Tattoo Life Magazine 145

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In this issue meet our cover girl Melty: there are lots of little stories all over her body, as she has always found a lot of beauty in the simple things in life. She is also a tattooist, ‘The Mel’ting-pot Tattoo Shop’ is her Instagram page name (@meltingpot.tattoo) that at the moment hasn’t yet found a permanent home because she dreams this shop to be a little more than a traditional tattoo shop.

Frederico Rabelo tells us about his work which is known for his use of black and Dark imagery. His work is the fruit of a process which began at school and continued with his personal journey in the visual arts which brought him to Realism and painting. Then he arrived at tattoo which for him represented a broadening of horizons where the body becomes the lynchpin on which his art turns and finds its identity.

We meet Lorena Borges, aka Fiori Lorett, creative by birth and tattooist by choice, now in Mallorca, who connects herself with nature and to the human figure to create her subjects so closed to Art Nouveau style and mytological characters.

Dan Molloy from Perth shows us his full ‘kame-no-koh’ (mid-thigh cleavage) backs created in the traditional Japanese style.

We’re in Thessaloniki, a Greek city renowned for its multicultural, international spirit. This is where we find Dirty Roses, opened by Kostas Tzikalagias 14 years ago, who is waiting for us with the current members of the crew: Alex Gotza, Rasel, Rino, Dinos and Vasilis.

We go to Las Vegas at Smiles n Cries Tattoo to meet Nixx a well-known tattooist originally from Australia, renowned for his work in the Chicano style, owner of the shop with his wife Sabina Kelley.