Canada has a rich and colourful tattoo history still waiting to be fully told. This three-book series will feature 375 Canadian tattoo artists and the lasting history they helped shape. We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us — and of each other.

This project began in 2008, when I started interviewing tattoo artists across Canada. Since then, I’ve travelled coast to coast twice and dedicated thousands of hours to documenting this history. The goal is to publish the complete project by 2028.

What originally began as a single book evolved into a three-volume series due to the incredible number of artists and stories uncovered along the way. Each volume will feature profiles of Canadian tattoo artists from different eras:

• Volume One: 1900 – 1970s
• Volume Two: 1980 – 2000
• Volume Three: 2000 – 2025