Gold Winner Rebecca O’Quinn, Heirloom Tattoo Silver Winner Helena Darling, HFX Tattoo Company Bronze Winner Amber Thorpe, Adept Tattoos & Body Piercing Studio Rebecca O’Quinn’s tattoo style—softly shaded yet crisply outlined, with a penchant for romantic, tumbling florals—explains for itself why this is her second year cribbing the Best Tattoo Artist title. But O’Quinn still […]
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Best Tattoo / Piercing Joint
Gold Winner Adept Tattoos & Body Piercing Studio, Halifax Silver Winner Oceanic Art Bronze Winner HFX Tattoo Company Though Kirsten Wells is newish to her management position at Adept, she knew the ranks she’d be joining. “It’s our sixth year winning—but we were a little nervous [this year] as so many new places opened,” she […]
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Best Tattoo Artist
Gold Winner Rebecca O’Quinn, Heirloom Tattoo Silver Winner Helena Darling, HFX Tattoo Bronze Winner Amber Thorpe, Adept Tattoos & Body Piercing Studio Almost exactly one year ago, Rebecca O’Quinn made the decision to bet on herself. She left the tattoo studio she’d been working at—which was nice enough, but not the perfect fit—to go solo, […]
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Best Tattoo / Piercing Joint
Gold Winner Adept Tattoos & Body Piercing Studio, Halifax Silver Winner HFX Tattoo Bronze Winner Oceanic Art If you’re going to place an image on your body permanently, you better pick the best place to do it—and that is, for its fifth year running, Adept Tattoos. Its flagship location on Quinpool Road—there’s also one on […]
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Best Tattoo Artist
Gold Winner Helena Darling, HFX Tattoo Company Silver Winner Amber Thorpe, Adept Tattoos Bronze Winner Lydia K., Gem Tattoo Co. With everyone from the crustiest punk to your own grandmother up for ink these days, competition has never been stiffer in the tattoo game. This year you drew an intricate line around Helena Darling at […]
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Best Tattoo/Piercing Joint
Gold Winner Adept Tattoos Silver Winner HFX Tattoo Company Bronze Winner Oceanic Art For the fourth year in a row, Adept Tattoos snags the honour of Halifax’s Best Tattoo/Piercing joint. Owner—and award-winning artist—Amber Thorpe is humble about the sweep, crediting Adept’s arsenal of artists with the shop’s success. “All our artists work so hard, doing […]
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Best Tattoo Artist
Gold Winner Lydia K., Gem Tattoo Co. Silver Winner Helena Darling, HFX Tattoo Bronze Winner Amber Thorpe, Adept Tattoos Getting something permanently inked on your body can be a choice hastily made or painstakingly deliberated over. It doesn’t matter really—in the words of Philly’s scuzz rockers The Tough Shits, a tattoo is just a cool […]
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Best Tattoo / Piercing Joint
Gold Winner Adept Tattoos, Quinpool Road Silver Winner HFX Tattoo Bronze Winner Sin on Skin Tattoos Three years, three gold place wins for Adept Tattoos as Halifax’s Best Tattoo/Piercing Joint. Owner Amber Thorpe was your 2010 and 2011 choice for Best Tattoo Artist herself, so the attention to detail Adept crafts with their craft shouldn’t […]
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A new Newcombe’s Ink
The pending construction of the better, faster, stronger Roy Building has pushed Newcombe’s Ink (5187 Sackville Street) to move out of its downtown location sooner than expected, but tattoo artist Helena Darling says it’s not a bad thing. “It’s really exciting, it’s fully renovated,” the longtime employee says of new spot. “Being in an over […]
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Splice moves
Splice (444-4225) formerly at 1668 Barrington, is relocating to 5158 Sackville, under Newcombe’s Ink and across from Reflections, as of today, March 1. “We’ve been on the same block for six years…but we figured it was best to get to ground level because we want greater visibility for our new retail section that’ll open in […]
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Newcombe’s Valentine’s
Monday February 14th Newcombe’s Ink (5187 Sackville Street, 405-7080) wants to share its love. Get your valentine tattoo flash—hearts in any style, script, or cupids—and get it tax free and at an exceptional price: On Valentine’s Day only, tattoos start from $50. Rates depend on size and colour. But remember folks, breaking up is hard […]
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Newcombe’s Ink opens
The Utility Gallery is now a denizen of Quinpool Road, those looking to get a new tattoo in the downtown area need not fear, Newcombe’s Ink is here. Located at 5187 Sackville Street (405-7080), across from Reflections, the shop is a stylish joint up a flight of stairs, offering the services of three talented artists, including Halifax born-and-bred proprietor John Newcombe, who’s been “an artist since birth” and a tattoo artist for three years. You’ll know him from the tattoos he has instead of eyebrows. Also, members of the armed forces receive a 15 percent discount, as do Fit Plus