Early Marh 2025 - Tattoos, The studio, some photographs, old and new.

Thanks for stopping by the blog, here are a few new tattoos, a couple shots around the studio, and some photos old and new.  As always, email bram_adey@hotmail.com for tattoos, my books are always open.

Every time I see this tattoo I photograph it and post it, it will always be that way!  Snake and Chrysanthemum tattoo chosen from my book of flash.

Another tattoo from my book of available designs, Leopard frog.

A funny custom critter for an old client, cool little winged insect tattoo...

A playful geometric tattoo, they sent me some reference photos of tattoos they liked, and I played around, I was thinking of travel and the passing of time.  I'm happy with how it turned out.

A classic spider-web elbow tattoo.

I've made a bunch of chest tattoos lately, Here's a nice detail of a bell-flower chest-piece I made last week.

I love doing these tattoos of the regular solids, or the Archimedean solids blended with natural elements, snakes, flowers, insects, things like that.  Definitely email me if you're wanting something like this. 

Another snake tattoo that I will always photograph and post every time I see it!  Bless all you wonderful clients!

This is like: the critters post!  I love tattooing scientists, I never would've guessed when I was young that I would be tattooing so many super interesting professionals when I was older.  Definitely one of the dopest things about tattooing is getting to meet and hang out with so many interesting individuals... 

The Dream Team right now:

Mitsubishi Vermillian/Prussion Blue 2667

Mitsubishi 9800EW

Tombow 2558

Copic 0.35

I was looking through some old film photos and found this little gem from the Rebel Waltz days.

Like I mentioned earlier, email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com for bookings.

You can find me at my tattoo studio, Ritual Winnipeg, in Winnipeg's Exchange District, Tuesday-Friday, 10am - 6pm.

My apprentice Myes has been putting on her first tattoos the last couple weeks.  I'm super proud of you Myes, you're doing great!

Myes's flash.

The Team in action!

I had a beard...

...then I shaved!

A sneaky little photo of Alyssa and Ruth.

The Cowboy at work.  I've been feeling mushy lately as the shop grows and evolves, about Ky and Holly and how special it was when we started.  They really had my back and went in 100% on Ritual when it was just a dream.  I love and appreciate you both so much.

You can see the shop on instagram, our handle is @ritual_winnipeg

There are seven of us tattooing out of the studio, and guests coming through regularily, so check it out!

Here are some photographs from around my non-work life:

An eagle over the West-End

Cheeky little squirrel through the dining room window.  Oh!  I saw a little hawk out this window this week, auspicious!

I love everything about this tree.

Twilight on Ellice

Winnipeggers will know this is an image of hope!

The following are a few film photos I dug up... 

Lake Winnipeg that one yeah it froze then dropped a bunch... 

Spruce woods with the little cuties!

The Insaniacs at the Albert in the early 2000's

The Homie Jared

I'm looking forward to the summer by now!

Thanks for looking, have a good one!

-Bram

 

February 2025 - Tattoos old and new, and some studio shots.

 

Hi, Welcome to my blog.  If you're new here, my name is Bram, and I'm a tattooer based in Winnipeg, MB, Canada.  I specialize in Traditional black and grey tattoos.  You can find me at my studio, Ritual Winnipeg, 420 - 70 Arthur Street, Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm.

Here are some tattoos of mine I made or saw across the last couple weeks:

Healed swallow and wild rose tattoos, part of a large collection of work by me across the last six years or so.

Big custom chest tattoo of deer antlers.

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Tattoo, recently healed.

Black Capped Chickadee on a pine bough tattoo, a couple years healed.

Rose and butterflies forearm tattoo, four years healed or so.

Cherry Blossom tattoo. 

A healed Parrot tattoo.  I held onto a big book for years just waiting for someone to ask for a parrot tattoo 'casue this drawing was in it.   I'm glad i held onto it!

A fresh tattoo of Bunchberries.  I'm so glad to have these in my repretoire.  Bunchberries are the low growing plants you see along hiking paths with either these four petaled flowers surrounded by six-fold leaves, or they've got red berries instead of the flowers.

Big Custom Eel chest tattoo.  It's nice to have been around long enough to have clients like this that I tattooed ten years ago come back and get a big amazing tattoo like this all these years later.

"The Thinning of the veils" Flash piece.

The Peony, Bee, and these Cherry Blossom Tattoos are on a wonderful new client of mine, Bless your soul Rob!

If you'd like to come get tattooed, or bounce an idea off me, shoot me an email at bram_adey@hotmail.com

I'm always taking new clients and my books are always open, I'm happy to do all sorts of black and grey tattoos.

It always starts like this:  nut butter and honey toast and a coffee, 5am.

Then it gets messy!

I love doing custom work, plants/animals/objects of all types, flames/water/clouds

A custom orchid design.

And I have tons of available designs, if you look back in my posts you'll find one called "Available Designs" and it'll have tons of designs and design ideas for your perusal.

Some flash designs of wolves.

I own a studio called Ritual Winnipeg, you can find me there Tuesday-Friday

We're in this lovely building in Winnipeg's historic Exchange District.

My Apprentice Myes's artwork.

My Current Flash wall.

We've got all the creature comforts!

All around it's pretty lovely.

There are six of us at the studio these days, we're all mostly on instagram, check us out at @ritual_winnipeg

@zefvun 

@ladymyes

@boreal.cowboy_

@bramadey

@doxthrasher

@alyssamayart

Thanks so much for taking the time to check out the blog!

-Bram