design-wise and symbolic!

Enjoy!

Elin getting tattooed by Alex!

Getting there....

Done for today!  This was just a short session, Colours next time!

Stay tuned!

Some mixed stuff!

Its getting autumn here and the days get colder and gray,

Now its the time to get those large in-progress tattoos finnished!

Here is a few photos of the latest works from our part of the hood!

 Koi-fish on the stomach tattooed by Alex,

This guy, jimmy, also got his back tattooed by Tony for about 5 years ago,

 Tonys work, 2006

And some nice Hannya-chest by Andreas,

 ..and Koi arm on the same client,

...and some beautiful peony-flowers on a woman by Elin,

...finally some photos of Alex airbrush-work and sculptures,  they are not new, but we found them in the files here, so we like to share...they look awsome!  Enjoy!

Mini-sculptures and airbrush-work by Alex