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In my humble opinion Meraki Fade is the most inspiring tattooist working today. An accomplished dot work tattooist, hand tap artist, business woman, film maker, anthropologist, adventurer and trapeze artist; Fade is in a league of her own. Yayo met up with Fade to get her opinion on the return of the tattoo convention and what it feels like to be lost at sea.

The tattoo convention is back and there are some new additions to the ranks. Yayo went out to meet Thomas Schwerdtfeger to get the low down on his new event the Blackwork Tattoo Convention.

Archaeologists have uncovered the ancient history of prehistoric tattoos, but are these tattoos art? In excavating ancient burial mounds have scientists unwittingly unleashed a curse on the world? Yayo grabbed the fedora and picked up the bullwhip to investigate.

Is the war against the machines just beginning? Will traditional body art soon be a thing of the past replaced by high tech tattoo technology? Is the future augmented, virtual, animated, digital and anything but real? Should I take the red or the blue pill? Read our latest blog to find out all the answers and more!

Can tattooing be a form a self harm? Is it a sign of a serious mental illness? Can tattooing help people along their healing journey? Yayo asked psychiatric nurse Tony Brown about the complex issue of tattoos and self harm.

Lockdown means no tattooing. Lockdown means no tattoos. Lockdown means no tattoo conventions. Lockdown sucks. Can tattoo conventions survive the ravages of Covid-19? Yayo went out to investigate.

2020 was tough on tattooing; 2021 looks like it's going to be just as tough. But don't let Covid get you down. Instead read out blog interview with the fantastically talented Jones N S larsen. Great tattoos will always brighten a dull day.

This month Yayo heads over the ocean to the good old U, S of A to interview the super talented Conner Alderman. We chat oil painting, the impact of Covid-19 and combatting sexism in the tattoo industry.

Keety Mortem is a Yayo Pro Artist and one of the hardest working tattooists in the UK. She hasn't had an easy ride to get where she is but she was never going to let anything get in the way of fulfilling her dream of opening her own studio.