Hi, welcome back to the blog. I'm going to keep with the format I've been using for the last few posts, tattoos, studio, then street stuff to finish it off.
This heron tattoo is a few years healed now, four or five I recon.
On that same client we did this set of knuckle tattoos a while back as well. Looking back, this is such an iconic set for someone from these parts; Cattail, Wheat, Feather, Pine tree.
Then I did this full set of knuckle tattoos on a new client. We reworked an old, pretty busted piece they already had, then put on the full set. Some of the notable symbols include the "ma" and "pa" syllables that resemble a stylized hammer and butterfly, A table, meant to invite prosperity "that you will always have to eat". a seed, and a sun, that could also symbolize many other things including the inner and outer lives, or a woman bearing child.
details
This one is quite dark, please do click on the image to expand it to see the details.
A recently healed elbow. Peonies.
Some wild roses from my book of available designs.
I'm proud to have freehanded this snake tattoo on an old client.
I have tattooed this client many times, this lettering might have been the first time, the rabbit head is more recent, a couple years ago or so I recon.
And another healed one, a snake from some years back.
The only way.
Ten years ago or so, I was spending a bunch of time researching signs and symbols, early languages and pictographs. I put together a big set of them, and made a 'zine. Unfortunately, I was really struggling with chemical dependencies at the time, and the zine came out completely incomprehensable. Finally, I am feeling well enough and have started the work of revisiting and expanding the set. Here is a little preview:
These and many others are available to be viewed and adapted to tattoos at the studio. You can stop in and see the work Monday-Friday, 10-5 at Ritual Winnipeg: 420 - 70 Arthur street.
I made this design in 2020 or so, and it has been a really successfull one, I've tattooed it many times. It is meant to represent abundace, and to bless the wearer with divine protection, that they may never want for water. I'm posting it now because I just gave the design a once-over, based on the lessons learned tattooing it the first few times.
If you'd like to be tattooed, please email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com
And if you'd like to come see the studio I work at, you can visit Monday-Friday, 10-5, though I am only there Tuesday-Friday. The Studio is:
Ritual Winnipeg
420 - 70 Arthur Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
Here are a few images from around the studio
I've repaired these so many times...
By Lady Myes
By Alyssa May
By the Boreal Cowboy
By J.R. Harper
I'll never not photograph these cranes by DoxThrasher
On friday evenings, I say goodnight to the studio.
I've been walking to and from work lately, it was a tough sell, I don't generally like walking, but with this new camera of mine, I'm inspired to shoot the way I've always wanted to.
Like all skateboarders, I love seeing evidence of skateboarding, this waxed up parking curb near my house reminds me that even though kids have these phones in their pockets, they're still driven to go out and create the world that suits them.
My first foray into street skateboarding happened when I was twelve or so, I took my board over to the Snak Shak near my house, where they had parking blocks, and I didn't know much about skateboarding, but I knew i wanted to go over it, and that it was possible, so I just rocked up on that curb under the streetlights night after night, and eventually figured it out.
Now that I'm writing this, I wonder how much that experience of being under the streetlights informed my entire aesthetic.
Kenneth Lavallee's "The Square Dancers"
Out with the old:
These Ave II's were cool, I liked them. It took a while to get used to the cup sole, and the toe seam was super uncomfortable, but once they got broken in and I got used to the narrow sole, they were sick. They're all mesh all over, and that did make them way more comfortable sweaty-foot-wise than sk8-hi's.
In with the new!
But ultimately, I like the sk8-hi's best, they just are really durable, and the vulc-sole is really wide and stable. I really recommend cutting in the lace protectors, I just nick the stitches between the suede and the canvas liner and run the laces through the canvas and under the suede, then super glue the remaining stitches.
Another thing I'll never-not photograph!
I was finally out with the 105mm f2.5 lens and shot these great shoes that have been hanging in the hood for a while.
Casualties of snow removal are always interesting to me. The streets can get to looking pretty rugged during a big snow year.
I forced myself to block off a day last week to visit my Alma-Matter and make use of my library card. The symbols project I was mentioning earlier was mainly made up of material I found in the various libraries at the University of Manitoba.
The Familiar doors of the Architecture building where the Fine-Arts/Architecture library is found.
Legend
I stopped in and walked around the new Fine-Arts building and found this little gem... So good.
This photo is worth looking at large.
Thank you so much for stopping and checking out the blog, I hope you enjoyed it.
-Bram
