Ink Chicks

Black and Blue is a women-owned tattoo studio with an 13-year reputation for giving the customer warm and personal service. Serving the art of tattoo at this women owned shop is seven artists with a range of styles and taste. Their specialties are available to work with you on creating your piece of skin art.
The artists of Black and Blue do have custom portfolios and wide selection of pre-drawn designs but offer an inspirational and professional environment for you find the right design for you. In addition to the tattoo salon they have a exhibition of skin art to you to enjoy and find interesting pieces. This display also present the work of Blue and Blue artists showing their talents in other media.
Introducing Idexa, one of seven talented female tattoo artists at Black and Blue Tattoo.
Idexa, a native of German that moved to San Francisco in 1991.
To Idexa tattooing means of self-transformation through art. For her the art of tattooing is a way of making the outside of the body look more the way it feels from the inside. Idexa is especially interested in tattoo as a personal and spiritual experience. She has a individual and unique style. Her customers agree that Idexa is appreciated for her attention to detail and customer’s individual needs.
Idexa’s talent and creativity is known internationally. She is a versatile tattoo artist. Her speciality is within black work, geometric patterns, scientific imagery and organically inspired designs. Idexa has worked in a variety of formats but finds working on skin the most satisfying, as only tattooing allows her to work with the unique forms of each body.
Her area of focus when it comes to tattoos is a technique called branding. Branding with the electrocautery method is when you uses a pen-like tool containing a red-hot, exchangeable tip. This technique has a higher accuracy: One traces the design over a stencil, similarly to tattooing. This technique is the most exact, and offers the most control, to do a consistent depth and width of burn.

For inspirational and beautiful tattoo art presented by powerful and talented ink ladies head your way to
Black And Blue Tattoo
381 Guerrero at 16th
San Francisco

J'adore New York Adorned

Lori Leven loves New York City. And she loves the art of tattooing.

Lori has carried this passion for a long time. She was one of the strongest advocates when tattooing was illegal in the 5 boroughs of New York City from 1961 through 1997. She felt a strong urge for change; she needed an outlet where tattoo lovers could express their passion and art.

In 1993 Lori opened the underground East Side Ink in Gathering young talent in the Lower East Side tattoo art world to fill a void in a budding movement. 1996 Leven collected the best artists from around the world to work together in an environment that stimulated collaboration and creativity.

Today New York Adorned is internationally known as one on the most appreciated and influential tattoo shops in the world. It is proud to set the trends and standards for the industry across the globe.

To the selection of talented tattoo artists Lori Leven added a jewelry section that emphasizes on emerging designers In 2007, Leven opened a second location in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
Where it became very popular among the artists and tattoo lovers of the area.

The November Ladies Lotto meeting welcomes Lori Leven, owner of New York Adorned
This is a meeting not to be missed!

November 11th
7:30 - 9:00pm
346 Bedford Avenue at S. 4th Street

Drinks by 44 North Vodka
Food provided by Rabbit Mafia
Please RSVP here: rsvpnyc@ladieslotto.com