This is a Music video which tells the story of one Moko wearer, it feature Maori Tattoo Artist Turumakina Duleyz. This video speaks to one of the reasons I am so passionate about the revival of my cultural tattooing practices, and one of the reasons I think it is so important for Indigenous youth and [...]

Filed under: Facial Tattooing, Identity, Maori, Polynesian Tattooing, Tattoo Music Videos, Tattoo Revival, Turumakina Duley, Video

Turumakina Is the artist in the previous post on Moko, I remember him from the documentary done by the History Channel entitled “Ancient Ink” here are two portions of that program that feature Trurmakina Duley. You can check him out at http://artselemental.com The revival of traditional tattooing is just part of the process of de-colonization. [...]

Filed under: Decolonization, Facial Tattooing, Polynesian Tattooing, Tattoo Revival, Turumakina Duley, Video

Ever since the first time I seen Maori style tattoos I feel in love with them, I can’t remember where or when but they have always fascinated me. Actually the little booklet that I found in the local tattoo shop about my ancestors tattoos was found when i went in to get my Maori inspired tattoo which occupies my [...]

Filed under: Decolonization, Facial Tattooing, Maori, Polynesian Tattooing, Tattoo Revival, Tattooing by Hand, Turumakina Duley, Video