Irezumi Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Carl Hallowell (Horisho)

Peony sketches for HR

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On July 15, 2015

The old way is tired. The new way is fresh. The old attitude is jaded, the new, exuberant. Clinging to old ways, old habits prohibits renewal. Renewal is natural, renewal is springtime, renewal is vital. Renewal is not stopping the mind. Not stopping the mind allows it to be everywhere at once. This is the […]

Tenka Gomen

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On July 7, 2015

Ohayo gozaimasu! Sujibori irezumi today. I am practicing the japanese language now, in addition to studying it’s great images, which I have been pursuing for over twenty years. I am also studying Yamato’s written languages, and the calligraphy practice of shodo to write them. It is a slow journey, but it is a passion that […]

Liberty School

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On June 27, 2015

Liberty Electric Tattooing was my tattoo parlor I opened in 2002 and ran until 2009. I was run out of my hometown of Ft Worth, Texas by city planners, gentrification, and big business. I fought like the samurai the tattoo business had taught me to become. But my two swords were no match for the […]

Mikiri, The Japanese background

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On June 14, 2015

Japanese tattooing is king. In the tattoo above, you see Mikiri, a Japanese tattoo background pattern that is an essential part of traditional Japanese tattoo design. It spreads across the body like water and like the wind it so often depicts. It is vast, large, and limitless like the void. It is challenging, deep, and […]

East and West: A Tattoo Story

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On June 2, 2015

Traditional Japanese Tattoo Sleeve Slowly, I prepare my station for the tattoo to be done today. There is only this tattoo, there is only now. The future is nonexistent, the past is void. There is no hurry, there is no pain. There are only the materials to be prepared. Stainless steel needles and rich, thick […]

Horimono from the Bottom Up

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On May 22, 2015

The Road To Irezumi Tattoos Mr. C is back. Come to find out his pilgrimage to irezumi was not made by accident. The road that brought him here was paved by meditation, manga, and anime. Not to mention photos he had seen here and there of the beautiful horimono worn by the Japanese. Does not […]

Sumi Irezumi: A Japanese Tattoo

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On May 9, 2015

Japanese Leg Tattoo Well, well… Four hours in the tattoo artist’s chair can tend to pass by like a dream, with the correct mind settled beforehand. Some have no fear, some have no weakness. Some struggle to regain their breath, and then are able to “climb the hill” of continuing their tattoo again. Zahm conquers […]

Sumi-E

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On May 7, 2015

Today i will begin anew. Today i will embark on the “journey of a thousand ri”. Today has loomed on my horizon like a vast city of gold, just out of reach, but there in plain sight. I have performed my purifications, I have bolstered up my studies. I have attempted to correct the mind, […]

Sujibori, or Outline Stage

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On April 25, 2015

The Tora And Snake This young man here came in with the right idea. I am very lucky he came to me. Or perhaps I deserved it. Or karma led to this chance meeting. Or the tattoo gods presided over the realm we walked that night. Either way, here we are, and there is nothing […]

Keepers of the Light

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On April 1, 2015

Join me as we head underground into the catacombs past what you thought you knew, leaving familiarity behind for a sense of adventure and allowing the doors of perception to open. True reality can become apparent. Rows and rows of designs, these are the archetypes. Which one will you be today? – Miike Ness… The […]

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