Ink Medicine
The personal rambles and riveting conversations of a tattoo artist with their clients, friends, and idols in a homey setting. This is a podcast about culture from a tattoo table perspective.
Episodes
Have you ever felt stuck with a tattoo artist who makes you uncomfortable but the tattoo isn't done? Or perhaps you've been ghosted by an artist who still has your deposit? or maybe the work you've had done so far is just not... good? I've talked to many people throughout my time as a tattoo artist who didn't feel comfortable moving on.
In this chat, I tackle the question those clien...
One afternoon I received a message over IG thanking me for having a page on my website that mentions cultural appropriation in tattooing. I looked at the person's profile and saw that they were a tattoo artist too. This person was Renée Mak. I thanked Renée for her acknowledgement and suggested that we take this conversation onto the Ink Medicine podcast.
It is no secret that the western and predominantly white t...
The books I read in 2024 and what I thought of them!
Books mentioned:
1. A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
2. Death Valley by Melissa Broder
3. Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
4. Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder
5. How Not To Drown In A Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
6. Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
7. Knife: .... By Salman Rushdie
8. Stoner by John Williams
9. How High We Go In T...
It's been about six months since I put out an episode of Ink Medicine. I am back. Hello. May this new year of 2025 bring us some unexpected joys.
I got chopped. I concentrated on healing solely for a while. Now I am slowly getting back to my regular life. Including this.
It's good to be here. I will talk to you next week.
You can connect with me, Micah Riot, as well as see my tattoo art o...
Just taking a little mental health break. I will be back with my yearly Books episode, and other ones, as circumstances allow.
Much love.
You can connect with me, Micah Riot, as well as see my tattoo art on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/micahriot/
Micah's website is www.micahriot.com
The podcast is hosted on Buzzsprout but truly lives in the heart of Micah's website at:
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Ali is the creator of the Instagram community @jews.withtattoos
After starting the page she quickly gained a following, and as people started requesting guidance on finding Jewish tattoo artists, she created a spreadsheet to help artists and clients connect. You can find that spreadsheet linked to the above mentioned Instagram page, Jews With Tattoos (https://www.instagram.com/jews.withtattoos/)
I met Ali...
One of the perks of being a tattoo artist is the freedom of movement one can take advantage of. There are shops everywhere these days. Conceivably, that means that as a tattooist you can go anywhere and temporarily live and work there. I've known of people who didn't live in any one place but just continuously went from guest spot to guest spot for years.
Besides the pleasure of travel, such as dis...
How do I go and tattoo when I feel meh?
Because I, and many of us, maybe all of us feel "meh" a lot in the face of responsibility. You can love your job very much, have it be the perfect fit for you and still feel like doing nothing when you wake up.
So how do I get over the malaise and do it anyway? How do I output creatively when I feel empty?
I will tell you.
I met Skeeter Barker at her queer community yoga classes in the Mission circa 2007 or 8, and fell in love with her immediately. A strong, heavily tattooed, older butch in loose fitting cargo shorts and tank, with sparkling eyes, glasses, a British accent, and a gentle yet firm style of teaching, she was unlike any other yoga teacher I'd met before. And being in her classes made me want to keep doing yoga. So I di...
Sit with me while I admit a deep dark little tattoo artist secret. I have feelings about it when my long term clients go to someone else.
I don't know if this term has been used before, but I say Polytattery refers to clients getting work done by several tattoo artists in the same time period.
It can be awkward for us both if you don't say anything ahead of time. Or if you come back with ...
White ink has been around as long as I have been tattooing, but I am getting way more questions about it in the last few years than ever before.
In this episode I will answer all of the most frequently asked questions I get about white ink tattoos: how white ink works, why people may want to get them, other applications of white ink in tattoo art, including white outline tattoos, who they are best for, how t...
Ayden Love is a total Love.
I met Ayden in my tattooing studio when a good friend of mine brought her to get tattooed by me. I put a matching set of tattoos on the two of them. One for "Daddy" and one for "babygirl".
And if you know me, you know how happy that made me.
I love ritual. I love relationships. I love overt power exchange. I love tattoos.
I asked Ay...
This episode is equally meant for those who want to know the nitty gritty of tattoo healing and care and those who just like to hear me drone on in the background.
Here I describe both, first, what I call the old school traditional way of caring for a fresh tattoo and second, the wet method.
I get into the products I like to have my clients use, including a deep dive into what Aquafor actually is ...
This episode is the result of my recent excitement about a few tattoos I've put my whole soul into.
I've been looking for my personal tattoo style for so long, and considering that maybe I never need to find a niche, that doing it all was my thing (not unlike Beyoncé), that I was a little astounded when I realized that doing "weird" detailed color work felt like the work was coming direct...
I started this podcast to show off the absolute gems of humans I get to tattoo and interact with on a regular basis. I am a very very very lucky person.
Karin is one of those people. I have been tattooing big gorgeous detailed artful realistic flowers on her for about two years. Our conversations range from the personal/political to the intimately personal, to food, to clothes, but mostly how to be a decent...
For me, turning the big 4-0 comes with its share of introspection.
But today's episode is rather the other side of the moon (or the coin) of last week's episode, "Ep. 65: A Few, Namely Five, Reasons I Love Being A Tattoo Artist".
Today I tell you five reasons being a self employed tattoo artist can be challenging. I'd say these are the most annoying things about it for me. <...
I pushed through my hormonal sh*tstorm to come at you with some gratitude. Namely five reasons I love being a tattoo artist.
For the full discussion listen of course, and for the short summary peep below:
1. The connections/conversations with my clients.
2. Self determined schedule.
3. Honing my craft, every day into forever.
4. I get to create the environment for myself and my clients.
Have you ever felt the stir of a familiar yet unplaceable memory, or the pull of a connection that transcends your current life? Well, strap in, because we're embarking on an odyssey into past life regression hypnosis, just a little skill I picked up in the past few weeks.
I will tell you what Past Life Regression is, how it can help a human discover more about their journey, and have a richer more sati...
The world of queer tattoo artists is pretty small; made smaller by the internet.
From starting to follow her on IG, I have always felt a kinship with Caitlin Cordell, as her statements -- political and social, in instagram stories and captions always felt resonant to me. And her tattoo art is captivating.
The thing I didn't know about Caitlin is how deeply she cares about the young people. Hav...
I've found that in the face of overwhelming global chaos, it's the small, steadfast beacons in our lives that offer us much-needed stability.
As the world is crumbling around us, as people are being brutally murdered in several genocides in several countries, I find myself pretty f'n down. Sometimes I stop and breathe in the middle of a freak out, and other times I distract myself with my favo...
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