Tattooing is more than a trade. It’s a craft, a culture, and an evolving industry.

Notes On Tattooing essays explore the realities of modern tattooing — how the craft shifts through economic change, technology and the need for artistic independence.

Some pieces are observations from inside the industry. Others reflect on making work that lasts and some are taken from my regular column in Total Tattoo magazine. Together, they form an ongoing conversation, grounded in experience, opinion and practice about where tattooing has been, and where it might be going next.