Late June - Early July 2025 - Tattoos, Opapiskaw, Pine Point, The Spirit Sands, and the roses and Lillies in bloom.

 

Hi, thanks for stopping by the blog.  My Name is Bram, and I'm a tattooer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. here are a few new tattoos and photos around the studio from the last few weeks, a few photos from around the province, and a couple shots from the Winnipeg Folk Fest this last weekend.

A well-healed tattoo of a Peregrine Falcon perched on a bollard.  Scenes that you may see out the window of your parents car when you were young is a theme I really enjoy, power-lines, blackbirds in the reeds, things like that, I love.

A hummingbird moth for a new client, memories of childhood.

A Red Squirrel.

Great Grey Owl

This is a detail of a full-arm project, I recon we'll complete it in the next month or so.  If you have a simple nature theme you'd like to explore in large scale as a tattoo, don't be shy to run your idea by me, I'd be glad to do more large scale stuff.

A cheeky little duck tattoo...

"Photo 51", celebrating women's achievements in science despite men's tendency to act stupid...

A well-healed Swallowtail Butterfly among clusters of flowers, one of my favourite tattoos ever.

Healed Chickadee on a pine bough, another personal favourite.

Prairie Crocuses.  I drew this design from life at the Narcisse Snake dens a couple years back, I'm always happy to play with the Prairie Crocus.

If you scroll back in my posts, you'll find a post of "Available designs", showcasing many of the designs I have available to be tattooed.  I'm always adding to this collection, and am also happy to make custom tattoos.  Email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com with any booking inquiries.

This is my apprentice Myes at work.  Her work is inspired by Tradition wester tattooing of the late 19th and early 20th century, Americana and Japanese themes abound, classy, timeless!  ladymyesxoxo@gmail.com

My Coworker Doxthrasher doing what they do best, three back-to-back days to make a freehand backpiece for a dedicated old client.  doxthrasher@protonmail.com

My coworker Ruth with a little crystal tattoo a few weeks ago, fun, whimsical designs, delicate and light hearted. ruthmtattoo@gmail.com

All of these colour photos were taken at my studio Ritual Winnipeg, I'm so happy with how the studio has shaped up this last year and a half.  We have a great little crew who I'm so inspired by and excited to spend my weeks with.  Visit our website, www.ritualwinnipeg.com to see everyone's work.

You can find me in-studio Tuesday-Friday, 10-6, at:

70 Arthur St - Unit 420

Winnipeg, Manitoba

I went and checked out the Spirit Sands with my younger one.  It had been a while...

Last summer got gobbled up by having just opened Ritual, so this year I've been really enjoying getting out and about in the province, so much getting out... 

Out at the big lake...

On the Brokenhead interpretive trail, the Lady slippers were going off!  I've been to this spot a bunch of times, but never in the heat of summer, I was glad we went!

Opapiskaw in the Whiteshell.

Pine Point

One of my favourite places.

Pileated Woodpecker

Red-Sided Garter Snake

Fred Penner

Hurray for the Riff Raff

And my absolute favourite, Gillian Welch

From Downtown...

...to the West End.

Thanks a lot for checking out the blog.  Send me an email if you'd like to come for a tattoo, feel free to check out my instagram, @bramadey for more tattoo content, or my photography instagram, @this_is_bram_adey for more photos.

Late-March, early-April - 2025 - Tattoos, The Studio, The Neighbourhood, and Ecuador

 

Hello, welcome back to the blog, enjoy some new photos of Tattoos, the studio, Around my neighborhood and even a few scanned negatives of my trip to Ecuador in 2006.

I'm always taking new clients and booking tattoos, so don't be shy, Email bram_adey@hotmail.com for tattoos. 

I couldnt be more pleased with how this chickadee tattoo from my book of flash fit in with my frient and apprentice Jade's tattoo of these lovely four pedal'd flowers.  Really shows how a community of tattooers can be working together to make some great compositions.

Another tattoo from my book of flash, Chipmunks, Squirrels, love that stuff.

I haven't made cards in a good long while, but I did, feels good.

A simple pair of plant tattoos, I think we were shooting for Aspen and Basswood when we made these, I could be mistaken, but either way, I think they're a classy pair.

Black capped chickadee tattoo.

This is such a funny, random tattoo, but this pair of bowling pins, I think, turned out real good... 

I am proud to have made this lovely back-piece of a loon swimming and flying some time back.  It's a real trip to be making bigger work like this.

I've been digging into swallowtails and goldenrod lately, sometimes both at the same time.  Please do email me if you're looking for a tattoo of either or both of these images or any other local flora and fauna, that's really where my heart's at, ya know?

Oh, and not to mention this owl design!  It's based on that taxidermy'd snowy owl in the manitoba museum, you know the one, you turn the corner and BAM! there is it, big full wings spread snowy owl leaping out at you.  Anyhow... if you're looking for an owl chest tattoo... I'm just an email away.

Thanks again for looking, my books are always open, and I'm always taking new clients, so don't be shy with your tattoo inquiries.  Email bram_adey@hotmail.com for tattoos. 

Tuesday-Friday you can find me at my studio, Ritual Winnipeg, in the exchange district from 10am-6pm.  Stop by to say hi, check out the space and peruse my extensive flash collection.

Ezra at work...

...doing wild Ezra things!

My Apprentice Myes has been getting busy tattooing, I'm super excited to watch her connect with all her clients.

The Cowboy.

Brit Cornel has been out for the last few weeks, I love their work, definitely check it out if you've neveer seen it. 

A great tattoo of Jeff Buckley by Dasha at House of Saturn... 

And Alyssa is settling in at the studio.  

Thanks to these and all the other great artists who i get to work with every day, thanks so much y'all!  check out the shop instagram to see everyone's work and to see who's guesting etc... 

Spring is in the air, and i'm pretty hyped to get out and do some wildlife photography.  It's funny, i was so inspired to shoot street stuff when the weather was so treacherously cold, but my interest has completely waned... and I only want to shoot tattoos and wildlife... funny how that goes.

Who wants the over-to-lip?

And this thing... Where are my tailslide-flip-out'ers?

Such a cool ledge.

Maybe the last good snow of the year, and it was an absolute doozy!

The Homies are back!

And these last few area some film scans of my time in Ecuador in 2006.

Thanks again for looking, and again, email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com for tattoo bookings.