Archive: Kirituhi

Ink Kings Studios – The New Home of Kirituhi Tattoo’s

Tony Unwin, owner of Kirituhi Tattoo’s, has moved to a new larger studio. This new studio of his is called Ink Kings Studios. The studios are still based in Ilkeston, and is available for bookings now. You can follow them on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/InkKingsStudios

Kirituhi Tattoo at the Great British Tattoo Show

This years Great British Tattoo Show, held at Olympia, London on the 21st and 22nd of April 2012 looks set to be amazing. I will be going along but won’t be getting any work done due to financial commitments, but that doesn’t mean you can’t!

Tony Unwin from Kirituhi Tattoo will be there and available for work. Tony is the UK’s only dedicated maori, polynesian, samoan and hawiian tattau artist. He did my forearm sleeve and one day will complete my arm.

Tony opens new Kirituhi Tattoo Studio

Tony, from Kirituhi Tattoo, has opened a new studio in Ilkeston. This studio is now open to the public, and is the UK’s only dedicated maori, polynesian, samoan and hawaiian tatau.

You will find the studio at 375 Nottingham Rd, Ilkeston, DE7 5BB.

Before and After Touchup

These are the before and after shots of my Kirituhi tattoo on my forearm. Kneill from Paradise Tattoo did a fantastic job of sorting it out for me. I needed the touchup due to a couple of reasons. Firstly there was a problem during the inking, I don’t think the kit was on the right setting for some of it. Secondly I left my new tattoo out in the sun for way too long before it healed. This made it fade quickly, which was very noticable. You would think after 8 tattoo’s I would have known how to look after them… I do now!

More Kirituhi Tattoo Design Ideas

Its been a year since I first posted about searching for Kirituhi (Maori inspired skin art) Tattoo designs, since then I have had my lower left arm sleeve tattoo’d and more recently touched up to correct a few problems. My blog has received so many new visitors, mainly people looking for Kirituhi tattoo designs on Google. It seems it is a very popular style of tattoo, and for some reason my site, or mainly my first post, rates well in Google and other image search engines.

I always keep my eyes open for designs that inspire me, as I want to continue my Kirituhi design up my arm and onto my shoulder and chest. In my search I found a blog with the image to the left: http://andymatic.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225203d4b8fdb00f48ce85e790003.html

What I really like about it is the way it spirals up into the shoulder, this is what I would like with mine. My only problem is that I currently have an Ohm tattoo on my chest, and a tribal tattoo on my shoulder that I really like. I am going to have a chat with Tony Unwin, the tattooist who did my Kirituhi sleeve, and see if he can come up with a design for me.

In the mean time I will keep looking, and keep getting inspired. If anyone fancies leaving links to other sites that feature some great inspiring Kirituhi tattoo designs, please do!