A Tattoo Journey Researched & Written by Carmen Nyssen The ‘Tattoo Journey’ ahead is a sampling of the early twentieth-century tattoo artist travels that so significantly shaped the craft and trade of tattooing. In an era when sailing vessels were […]
Walter M. Lyons, Tattooer Researched & Written by Carmen Nyssen Born: 1872 in Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaDied: 2 Dec 1952 in Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaBurial: South Brisbane Cemetery, Plot 4B Although of foreign origin, Prof. Walter Maurice Lyons was one of America’s early West Coast […]
Tales of Tattoo Wars and Troublemakers Researched & Written by Carmen Forquer Nyssen Once upon a time in the tattoo trade, when local authorities governed more by random circumstance than regulation, tattoo artists worked under a whole different set of […]
