The 15th annual Inked Hearts Tattoo Expo: Heart of the Dragon Resurrection 2025 got underway for three days from Feb. 14-16 at Blue Lake Casino and featured 43 tattoo artists and piercers. Large crowds took advantage of the opportunity to look over the art designs and make on-the-spot appointments for “ink” and piercing. See the slideshow below […]
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Photos: Inked Hearts 2024
It was great fun to once again attend the Inked hearts Tattoo Expo, its 14th annual event, in the Sapphire Palace at the Blue Lake Casino and Hotel Feb. 2-4, and see amazing tattoo artwork being created by many familiar tattoo artists. Ted and Amy Marks, owners of the local Nor Cal Tattoo shop, brought in […]
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This is Going to Hurt a Little: Photos from the Inked Hearts Expo
The 10th annual Inked Hearts Tattoo Expo at Blue Lake Casino hosted 35 tattoo artists and other vendors last Thursday through Sunday. Organizers Ted and Amy Marks brought in a familiar line up of tattoo artists, including Liz Cook, Lisa Hower, Tye Harris and Liz Venom, among others, as well as a good mix of […]
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Cool Ink, Hot Wings and Hot Dogs
The ninth annual Inked Hearts Tattoo Expo at the Blue Lake Casino & Hotel in Blue Lake last weekend wrapped the usual work of more than 30 talented tattoo artists around a few new features. Event organizers Ted and Amy Marks added the Hot Wings of Death Challenge and the all-bulldog Super Bully Bowl Pageant […]
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Ink(ed) Well
Updating an old expression, there’s no explaining taste in food or love — or in choice of tattoo design. Evidence of the wide range of tattoo design choices was on ample display at the eighth annual Inked Hearts Tattoo Expo at the Blue Lake Casino’s Sapphire Palace this past weekend, Feb. 2-5. Some 30 booths […]
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Show of Force
Wow. I mean … Just… Wow. I was ready to roll out the Star Wars puns and unleash all kinds of Jedi-like cleverness on this post, and then comes this picture of local Tattoo artist Justin Love with the helmet and those knuckles. Oh, and what’s that he’s driving? It’s a Ford Falcon. Well played, […]