Gesang Tattoo Studio

“Enjoying a hot afternoon around Legian, accompanied by bottles of wine and a nice chat.” Yes, our profile column this month features a man from the friendly city of Malang, whose hobby is to linger with wine (that’s what makes us feel at home to chat with him—ed.). Here is our relaxed chat with Gesang in the midst of busy life for tattoo, photography, and wine... Check this out.

Knowing tattoo from the roads, terminals, and markets association, he became interested in tattoo and the art around the year of 93-94. At that time, he was in high school and began to consider tattooing as a professional job when you were graduated from school. “In principle, all of which form the character of a person is their environment,” he said. Maybe that’s what determines the characteristics of a Gesang. He really likes the decorative pictures (painting), Maori, and biomechanics drawings.

Family and friends also said had been credited with making him as much now. Everything he learned in autodidacts only by pictures. Until finally in mid 99, he moved to Bali with only bring tattoo and painting skills. By becoming a freelance tattoo artist in Bali, many experiences have forged and made him like now. Starting from Dhodho Tattoo, Tattoo Gung De, and Ka’s Tattoo, until finally docked at Irezumi Tattoo which is now better known as Gesang Tattoo. Gesang had learnt a lot with them (Dhodho, Gung De, Rheno, Gus Tu).

According to this one-child-father, the family is a source of happiness and inspiration. Bali is the perfect place for tattoo because they closely relate to tourism. The big number of tattoo studios in Bali is not a problem, the proliferation of tattoo studios are not a hindrance or competition. “Every person has their own abilities, their own market, quality and fortune alone, everything is set by the God,” he said. Defining a work and compete fairly with the work, both promote tattoo. “Indonizing tattoo and tattooing Indonesia,” he added.

Gesang commented, “Magic Ink is a magazine that dared to make a breakthrough to advance the tattoo, as a media of reunion, friendship, and relationship.” He fully hopes that the Magic Ink would make the activities more often, and not too stingy to receive input from anyone, raise the educational contents, strengthen pages, to make society more familiar with tattoo, and hopefully be able to make them realize that tattoo is an art.

Wiz Ink Tattoo Studio

The studio that located at Kartika Plaza street (in front of Green Garden Hotel), opened about 4 month ago, at June 2010. Wiz Ink studio is comfortable and little bit into a shopping complex area, but don’t worry, they use sign board alongside the road. There are David as a tattoo artist, Bima Masquito as accounting and
Pak Nyoman Wiz as the owner. Use star brite, korusumi, intenz, dynamic, and eternal ink.

Of course they have medical sterilizer with international standard, and other facilities like internet, AC, wastafel, and sofa. The studio serves piercing, and receive calls to make tattoo outside studio. Open everyday from 11.00am - 10.00pm. Studio caters for all motif image by fixing the price / minimum price 500k (5x5cm), and also based on the large image size and difficulty level images. And one more.. this place is good for hanging out ;)

Bali Dreamz Tattoo

Bali Dreamz Tattoo, established 1 year ago at August 2009. although the studio only 1 year, but the tattoo artist already + 17 years. Placed at Jl.Wana Segara, Tuban kompleks Pertokoan Wana Segara Kav.8. Open from 10 AM – 10 PM. There is 2 staff that manage the studio and accept booked by customers that mostly coming from Australia. For price starting from 800K/hour. In a month, around 20 people or customers come to the tattoo studio, and SongCat as an artist will be ready to serve. For needle, imported from Australia and they use eternal ink imported from America. Anybody who like to have tattoo just come to the studio or call (0361) 763178 0 763174 – 081237675231

in bahasa:

Studio tattoo satu ini baru berdiri 1th lalu, tepatnya pada bulan Agustus 2009. Meskipun baru 1th buka, namun artistnya sudah berkecimpung di dunia tattoo + 17th. Nama dari studio ini adalah Bali Dreamz, terletak di Jl. Wana Segara, Tuban Kompleks Pertokoan Wana Segara
Kav. 8. Buka dari pukul 10 AM – 22 PM. Selain itu, terdapat 2 staff yang mengatur studio ini beserta pesanan / bookingan dari para pelanggan-pelanggannya / para new customernya yang sebagian besar berasal dari Austalia. Bali Dreamz Tattoo juga mempergunakan tarif, start at 800rb/jam. Dalam sebulan sekitar 20 orang mampir ke studio ini, dan SongCat sebagai artisnya akan siap melayani. Untuk jarum, mereka mengimport dari Australia dan untuk tinta menggunakan Eternal yang diimport dari Amerika. Bagi siapa saja yang mau melukis tubuhnya
dapat langsung datang ke studio ini atau menghubungi no. (0361) 763178 / 763174 – 081237675231

sumber: magic-ink vol.10

3 Datu Tattoo Studio in Bali

A tattoo studio which is named 3 Datu tattoo studio, was opened in around 2008. 3 Datu itself means the three elements, namely the creator, maintainer and buster. This studio is located in North Padma, with Wayan Wijaya Enteg as the owner, Koming Chao as the tattoo artist which assisted by Manix and Leonk. This studio is also equipped with air conditioning, medical Sterilizer, Internet, and waiting rooms. Price determined by size, and difficulty level of the images itself. Most of the customers are come from Australia. They won’t receive any outgoing tattoo orders anymore, except for some close friends, because once, the artist almost been stabbed by a customer for some less obvious reasons, when receiving an outgoing tattoo orders. For you who are interested in the work of this artists (could be seen in www.3datutattoo.com) just go directly to Jl Werkudara no. 513, or you may contact the 3datu_tattoo@yahoo.co.id.

Indonesian version:

Studio yang dikasi nama 3 datu tattoo studio ini mulai buka sekitar tahun 2008. Diberi nama 3 datu yang artinya adalah 3 unsur yaitu Pencipta, pemelihara dan pelebur. Studio ini terletak di daerah Padma Utara, dengan Wayan Enteg Wijaya sebagai owner, Koming Chao sebagai tukang tato dan di bantu 2 orang staff, Manix dan Leonk. Studio ini juga sudah di lengkapi dengan AC, medical sterilizer, internet, dan ruang tunggu. Harga yang dipatok berdasarkan size,dan tingkat kesulitan gambar. Sebagian besar customer yang datang berasal dari Australia. Tidak menerima tato panggilan keluar studio, kecuali teman-teman dekat, karena pengalaman buruk sang artist pernah nyaris ditusuk salah satu customernya karena alasan yang kurang jelas, ketika menerima tattoo panggilan. Dan mungkin untuk kalian yang tertarik dengan hasil karya sang artist (bisa di lihat di www.3datutattoo.com) langsung saja menuju ke Jl Werkudara no.513 atau bisa kontak ke 3datu_tattoo@yahoo.co.id.

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Goldfinger Tattoo Studio

This studio which was opened in May 2009 located in Lebak Bene Street, or between Benesari and Padma Street, with minimum rate 300 thousand rupiahs. It is 6x5 meters in wide and divided into guess room and tattoo studio room. Dewa and Kaity are the owners. Koko, the younger brother
of Dewa, is the tattoo artist. Joni handles the staff things. Those 3 men are brothers. The studio design is alike with Twice Bar. This is mainly because Dewa is also a bartender there. For about 10 customers come to the studio every week. This studio uses intenz and kuro sumi ink. It has
television, AC, and medical sterilizer as well. Koko, the one who likes and masters oriental and religious pictures, has been undergoing the tattoo art for 5 years. So, for you guys being around Kuta, Goldfinger tattoo studio really welcomes you to come

PJ's Tattoo Studio

Studio which opened in 1997 is located on the edge road to the beach Sindhu, precisely located at Jl.Pantai Sindhu No. 4 Sanur - Bali. Puja’s studio who is also a tattoo artist is measuring 10m x
11m. In addition to a tattoo studio, PJ’s studio is also sell t-shirts containing the name tattoo studio, flat - Average guest who comes 4-5 per day, with prices varied according to the color, size
and technical drawings difficulties. Almost 90% of visitors who come are people foreign. The waiting room and separate studio built by the by a glass screen which is equipped with air conditioning, TV, Phone / Fax, Internet, medical sterilizer, ultrasonic cleaner. For this studio ink used sharpz micky, eternal ink, Intenze Ink, and ink dermaglo. So, for the Sanur area want to be or who want to walk to Sanur, please stop by the studio.

Bali Tattoo Artist : Made Della

Made Della is one of some artists who has been in Kuta, Bali for quite a long time. He started to wrestle with tattoo art since 1989. And from 1994, he began to be a tattoo artist in Kuta. According to him, at that time there were only few tattoo studios in Kuta, like Demon Tattoo, Baladewa, Mr. Dolphin, and Gungde.

After some time becoming a tattoo artist in some studios, in 2009 he decided to reopen his own studio named Black Angel. Recently, he has a plan to invite Bali tattoo artists establishing Bali Tattoo Artist Club again. Because for him, business is business, but solidarity and togetherness need to keep going. And here is a brief interview between Magic Ink and Made Bella.

What makes you holding out in tattoo art for so long?
We didn’t have any other job to do, hahahaha... And maybe tattoo was the only good thing for my life, hahaha…

When did you get your first tattoo?
Back in that 1989. Gungde made it. Besides, he fully supported me to be a tattoo artist. He always supports me.

Why did you decide to reopen your own studio?
If I used to work for other people, then I wanted to have my own. Moreover, I’m preparing a new generation, like Agus (Della’s son-red). So that Black Angel always exists.

You used to have a studio, why was it closed?
I did the business with my family, and there were some problems about financial quotient.

You are one of the people who have been holding on the tattoo industry in Kuta for quite a long time, how do you see its development?
Me and my friends used to compete more from our works, not from the rate. So please, for Bali tattoo artists, don’t compete in rate. We live from tattoo, so don’t bring each other down.

In tattoo, what style do you tend to?
Actually I can do all of them, but I like Chinese and Japanese style more.

And about BTAC (Bali Tattoo Artist Club), in your opinion, what’s the reason it does not go well?
I myself don’t understand too much about it, because it happened when I went to Germany. I was in Germany for 3 months, and when I got back it had already fallen apart. But I really think that BTAC should be established again. There are so many foreign artists opening studios in their rent houses and without any permit. Their visa is visa for holiday, not for working. If we’re not solid, we can be colonized. I mean, colonized in another version. If people with big capital come in and we’re not ready and solid, it’s possible that Indonesian artists are scraped and work to them. But again, for Bali tattoo artists, we don’t need to argue about rate. Also for the works, from the first I learned, up to now I still learn. Just keep learning, no need to get above oneself.

But it doesn’t mean that you’re scared to compete, right?
Oh no... I just want that artists stop arguing about rate.

And for the high rate of guide, what do you think as a tattoo artist? Do you feel harmed?
No, not really. We still depend on their service. Unless we have big capital, hehehe.. That’s why we need BTAC. It covers up these matters.

Ok, we wait for the BTAC! Last words?
For Bali tattoo artists, let’s remake the organization, don’t walk by ourselves. For Magic Ink, I always support this magazine. Who knows if the togetherness can help our business to grow, it will affect Magic Ink, too. Right? Hahaha... Let all tattoo artists hand in hand to make Magic
Ink better