Hi, welcome to the blog. I'll start off with some new tattoos, then some photos around the house, neighborhood, out in nature, then back to the neighbourhood. Enjoy!
I was so happy to get to do this big axe and spruce bough tattoo last week. To me this is totally the sort of image that makes a great tattoo. It has a really specific meaning to the wearer, but probably a lot of people who see it will be reminded of similar experiences in their own lives. This shared nostalgia and gratitude is something i think is really endearing in a tattoo, the tattoo ends up being a way that we are bound to one another, and show how we have shared experiences.
The classic crawling panther, chosen from the wall of flash at Ritual Winnipeg where you can find me.
I was grateful that this client requested specifically a garter snake tattoo. I was able to go through my photos of the Snake Dens at narcisse and make the custom tattoo from my own photographic reference.
At Ritual... we love Goose!
Spider plant around an existing tattoo, on a great old client!
And finally a really special one for an old client and coworker, thanks Alyssa!
A little rooster tattoo for an old client, I love this kind of design.
If you'd like to discuss your tattoo ideas or book an appointment, email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com for bookings. I'm always taking new clients, am happy to do custom work or flash, big or small!
I'm working on a new painting right now, a little different from my usual flash paintings... could be a tattoo, but more of a meditative, house-decoration kind of piece. I recon i'll endeavor to make prints of this one.
You can find me at Ritual Winnipeg ( www.ritualwinnipeg.com ) Tuesday-Friday, 10-6. I opened the studio just about two years ago and I'm so proud of it, thanks to al the great artists who some work with me, and all the wonderful clients that make up the fabric of the place.
I finally found a used copy of this one, I've literally wanted to read it for probably 15 years...
Been shooting film lately...
It's raspberry week down at my place, the patch has been so productive, I bet we got ten full bowls this year so far.
This is one of my favourite photos i've shot in a while, my neighbours probably had a field day watching me roll around in the garden to get it.
For the non--skateboarders, this is a photograph of the Back handrail at the Woodsworth building in downtown Winnipeg. This rail has been heavily skated for over thirty years and is a real bucket-list, rite of passage, proving ground spot for skateboarders of a certain type.
I appears that the whole upper landing of the building is slated to be renovated, and so maybe the rails will end up being replaced, this is a big deal to us! I'm exceedingly proud to have gotten a particular trick on this rail before anyone else one time, and also to have grinded the rail shown below.
Will this be the end of an era? I recon we'll never see rails as good as these again. It seems that modern building code must include kinks at the bottoms of the rails, because almost all new rails have them. And also, most new rails end up made of Stainless steel, which is junk for skateboarding compared to old painted steel.
Some hectic action on the block maybe?!?
Thank you so much for checking out my blog. I hope it finds you well, like I mentioned earlier, drop me a line any time with your tattoo inquiries, bram_adey@hotmail.com is always the way.
Sincerely,
Bram
