Dieppe

Tattoo posters in Dieppe, France.

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During his travel in France, Baba Bikas got written about in a local newspaper. Here is the article's translation for his work at Black Cat shop in Louviers, Normandie.

"Isn't my tattoo artist beautiful? Well, he's nepale.

Last week, at the tattoo shop of the Mendes-France street, in Louviers (The Black Cat), there was an unusual guest: Baba Bikas, a napale tattoo artist, better known as Funky Buddha Tattoo.

Baba Bikas came all the way to France from his far aways Himalayan mountains, to study art and culture. Most of all, he is an artist who loves music and painting. He practices the art of tattoo to make a living. Tattoo is an ancient tradition which is part of the nepale culture. It is even a traditional medecine, people get tattooed to keep from malaria or other deseases.

Funky Buddha Tattoo is specialized in bamboo work, a method which he learned in Thailand. At R1, Black Cat's tattoo artist, he used this method to create tattoos on clients...who looked very happy. Not even painfull, they said. Anyhows, now, the nepale, they got him in their skin."

Ink'Side mandala

                              Making bamboo mandala on Kik, from Ink'Side, in Ardeche, France.

 Finished work.

Thanks Kik and Alex for the super welcome. See you soon!

Bamboo tree

Dharma wheel

 Bamboo dharma wheel at Sublime Dementia.

Making of!

Bamboo skull 4

 At Sublime Dementia, the bamboo goes on!

Micro piercing

 Micro piercing with Ludo at Sublime Dementia!

 Ouch, hold on, it only hurts for a minute

 Ludo's leg test.

Ludo making a lower neck piercing...
Thanks Ludo for a fun time!!

Paris to Perigord

After 5 months in Paris, it's time to go explore other areas.

Sublime Dementia

Funky Buddha went to explore Perigord, around Bordeaux area. Thanks to Sublime Dementia Tattoo for a warm welcome in their Bergerac shop, Baba got to do some nice bamboo work on Bergerac metal heads. Thanks Vincent, Ludo and the whole Sublime team, see you soon for more flesh inking!

 Sublime Dementia shop.

 Making bamboo tibetan style skull.

 Vincent and Baba.

4 sided Vajra making.

Tibetan skull, bamboo work.

Mondial Tattoo Paris 3

 East Ching represents.

You can find East Ching and his classic style on his facebook page.

James Tex from Deadly tattoos.

Beautiful illustration style drawings, super strong colors, a beauty!

Alex from Studiotattoomania.

Classic japanese back with Alex, strong lines, just perfect!

Souryou Japan.

Artribal from Lyon.

Don't worry, the nurse is here!

We hope you enjoyed the tour as much as we enjoyed the convention. Of course, we could not put all 270 artists!! It was absolutely amazing to see, thanks to all the great artists for much inspiration. Hope to see you around soon, in the meantime, keep up the good works!
More pictures of the Mondial du Tatouage Paris here: Part 1, 2, 3.

Mondial Tattoo Paris 2

 Borneoheadhunter at work.

We keep going on our walk around the Mondial Paris Tattoo convention. Asia was nicely represented with a few Japanese artists.For some handpocking with the bamboo hand tradition, there was Borneoheadhunter from Malaysia studio, and a few others keeping the ancient art of tattoing before the machine world.

 Xoil

 Also present was Xoil, famous french artist and his computer inspired abstract tattoos, very modern, super cool. One of the top french artists in the field, not to be missed!

 Divine Ink Tattoo.

 Baba met an old friend from Thailand, Mister Aob from Divine Ink tattoo Bangkok.

 Genko Japan.

From Japan, Genko and a few other artists were present, showcasing the classic clean and sober japanese style.

And of course there was music...

 And a big book collection!

More pictures of the Mondial du Tatouage Paris here: Part 1, 2, 3.

Mondial Tattoo Paris

 Big line for the convention!

Paris 104 Rue Curial, Mondial du tatouage!!

FunkyBuddha was fortunate to go to the Paris Mondial Tattoo convention. The place was full of people from all over the world. Big names from the tattoo world were present and it was wonderful to see such great artists at work. Ready for mega art? Let's follow Baba Bikas for a tour...

Organized by Tintin Tattoo, the last convention was 13 years ago. The sucess was total, full of tattoos, full of food, drinks and music, the freak fest was a treat for the eyes and for the body.

Baba looking at the Leu Family booth and Paul Booth stand.

The Leu Family was there in complete, 3 generations of hippie travellers artists next to Paul Booth and his grey shade ghosts.

 Filip Leu doing one of his famous skulls, Paul Booth in the back.

 Volko Merschky from Realistic Trash Polka Tattoos

One of Baba Bikas favorite works was by artists Volko Merschky & Simone Pfaff from Realistic Trash Polka Tattoos. With strong black lines and painting style, the tattoos mix graphisme with realistik, for a unique and original look.

Volko Merschky at work!

Guen Douglas from Salon Serpent.

Let's not forget the girls!! Quite a few were tattooing, full power, girl power style. Here is Guen Douglas, with her old school style, Holland represents.

 Sailor Jerry booth.

OK, let's take a break and go out for a breath of fresh air...cause there is a lot more to see!

More pictures of the Mondial du Tatouage Paris here: Part 1, 2, 3.

Paris tattoo shops

Meanwhile In Paris. Baba Bikas visits the city with a tour of the tattoo shops.
Of course there is the infamous Tintin shop, an oldies but goodies in Pigalle. An old fashionned shop, with a relaxed atmosphere, and quite a few lady artists working there. A must see in Paris for a classic in tattoo history.

 In the neighborhood,an impressive graphic style portfolio was found at the bluenoirtattoo studio. Super clean and scratchy, the tattoo studio was showing an exhibition from Franck Pellegrino beautiful ink illustrations.

Around Republique square, there is TribalAct. Super nice and super cool, the shop recieves many guest artists, giving the shop an international feel with various tattoo forms. The shop also has a fantastic collection of tribal jewerly, with Indonesian carved wood ear strechers and much more. A must visit!

The visit goes on, so see you soon for a Paris cafe!

Paris visit

Well, there is a lot to visit in Paris. So, slowly but surely, Baba Bikas is exploring the city of lights: Panam, as people used to call it.

 

Panam angels on the Seine.

 Going to the museum of Quai Branly to see a aborigene art exhibition.

Checking out the grafiti walls...

Panam

Well, Funky Buddha is on the road again. Baba Bikas and his tattoos are in Paris.

A little visit around the city with Baba. Here watching over the Seine river and in the subway tunnels.

So, if you want a tattoo by Baba Bikas, contact in Paris, and let's meet in the gay city!
Meanwhile, Sunil is in the Kathmandu shop, so no worry, the shop stays open.