In progress - another completely freehand traditional hand Polynesian tattoo done at primitive tattoo Perth, inspired Polynesian tattoo.
Showing posts with label Traditional Hand Tattoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Traditional Hand Tattoo. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
A Great Iban Leader - Penghulu Legan
While browsing through Downunder tattoo art issue #37, I came across this image. This amazing man is Penghulu Legan, the main man in charge of various longhouse chiefs in Skrang River , Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. The Iban in this river also participated in head hunting raids in WW2. Almost all the older men had the full body Iban tattoos, rarely seen in Borneo now. Iban tattoos is one of the most common of tribal tattoos in the last 2 decades, commonly known as "bunga terong" the eggplant flower design rosettes are seen tattooed all around the world on both front of shoulders. It is through him, Penghulu Legan, that I had been given authority to use traditional Iban hand tapping tattoo method known as "Pantang Iban" and Iban traditional designs in '97. He is one of my earlier mentors and through him I officially started my traditional hand tattooing career before using machines. My roots will always be in traditional tattooing art. More images can be seen in the travel tab of www.primitivetattoo.com
Penghulu Legan ,you will always be in my mind and with deepest respect.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Polynesian Hand Tattoo by Marc Pinto
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Polynesian Traditional Hand Tattooing by Sulu'ape Mo'o
Tattoo masters in the Polynesian culture holds one of the most important yet crucial role in arts because they themselves bear themselves the meaning of what they do ( that includes symbols and motifs) and they certainly know how to combine them to create meaningful creation of artwork to each person.
Since Polynesia consists of islands and mostly surrounded with water, the most common tattoo designs are sea creatures and the ocean. It depicts symbols like sharks, sea urchins and mantas , waves and many more. This is because the ocean is their primary source of living, a legacy from their ancestors and Polynesian regards the ocean as their final destination and even the world beyond death.
These images attached are from a very good friend Sulu'ape Mo'o aka Pili Mo'o
Monday, March 31, 2014
Freehand Traditional Hand Tattoo
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Jordan's leaves with a mark!
Jordan Mamolla the Italian tattoo artist completed his term here at Primitive Tattoo Perth leave with Marc's personal mark. Traditionally hand tattooed by Marc Pinto
We thank Jordan for his hardworking ethics and late night, a result of pure passion and dedication to the art of tattooing.
Grazie Mille
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Monday, July 19, 2010
Traditional Hand Tattoo
Here is another traditional hand tattoo done by Marc Pinto on Steven Partridge. Marc specializes in various forms of traditional tattoos and he used the Japanese 'Tebori' method for this tattoo.
If you would like a traditional hand tattoo or need more information about this ancient art form, email Marc at tattoo@marcpinto.com.Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Traditional Hand Tattoo by Marc Pinto
Marc Pinto recently did this traditional hand tattoo at his studio in Perth, Australia...
If you would like to get inked by Marc, you can find all the information you need on the sidebar to your right.
If you would like to get inked by Marc, you can find all the information you need on the sidebar to your right.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Traditional Hand Tattoo Video
Here is another video of Marc Pinto doing a traditional hand tattoo. This video was taken while Marc was tattooing at the Singapore Tattoo Show earlier this year...
Traditional Hand Tattoo Video
In the video below, Marc Pinto does a traditional hand tattoo on our guest artist Francesca. Tattoos done the traditional way is an ancient art form that dates back to 18th century. The style of tattooing featured in this video is of Japanese heritage and it's called 'Tebori'.
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