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Come join us at our 5th birthday flash day party!
It’s that time again! To celebrate our 5th birthday we’re holding one of our incredible Fash Days!
Sunset Tattoo Studio has just turned five, and to celebrate our meteoric rise to success in 5 short years, we’re throwing a party!
On November 16th we’re having another one of famous Flash Days, and this one promises to be the biggest Flash Day Party of 2019.
We have an unrivalled guest list of international artists coming on the day, plus all of Sunsets residents here to celebrate with us.
Doors open at 10am til late, and as usual with Flash Days, it’s first come, first serve!
Keep your eyes on our social media pages, including Facebook and Instagram, or email the shop info@sunsettattoo.co.nz for more updates and announcements.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts
We’ve come a long way in 5 years and wish to convey our thanks to everyone who has helped us on our amazing journey.
Tom and Misery opened Sunset in 2014, and from just the two of them, the studio has now grown into some really special.
We have curated a team of New Zealand’s most talented and experienced artists, we are known as New Zealand’s leading Japanese tattoo studio, and have Australasia’s only resident Japanese traditional tebori artist.
We have experienced experts across all styles including Maori Ta Moko, Fine line, Western traditional, Blackwork, dot work, geometric work.
From our loyal and incredible clients to our world-class tattoo artists, we couldn’t ask for a better team.
Thank you.
Only 6 weeks until the NZ Tattoo & Art Festival!
Next month sees the 9th annual NZ & Tattoo Festival, and of course, we will be down to join in the fun!
The Southern Hemisphere’s biggest tattoo event is back in only 6 weeks!
Featuring over 300 of the world’s best artists, the NZ Tattoo & Art Festival, will be held in New Plymouth in November, with Live music from Deadbeat & Bleeders, FMX & BMX shows, live performances, art & much more.
This year’s festival will be held on the weekend of 23rd-24th November 2019 at the TSB Stadium.
Sunset will be there!
We will all be heading down to New Plymouth again this year to join in the fun.
If you would like to get in with one of our artists or special guests you can contact us or message them directly! Check them out on instagram: @habbytattoo @adrian_hing_tattoo @capillitupou @manawa_tapu @luckyfelixtattoo @milky.tattoo @rogermoore_tattoo
You can get tattooed at the festival by either pre-booking an appointment via email/message or get a walk-up booking.
Appointments are to be booked directly with the artists, make sure you include plenty of information in your email/message about what you want tattooed, size of tattoo, where on the body etc.
A large number of artists will be doing walk up tattoo appointments all weekend long. Tickets will go on sale soon and can be purchased from www.ticketek.co.nz or at the Ticketek box at the gate during the festival weekend.
And remember, the NZ Tattoo & Art Festival is a family friendly event, so bring the kids along! Alongside tattooing there is FMX & BMX shows plus a dedicated kid zone area. Kids 14 & under get in free when accompanied by a paying adult.
This is the 9th year of the Festival, and it’s only getting bigger each year! Come along for the fun and maybe grab yourself a tattoo while you’re there!
Kiwi artist goes viral giving realistic tattoos to kids
Check out Benjamin Lloyd, who makes sick kid’s dreams come true at Auckland Starship Hospital!
For the past several years, tattoo artist Benjamin Lloyd from Tauranga has been dropping by the Starship Children’s Hospital in Auckland to give kids temporary, realistic tattoos.
His aim is to lift young spirits and make hospital life more fun, and it seems to be working.
Using an airbrush gun and non-toxic ink to apply the temporary tats, parents need not fear as the ink simply washes off in the shower!
That escalated quickly
Ben originally pledged to give all the kids at Auckland’s Starship Children’s Hospital temporary tattoos if he received 50 likes.
Half a million likes later and suddenly it wasn’t just a fun day out anymore!
Ben said he had painted fake tattoos on several children and he got the idea of going to Starship Hospital after he saw the smiles the designs produced.
"It's just the confidence they get - especially the boys they walk around so proud, you put art on them and they're just so excited they can choose their own designs.
"They're so fascinated while they're getting it, they're so happy with it." Ben told the NZ Herald.
“Nothing brings me more joy than boosting kids’ confidence with a custom tattoo,” he wrote on his Facebook page. “The only bad thing is that they don’t want to take a shower afterward!”
Fair play to Ben for bringing smiles to these kids’ faces and the fact that another warm-hearted Kiwi story has gone around the world shows just how awesome this wee country is!
Fans told to cover up tattoos for the Rugby World Cup
the Rugby World Cup kicked off in Japan last week, and as we cheer on the All Blacks, some fans have been told to cover up for the conservative Japanese public.
We’ve talked before about Japanese tattoos, their history, and cultural significance.
In short, tattoos are frowned upon in Japan because they are associated with the criminal underworld, particularly the Yakuza.
As a result, fans heading over for the Rugby World Cup have been told to cover up, especially when using gyms or pools, or risk offending the locals.
It’s official!
World Rugby, the sport's governing body, has posted advice to the estimated 400,000 travelling fans.
A 2015 survey found that 56% of hotels and inns did not allow tattooed guests to use communal bathing facilities.
Japan's tourism agency has called on spas in the country to relax their rules.
The organisation suggested that hot springs - onsens - and bath houses could offer visitors stickers to cover up tattoos, or set aside specific times of day when tattooed bathers can use the facilities.
A problem for the Players too!
While not required during matches, visiting players and officials have been warned by World Rugby to cover up in public.
New Zealand and Samoa players in Japan are already covering up in hot springs, hotel lobbies and other public areas.
"We've got an onsen, or a spa, at every hotel," All Blacks scrum-half Aaron Smith told the New Zealand Herald.
He said in a public spa the players had to wear clothes to cover tattoos.
"And that's okay, we're in Japan, we have to embrace their way, their culture," he said.
A dangerous member of the Yakuza, yesterday.
Happy birthday to us!
We turn 5 years old this week! And to celebrate, we’re throwing a party…
It’s time to celebrate as Sunset Studio hits another milestone and turns 5!
We’ve come a long way in 5 years and wish to convey our thanks to everyone who has helped us on our journey.
From our loyal and amazing clients to our world-class tattoo artists. We couldn’t ask for a better team.
Celebrate with a Flash Party!
To celebrate our 5th birthday, we’re having a party!
On Saturday 16 November we are bringing you 2019’s biggest and best flash party with a hectic line up of stellar international guest artists.
Keep your eyes on our social media pages, including Facebook and Instagram, or email the shop info@sunsettattoo.co.nz for more updates and announcements.
Thanks again to everyone who has made the last 5 years so incredible, here’s to plenty more!
