(WBIR-West Knoxville) It's a studio where you won't get a manicure or massage."We have a very spa-like environment. We try to be more relaxing and a little bit more calming than other studios can be," ...

Dot by dot, Rachel Paton’s tattoo art is a lesson in the beauty of patience. The hand-poke tattooer adheres her work to clients’ bodies using the no-machine-necessary stick-and-poke process. Paton’s ...

Puzzles, tie-dyeing, baking banana bread—if we’ve learned anything from social media, it’s that we’re picking up all sorts of new hobbies. We didn’t expect stick-and-poke tattoos to quickly top that ...

Jane Romm is a high school art teacher in Niskayuna and also works as a hand-poke tattoo artist. This year marks her sixth year at Niskayuna High School and her thirteenth year in art education. In ...

The first tattoo Summer Orr ever did was of a bunny on her ex-boyfriend's rib cage sophomore year of high school. She did it with a Bic pen and a sewing needle in the bedroom of his Sun Valley home.