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Till Death
For many patrons of the extraordinarily tactile medium, tattoos aren't so different from paintings.
03/11/2024 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Jason Hill
No Regerts
A professional tattoo remover explains the limits of erasing body art, from finger mustaches to microbladed eyebrows.
02/08/2024 By Matthew Trueherz
Mall Rats
Local artists and small business owners are turning things around at a mall that was left for dead.
11/23/2022 By Sam Pape Illustrations by Lars Leetaru
Interview
‘My intention doing American Traditional tattoos is to carry and respect some of the mindsets, techniques, and imagery, and leave behind the stuff that doesn't serve us anymore.’
08/11/2022 By Matthew Trueherz
Coronavirus
A few days after Multnomah County entered phase one, it's not yet business as usual.
06/23/2020 By Julia Silverman
True Colors
Mark Dugally of Inkbus Tattoo gets under your skin—and then inks it.
02/26/2019 By James Stevens
Pretty in Ink
After a long career, medical tattoo artist Mary Jane Haake will retire at the end of 2018.
09/11/2018 By Talullah Plummer-Blanco
Light a Fire 2016: Extraordinary Volunteer
Lesley Segal—internal medicine doctor by day—has spent 14 years at Outside In’s Project Erase tattoo removal program.
10/10/2016 By Eden Dawn
BIG PICTURE
Two Portland tattoo artists create “death-positive” coffins in their own home.
01/25/2016 By Megan Haverman