Ku’u Kaho’ohanohano, also a tattoo artist at Kanaka Tattoo based in Kona, Hawaii grew up expressing herself through art and naturally gravitated to drawing Polynesian motifs. Her desire to ...

A skilled tattoo artist, who came from one of only two Samoan families who pass on the responsibility from one generation to the next, traveled to Virginia to perform the tapping of the ink, a ...

Designs can be unique to the artist but always follow the same layout established thousands of years ago when Samoan tattooing was created. “The tattoo itself tells the story of the Samoan male ...

Unlike the modern fashion of body art, traditional Polynesian tattoos were a powerful means of communication and expression. Polynesian tattoos represent the good “Mana” wisdom, a spiritual ...

The Pacific Ink & Art Expo is bringing back its Hawaii Tattoo Expo to the Neil Blaisdell Exhibition Hall from August 2-4, after a four-year pandemic pause.

Movie"Patu Mamatui is a young Polynesian tattoo artist who wins a maximum of international awards. Discovery of his life in his neighborhood of Tahiti." The first time Patu joined a tattoo shop ...