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We have a lot of amazing and sweet clients here at Spirit Gallery Tattoo.  It is our pleasure to get to know you all and become a part of your lives, through your tattoos and sometimes even outside of the shop as friends.

In summer of 2010, a talented and dedicated sled-dog team leader, Becki Tucker, came to me for for a tattoo to honor one of her dogs who had passed away.  We worked on a wrist band for her, and I learned about Outlaw Ridge and how much her sled dogs mean to her and her life.

It was an honor to work on the memorial tattoo, and to learn more about how sledding works.  She has many dogs and they take a lot of work!  They train throughout the fall and through the spring, competing in the winter snows all around New England.  It was fascinating, and of course being the animal lover I am, I was enchanted with hearing about her relationships with the individual dogs and their personalities.

At the end of our session, Becki asked me if I would mind if she named one of the new husky pups after me in the next litter that was due soon.  I was so thrilled!  So, in a few weeks, I got my first photo sent to me of baby Blaze. 

My heart melted, and I put her photo up in my station.  A few months later I got an updated photo of Blaze, who was growing into a beautiful little husky pup.

This past summer, I got my first in-person visit with adult husky Blaze at the studio!  She is very sweet and gentle, and began running the sleds this winter with her team.

Thank you Becki, for your friendship and for bringing Blaze to visit me.  It's great to have a namesake, and I couldn't ask for a sweeter pooch to bear my name.  Aw.

Tattooed people everywhere would agree, there is indeed such a thing as "tattoo etiquette."

What is this novel concept?  Well, it is the idea that the politeness you extend to all people also extends to those who have tattoos!  This politeness and respect is especially due in regard to unwanted touching or grabbing.

It is amazing how often strangers will just reach out and touch a tattoo on someone else without asking!  These same people would never dream of grabbing most strangers by the wrist or arm to talk to them or look at them, but when they see a tattoo they suddenly lose their graciousness.  Without thinking their hands lock onto the person in question and are already raising the tattooed person's clothing to get a better look before the request to see it leaves their lips.

Tattoo etiquette dictates that you simply ask the tattooed person if you can take a look at their tattoo and if you can touch it.

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Hi guys! We need to postpone our film screening of Revealed: Portraits from Beneath One's Surface, until next weekend, Saturday January 28th, from 6-7pm. We are sorry for the delay, but are excited to share the event simultaneously with Hygienic's Salon des Independants opening. Please join us for this amazing film, and catch the show one last time before tear-down!  The event is still FREE to the public, and will give viewers an inside look on the making of artist Scott Indermaur's insightful portrait work.  This will be the last night that the REVEALED photography show will be hanging in the gallery, so come check it out one last time before it moves on!