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Leonie

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:20:20 -0400

Bio Coming Soon!

Leonie has been with Pat's Tats since 1991 when she was a Bard student and worked the front desk. She apprenticed with Pat shortly after and has become a top-notch tattooist over the past 18 years. Her ever-growing client base is testimony to the quality work she does.

Leonie is Pat's Tats General Manager and Pat's "Yes Babe." Things simply wouldn't run as smoothly without her.

LoriTatu

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:09:35 -0400

Lori's Bio coming soon! Here are some older tattoos Lori has done. New images will be posted shortly.

Pat Sinatra

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:17:55 -0400

I'm one of a handful of women who began tattooing in the 1970s, long before tattooing was as popular as it is today. It was a struggle then to acquire information and even equipment, especially if you were a woman. There were no tattoo magazines, yellow pages listings, suppliers or any worthwhile reference materials. It was ideal if you were a guy, got tattooed locally and hung around the tattoo parlor regularly to acquire any information. The way tattooing used to be exists today only in the memories of those tattooers still among us. It was a cut-throat business wrought with danger, liquor, drugs and loose women. All that's changed now.

I learned respect for the craft from noted "old-timers" who paved my way. I pass down the same respect of the traditions of tattooing to my staff. It was due to the hard work of those who came before which transformed tattooing into the artform it is today. Without them, tattooing would not have survived nor flourished. (If you are a tattoo artist and don't know your tattoo history then shame on you.) This profession is an honorable one if treated as such.