Time Is Nothing

This is sy‘s new tattoo.

The tattoo is actually my favorite quote from my favorite book: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
It was designed free hand by my tattoo artist.

Understood

This tattoo belongs to Bookman.

“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”

― George Orwell, 1984

Deep Roots Are Not Reached By The Frost

This was submitted by Ashley.

This is one of the last tattoos that I am doing in my training phase of being a tattoo artist. This Tolkein quote is on one of my very best friends, Kathryn :)

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

- J.R.R. Tolkien

Chortle

This belongs to Jennifer P.

My favorite word ever. Not only is it something I regular do in my daily life, I just love the idea that Lewis Carroll made it up. Who doesn’t want to coin their own word? Also, right after I got it finished the first thing I said is “I have to upload this to contariwise!”

chor·tle
/ˈCHôrtl/
Verb
Laugh in a breathy, gleeful way

Stay Gold

This belongs to Megan.

This is a reminder to myself to not let the world get me down. I have a lot ahead of me and so much life to experience. And this is my reminder to make sure I enjoy every minute of it and live it to the fullest.

“Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold.”

― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

Merry Christmas!

Yes, it is indeed time for that post!

We hope you all are having a great Christmas, wherever and however you're celebrating it, and we'd like to thank all of our wonderful friends and clients your continued support, and for making this a great year.
That's it, that's as holiday sentimental as it's gonna get!

Now, please enjoy this happy Christmas memory from our most recent trip to our cabin in the alps.

Lots of love from Allan, Flora Amalie, Matthew, Wendy and Lucifer!

Bookings and tattooey goodness

Hey there, a quick little booking update before the inevitable "Merry Christmas" post!

Matthew has taken most of December off to work on some non-tattoo related projects, mainly his paintings (follow him on instagram to see regular updates), but he is now booking for January and February and so is Wendy.
Some dates are already booked, of course, so hurry up and write them to secure the date you want now!

For booking with Wendy, send your ideas/placement/size/when you'd like to get tattooed to wendy_p@live.com.au, and to book with Matthew, send your ideas/placement/size/when you'd like to get tattooed to matthewgordon@live.com.au.
Easy as that!

And here are a few examples of their always awesome work, this time from actual cameras and not just our crappy phones.  
I know, i spoil you!

Tattoo by Matthew Gordon

Tattoo by Wendy Pham

Tattoo by Matthew Gordon

Tattoo by Wendy Pham

Tattoo by Matthew Gordon

Tattoo by Wendy Pham