Gesang Tattoo Studio
“Enjoying a hot afternoon around Legian, accompanied by bottles of wine and a nice chat.” Yes, our profile column this month features a man from the friendly city of Malang, whose hobby is to linger with wine (that’s what makes us feel at home to chat with him—ed.). Here is our relaxed chat with Gesang in the midst of busy life for tattoo, photography, and wine... Check this out.
Knowing tattoo from the roads, terminals, and markets association, he became interested in tattoo and the art around the year of 93-94. At that time, he was in high school and began to consider tattooing as a professional job when you were graduated from school. “In principle, all of which form the character of a person is their environment,” he said. Maybe that’s what determines the characteristics of a Gesang. He really likes the decorative pictures (painting), Maori, and biomechanics drawings.
Family and friends also said had been credited with making him as much now. Everything he learned in autodidacts only by pictures. Until finally in mid 99, he moved to Bali with only bring tattoo and painting skills. By becoming a freelance tattoo artist in Bali, many experiences have forged and made him like now. Starting from Dhodho Tattoo, Tattoo Gung De, and Ka’s Tattoo, until finally docked at Irezumi Tattoo which is now better known as Gesang Tattoo. Gesang had learnt a lot with them (Dhodho, Gung De, Rheno, Gus Tu).
According to this one-child-father, the family is a source of happiness and inspiration. Bali is the perfect place for tattoo because they closely relate to tourism. The big number of tattoo studios in Bali is not a problem, the proliferation of tattoo studios are not a hindrance or competition. “Every person has their own abilities, their own market, quality and fortune alone, everything is set by the God,” he said. Defining a work and compete fairly with the work, both promote tattoo. “Indonizing tattoo and tattooing Indonesia,” he added.
Gesang commented, “Magic Ink is a magazine that dared to make a breakthrough to advance the tattoo, as a media of reunion, friendship, and relationship.” He fully hopes that the Magic Ink would make the activities more often, and not too stingy to receive input from anyone, raise the educational contents, strengthen pages, to make society more familiar with tattoo, and hopefully be able to make them realize that tattoo is an art.
Knowing tattoo from the roads, terminals, and markets association, he became interested in tattoo and the art around the year of 93-94. At that time, he was in high school and began to consider tattooing as a professional job when you were graduated from school. “In principle, all of which form the character of a person is their environment,” he said. Maybe that’s what determines the characteristics of a Gesang. He really likes the decorative pictures (painting), Maori, and biomechanics drawings.
Family and friends also said had been credited with making him as much now. Everything he learned in autodidacts only by pictures. Until finally in mid 99, he moved to Bali with only bring tattoo and painting skills. By becoming a freelance tattoo artist in Bali, many experiences have forged and made him like now. Starting from Dhodho Tattoo, Tattoo Gung De, and Ka’s Tattoo, until finally docked at Irezumi Tattoo which is now better known as Gesang Tattoo. Gesang had learnt a lot with them (Dhodho, Gung De, Rheno, Gus Tu).
According to this one-child-father, the family is a source of happiness and inspiration. Bali is the perfect place for tattoo because they closely relate to tourism. The big number of tattoo studios in Bali is not a problem, the proliferation of tattoo studios are not a hindrance or competition. “Every person has their own abilities, their own market, quality and fortune alone, everything is set by the God,” he said. Defining a work and compete fairly with the work, both promote tattoo. “Indonizing tattoo and tattooing Indonesia,” he added.
Gesang commented, “Magic Ink is a magazine that dared to make a breakthrough to advance the tattoo, as a media of reunion, friendship, and relationship.” He fully hopes that the Magic Ink would make the activities more often, and not too stingy to receive input from anyone, raise the educational contents, strengthen pages, to make society more familiar with tattoo, and hopefully be able to make them realize that tattoo is an art.
Rossemarrie Tattoo Studio
Rosemarie studio dominated by red colour officially opened 2 years ago, at the end of 2008. Located at Benesari Street no.10x, close to the crossroad at Benesari. Thomas and Mada as tattoo artist of the
studio, Ferry, Nanang, Tony gimbal dan Gimbul as staff. Open everyday from 10am-10pm. Interestingly.. owner of the studio is togetherness, its mean that everyone who is working at studio is the owner.
Serves all motif of pictures with minimum prize 600k, depend to the size and difficulty of the picture. Use starbrite, intenz, and korusumi ink. The studio completed by medical sterilizer, internet, AC, TV, and waiting room. Mostly guests is coming from Australia. There is credit card machine at this studio, so if you want to make tattoo but you don’t bring cash money and don’t feel up to go to ATM, no worries because you can use the machine, but off course for customers only :D
studio, Ferry, Nanang, Tony gimbal dan Gimbul as staff. Open everyday from 10am-10pm. Interestingly.. owner of the studio is togetherness, its mean that everyone who is working at studio is the owner.
Serves all motif of pictures with minimum prize 600k, depend to the size and difficulty of the picture. Use starbrite, intenz, and korusumi ink. The studio completed by medical sterilizer, internet, AC, TV, and waiting room. Mostly guests is coming from Australia. There is credit card machine at this studio, so if you want to make tattoo but you don’t bring cash money and don’t feel up to go to ATM, no worries because you can use the machine, but off course for customers only :D
Wiz Ink Tattoo Studio
The studio that located at Kartika Plaza street (in front of Green Garden Hotel), opened about 4 month ago, at June 2010. Wiz Ink studio is comfortable and little bit into a shopping complex area, but don’t worry, they use sign board alongside the road. There are David as a tattoo artist, Bima Masquito as accounting and
Pak Nyoman Wiz as the owner. Use star brite, korusumi, intenz, dynamic, and eternal ink.
Of course they have medical sterilizer with international standard, and other facilities like internet, AC, wastafel, and sofa. The studio serves piercing, and receive calls to make tattoo outside studio. Open everyday from 11.00am - 10.00pm. Studio caters for all motif image by fixing the price / minimum price 500k (5x5cm), and also based on the large image size and difficulty level images. And one more.. this place is good for hanging out ;)
Pak Nyoman Wiz as the owner. Use star brite, korusumi, intenz, dynamic, and eternal ink.
Of course they have medical sterilizer with international standard, and other facilities like internet, AC, wastafel, and sofa. The studio serves piercing, and receive calls to make tattoo outside studio. Open everyday from 11.00am - 10.00pm. Studio caters for all motif image by fixing the price / minimum price 500k (5x5cm), and also based on the large image size and difficulty level images. And one more.. this place is good for hanging out ;)
Bali Tattoo Artist: Marmar Herayuki
Being introduced to tattoo by his neighborhood community, a friend of his brother often made tattoos in Marmar’s house and brought tattoo magazines.Started from looking at the pictures in the magazines, Marmar began trying to draw on papers. Until the time when he was on high school, his friend brought full tattoo equipments and that was the beginning of his tattooing experiences, he started to make tattoos for his friends after school. Sometimes some parents of his friends came to his house and protested because their kids got inked by him. As time went by, he seriously pursued his interest in being a tattoo artist, ever worked at a tattoo studio in Nusa Indah, which was also his first tattoo studio. The studio was joined with a distro in one place. After almost a year working at the studio, Marmar opened a studio in his house for 2-3 years, and moved to Star Tattoo Legian, before finally he joined Suicide Glam Tattoo Parlor. It’s from this place he has learned a lot about management. He feels that Suicide Glam has influenced him in his character development as a professional tattoo artist.
As a tattoo artist from Bali, Marmar admitted that most Bali tattoo artists have good skills and can do freehand, but tight schedules make many of them not up to date. Different with tattoo artists outside Bali, Marmar has the opinion that their designs are up to date, and besides, they’re dare to spend time searching
new designs from the internet or magazines. For tattoo artists, Marmar chose Ibud and Shotonk as they create great works, while Ade Itameda is quite consistent and original in Indonesia.
Now, Marmar reruns the studio in his house, named Hellmonk Tattoo Studio, located in Denpasar. It’s cozy and capacious, not by the side of a big street, and so it fits for relaxing, far from the hectic atmosphere. Most of Marmar’s pictures use traditional figures, like Bali or Japan figures (these 2 kinds are the easiest to find in his gallery and being displayed in the studio). In creating a concept for his client’s tattoo design, sometimes Marmar has a unique habit. He will draw while listening to the client’s favorite music, or by summarizing a story based on his conversation with the client. Besides being busy with his new studio, Marmar also make things for the studio displays, and of course music. For him, music is something he cannot leave behind.
As a tattoo artist from Bali, Marmar admitted that most Bali tattoo artists have good skills and can do freehand, but tight schedules make many of them not up to date. Different with tattoo artists outside Bali, Marmar has the opinion that their designs are up to date, and besides, they’re dare to spend time searching
new designs from the internet or magazines. For tattoo artists, Marmar chose Ibud and Shotonk as they create great works, while Ade Itameda is quite consistent and original in Indonesia.
Now, Marmar reruns the studio in his house, named Hellmonk Tattoo Studio, located in Denpasar. It’s cozy and capacious, not by the side of a big street, and so it fits for relaxing, far from the hectic atmosphere. Most of Marmar’s pictures use traditional figures, like Bali or Japan figures (these 2 kinds are the easiest to find in his gallery and being displayed in the studio). In creating a concept for his client’s tattoo design, sometimes Marmar has a unique habit. He will draw while listening to the client’s favorite music, or by summarizing a story based on his conversation with the client. Besides being busy with his new studio, Marmar also make things for the studio displays, and of course music. For him, music is something he cannot leave behind.
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