Cut 'N' Color: The Film

Darin Howard, who curated the "Cut 'N' Color" show at the Pretty Pretty Collective teamed up with Agency Charlie and made this short film about the event:

PPC presents: Cut 'n' Color from Agency Charlie on Vimeo.

It's not Get What You Want, it's Get What You Get

Come celebrate Idle Hand's 7 year anniversary tonight with us during the Lower Haight Artwalk!

Two bands, Young Offenders and Airfix Kits, will be playing on the roof, and we will be doing our famous $60 "Get What You Get" tattoos all night long!

For more info, visit the Idle Hand blog...

Cut N' Color: The Reception

So the reception for the Cut N' Color" show at the Pretty Pretty Collective was insane!
Over 500 people came out, and the caliber of tattooers participating was some of the best I've ever seen!

This is the piece I entered:

"Untitled", 11"x14", 2011
Ink & concentrated watercolors

It's for sale at the show, which will be up for another 6 weeks, and if it doesn't sell I will be making prints...

Here's a few iphone snaps from the reception:





Piece by my good friend and amazing tattooer Uncle Allan

White Lines & Black Dogs

My good friend and talented tattooer Jason Kelly of Memorial Tattoo in Atlanta GA curated an amazing show at Youngblood Gallery in ATL and asked me to participate.

This was my contribution to the show,
thank you Jason for including me!

"Varg Moder", 2011
Ink & concentrated watercolors

Prints are available, contact me for info kaptenhanna@gmail.com

Cut N Color

This Saturday March 12 I will be participating in the group art show "Cut N' Color" at the Pretty Pretty Collective here in San Francisco, along side more than 60 other tattoo artists from all around the world. It's going to be a fun show for sure!

If you're in the area, be sure to stop by the opening reception, and I will post pictures here for the rest of you...

Idle Hand - The Sequel

So, as some of you may have noticed there has been a lot of hopping around for me in the last year while I've been trying to find my permanent tattoo "home" in San Francisco...

Well, the time has finally come, I'm leaving Lighthouse Tattoo, and I'm returning to the Lower Haight for a permanent position back with the crew at Idle Hand Tattoo starting March 6th! I love the shop and everyone there and I'm very excited about coming "home"!

To celebrate the move I'm doing an introductory reduced rate for the month of March ONLY so please contact me at kaptenhanna@gmail.com asap for info on availability and rates.

I have also painted a sheet with some great, simple traditional pieces that I would love to tattoo, also at a special rate, and this also only applies for the month of March, so take a look at the attached line-sheet and let me know asap if you or anyone you know wants a piece! It's first comes first service...



So again, starting March 6th I can be found at:
Idle Hand Tattoo
575 Haight St. (Between Fillmore & Steiner)
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 552-4353
http://idlehandtattoo.blogspot.com
http://idlehandsf.com

Please feel free to contact me with any questions, kaptenhanna@gmail.com, and hopefully I'll see you all at the "new" shop!

Mama, I'm coming home!

It's long overdue. I'm finally taking a trip back to Sweden for Christmas and New Years to see my family and good friends, and indulge in nostalgia and endless cups of coffee...

I will also be tattooing while over there, so make sure you contact me a.s.a.p. for an appointment as I'm booking up quickly!

I'll be tattooing in Gothenburg at Goteborg Classic Tattooing on December 28th-30th and January 3rd.
I'll also be tattooing in Malmo at Old Bones Tattoo from January 5th-7th and 10th-11th.

Email me for info on bookings: kaptenhanna@gmail.com

I will be back in San Francisco on January 14th, I am accepting appointments for when I get back.
God Jul & Gott nytt ar!