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Catalogue

Portfolio

Fifteen pieces in four rooms, from the studio on Ochtruper Straße. Every piece has its own number and its own page.

Style
Placement

Room I

Dot

Shading from single points. The denser, the darker.

  • Black-and-grey tattoo on an upper arm: a geisha seen from behind, with dotwork shading on her skin and large peony leaves below.
    Cat. 01

    Geisha with peony

    Upper arm
    Dotwork, Black & grey, Linework    RIOT’s caption for this piece: “Pretty, but make it dangerous.”
  • Tattoo on a forearm: a woman with curls and tears holds a laughing mask with hollow eyes in front of her face, shaded in dots.
    Cat. 02

    Woman behind a mask

    Forearm
    Dotwork, Black & grey
  • Tattoo on an upper arm: a monkey with heavy eyelids, hoodie and sneakers sits on graffiti letters, black with blue accents.
    Cat. 03

    Monkey in sneakers

    Upper arm
    Dotwork, Blackwork, Lettering
  • Tattoo on an arm: a lion’s head looking up, fully shaded in dots, with ornate swirls above and below and a row of numbers along the side.
    Cat. 04

    Lion in dots

    Arm
    Dotwork, Black & grey, Lettering

Room II

Black

Solid fields and hard edges that hold up from a distance.

  • Black-and-grey sleeve: a compass on a map, a palm leaf in solid black, a hand of cards, a roulette rim with numbers and dice.
    Cat. 05

    Compass, cards, roulette

    Sleeve
    Blackwork, Black & grey, Dotwork
  • Chest piece in black: a moth with moons on its wings, roses on the collarbones and a crescent moon below. Two hands cover the breasts.
    Cat. 06

    Moth

    Chest
    Blackwork, Linework
  • Back piece: a snowy owl with wings spread wide and a fixed stare in black and grey, with a halo above its head and large black tribal shapes that taper to a point below.
    Cat. 07

    Owl with halo

    Back
    Blackwork, Black & grey
  • Tattoo on a thigh and hip: an eagle’s head with a sharp gaze and a wing folded downwards in black and grey, framed by broad black strokes with splatters.
    Cat. 08

    Eagle

    Thigh
    Blackwork, Black & grey
  • Tattoo on a thigh: a woman with braids and earrings in an ornate oval frame, with a flower at the bottom right.
    Cat. 09

    Portrait in an ornate frame

    Thigh
    Black & grey, Linework

Room III

Skin

Faces, gradients and colour.

  • Two calves side by side: on the left a woman with big eyes and curls above black-and-white ornament, on the right a realistic portrait of a woman with earrings above black ornament.
    Cat. 10

    Two faces

    Calves
    Realism, Blackwork, Black & grey
  • Realistic lion’s head on an upper arm, in black and grey, with a flowing mane, a crown of black ornaments on the shoulder and black ornament down to the elbow.
    Cat. 11

    Lion with crown

    Upper arm
    Realism, Black & grey, Blackwork
  • Tattoo on an upper arm: a woman’s face with heavy lashes and dark lips, surrounded by large chrysanthemum petals and long black lines, in black and grey.
    Cat. 12

    Woman with chrysanthemum

    Upper arm
    Black & grey, Blackwork, Linework

Room IV

In the making

Work still on its way, or fresh out of the session.

  • Black-and-white photo during a session: two tattoo artists in black gloves work together on a cover-up on a back. The sketch is still visible next to the first black fields.
    Cat. 13

    Cover-up, mid-session

    Back
    Cover-up, Black & grey    Collaboration with @anastasiaswarts.
  • A bare back in the studio with large calligraphic letters and a shaded image, freshly done.
    Cat. 14

    Back piece with lettering

    Back
    Lettering, Black & grey
  • Two thighs side by side: on the left a dark, fully shaded wolf with amber eyes, on the right a wolf with mountains and pines in open linework.
    Cat. 15

    Two wolves

    Thighs
    Black & grey, Linework

Register

Cat.TitlePlacementStyle
01Geisha with peonyUpper armDotwork, Black & grey, Linework
02Woman behind a maskForearmDotwork, Black & grey
03Monkey in sneakersUpper armDotwork, Blackwork, Lettering
04Lion in dotsArmDotwork, Black & grey, Lettering
05Compass, cards, rouletteSleeveBlackwork, Black & grey, Dotwork
06MothChestBlackwork, Linework
07Owl with haloBackBlackwork, Black & grey
08EagleThighBlackwork, Black & grey
09Portrait in an ornate frameThighBlack & grey, Linework
10Two facesCalvesRealism, Blackwork, Black & grey
11Lion with crownUpper armRealism, Black & grey, Blackwork
12Woman with chrysanthemumUpper armBlack & grey, Blackwork, Linework
13Cover-up, mid-sessionBackCover-up, Black & grey
14Back piece with letteringBackLettering, Black & grey
15Two wolvesThighsBlack & grey, Linework

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