A stroll through the Sapphire Palace ballroom, where the annual Inked Hearts Tattoo Expo has set up for more than 30 artists to display their work, as well as ink and pierce clients over three days, is a primer in body art aesthetics. At one booth a grayscale tiger roars from a meaty quadricep, while […]
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Remains Recovered from Trinity River in Hoopa
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reports unidentified remains were recovered from the Trinity River in Hoopa yesterday after being spotted by a community member in the Ferris Riffle area. According to a news release, the call came in at 1:46 p.m., with deputies and a deputy coroner responding to the scene, where a community member […]
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Skin Deep: Photos from Inked Hearts
The 11th annual Inked Hearts Tattoo Expo wrapped up four days of tattooing last Thursday-Sunday in the Sapphire Palace and Kinetik Lounge at Blue Lake Casino and Hotel. Organizers Ted and Amy Marks, owners of the local Nor Cal Tattoo shop, brought in more than 30 local and visiting artists for on-the-spot “ink” opportunities for […]
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Tattoos and Suspension: Photos from the Native Ink Expo
Needing a break from the North Country Fair late Saturday afternoon and looking for an opportunity to renew my interest in our daughter’s profession as a tattoo artist, I headed south to the first (promising to be annual) Native Ink Tattoo Expo event at the Bear River Casino Resort. The event ran Friday through Sunday. […]
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Pins and Needles: Inked Hearts 2016
Lots of creative body art was on display at the seventh annual Inked Hearts Tattoo Expo at the Blue Lake Casino and Hotel on Feb. 4 through Feb. 7. Over 20 invited tattoo artists from all over the U.S. were booked up during most of the long weekend. Check out the slideshow below for photos […]
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Carving Space
Robert Sataua’s black-rimmed glasses reflect the evening light that streams into his Arcata Bottoms home. A shock of dark hair stands up straight on his head. Neatly trimmed whiskers line his chin. He’s in the thick of organizing the show Hungry Ghosts, which opens this weekend at the Ink People’s Brenda Tuxford gallery for Eureka’s […]