Beneath The Skin

On this episode of Beneath the Skin we continue our watch along series of the new season of Ink Master. We cover episode 5 heavy SPOILER WARNING for those who haven't watched it yet.   BONUS EPISODES + SUPPORT THE SHOW   If you want to follow us online for more updates CLICK HERE   Get 15% off Saniderm tattoo products with code BENEATHSKIN    Production by Thomas O'Mahony   Artwork by Joe Painter...

On this episode of Beneath the Skin, we learn about Inuit tattooing with tattoo artist, historian, activist, and all round fascinating person Maya Sialuk Jacobsen.   Maya is a Greenlandic Inuit artist who learned her craft the mechanical way with machines before a shoulder injury brought her to working with traditional Inuit tattooing techniques and using her heritage to preserve the practice and...

UNLOCKED: On this episode of Beneath the Skin, we dive deep in the life of Britains original tattoo artist, Sutherland MacDonald. Mac, as he was known to his friends was an artist, inventor, showman, and media manipulator who was the first professional tattoo artist in Britain.   To hear more bonus content check like this out our Patreon   If you want to follow us online for more updates CLICK HER...

On this episode of Beneath the Skin we start our watch along series of the new season of Ink Master. We cover episode 4 heavy SPOILER WARNING for those who haven't watched it yet.   BONUS EPISODES + SUPPORT THE SHOW   If you want to follow us online for more updates CLICK HERE   Get 15% off Saniderm tattoo products with code BENEATHSKIN    Production by Thomas O'Mahony Artwork by Joe Painter (jcp_...

This episode is available exclusively  on Patreon   On this episode of Beneath the Skin we speak to Tennessee based Archaeologist Aaron Deter Wolf about his research into prehistoric tattooing in the Americas, and how still to this day we're discovering that tattooing is going further back in time than previously thought.  If you want to follow us online for more updates CLICK HERE Production by T...

On this episode of Beneath the Skin we start our watch along series of the new season of Ink Master. We cover episode 3 heavy SPOILER WARNING for those who haven't watched it yet. If you want to hear episodes like this a day early and get all our bonus content, check out our Patreon.   A special thank you to Saniderm for helping make this show possible. Get 15% off Saniderm tattoo products with co...

On this episode of Beneath the Skin we speak to Doug Hardy, a veteran tattoo artist who's work everywhere from Minnesota to Japan, all the way back to his father Don Ed Hardy's studio in San Francisco.   Doug his a wealth of knowledge and you'll hear a lot of stories that even our own tattoo encyclopaedia didn't know.   If you'd like to get bonus content, hear early episodes that are AD FREE, and...

On this episode of Beneath the Skin we start our watch along series of the new season of Ink Master. We cover episode 1 and 2 and heavy SPOILER WARNING for those who haven't watched it yet.  Support the show or want to follow us online for more updates CLICK HERE A special thank you to Saniderm for helping make this show possible. Get 15% off Saniderm tattoo products with code BENEATHSKIN  Product...

On this premium episode of Beneath the Skin, we dive deep in the life of Britains original tattoo artist, Sutherland MacDonald. Mac, as he was known to his friends was an artist, inventor, showman, and media manipulator who was the first professional tattoo artist in Britain.   Get the full episode on Patreon here:    If you want to follow us online for more updates CLICK HERE   Production by Thom...

On this episode of Beneath the Skin, we sail the ocean blue to find out all there is to know about tattooing in the 'New World', and try to dispel the myth that Captain Cook discovered the art form.  A special thank you to Saniderm for helping make this show possible. Get 15% off Saniderm tattoo products with code BENEATHSKIN  Support the show or want to follow us online for more updates CLICK HER...

On this episode of Beneath the Skin, Tom and Matt track down the truth behind tattooing's journey from the soul to the half sleeve as they uncover the twinned history of tattooing, religion, and the esoteric arts.   A special thank you to Saniderm for helping make this show possible. Get 15% off Saniderm tattoo products with code BENEATHSKIN  Support the show or want to follow us online for more u...

On this episode of Beneath the Skin, Tom and Matt discuss the prehistoric origins of tattoos and the evidence we have today that tattooing is far from a modern phenomenon.  A special thank you to Saniderm for helping make this show possible. Get 15% off Saniderm tattoo products with code BENEATHSKIN  Support the show or want to follow us online for more updates CLICK HERE Artwork by Joe Painter (j...

On the first ever episode of Beneath the Skin, your hosts, Art and Tattoo Historian Dr. Matt Lodder, and Podcast Producer and Tattoo Enthusiast Thomas O'Mahony take you through a journey into why tattoo history matters, and share their own personal tattoo stories.  A special thank you to Saniderm for helping make this show possible. Get 15% off Saniderm tattoo products with code BENEATHSKIN  Suppo...

Beneath the Skin is a podcast chronicling the interconnected history of the world through the complicated history of tattooing.  Hosted by Art History professor, museum curator, and tattoo historian Dr Matt Lodder, and podcast producer, and tattoo collector Thomas O'Mahony.  The show is trying to tell the history of tattooing as it interweaves with politics, society, , and the weirdest corners of...