Fireside Tattoo Podcast

Teresa Sharpe has changed the client relationship fundamentally. Instead of working with clients to bring their ideas to the skin, Teresa creates her own narratives and finds the right client to brin…

We are excited to bring you this new series of interviews focused on Visual Storytelling. We have assembled some of the best illustrative tattooers we know to share their ideas and processes for crea…

What happens when 2 tattooers with podcasts sit down for an episode? Long format! Grab a drink, get comfy and settle in for our chat with The Apprenticeship Diaries Podcast creator, Amy Nichols! Subs…

Battery-powered tattooing has taken the industry by storm lately. In fact, it has happened so fast that many of us have failed to consider just what we might be giving up when we leave our traditiona…

What makes one machine more forgiving than another? What defines a "forgiving" tattoo machine? What factors should beginning tattooers consider when buying their first machine? In today's episode we …

There are no shortage of paths that artists find themselves on while pursuing a life as a professional tattooer. Today's guest Ryan (@grievinginktattoo), is proof of that. Ryan has had a journey wort…

Buying a new tattoo machine can be a stressful decision. There are so many choices these days. What are the variables you should consider? Today, we sit down with machine builder Carson Hill to discu…

We are back with Carson Hill of Neuma Tattoo to discuss machine voltage and power. If you've ever wondered how to determine proper voltage for your tattoo machines, we cover the variables you should …

This week we are back with segment two of this awesome series with Carson Hill of Neuma Tattoo Machines. We dive deeper into more information on digital give vs mechanical give and so much more.

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What are the major differences between coil and rotary tattoo machines? What are the similarities? What caused the huge revolution in rotary machine technology? What was wrong with coils to begin wit…

Kira is an Austin-based tattooer with really cool, unique color choices and a traditional approach to some really interesting not-so-traditional subject matter. This was a super fun conversation wher…

TattooSnob is one of the best curated and most popular tattoo pages on Instagram. Today we sit down with its founder Kevin Miller to discuss how they built a follower base of 500k, why they started t…

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When we saw how Andre Malcolm was using his large format printer to make full back stencils, we had t…

Brad Wooten is a mad scientist. His Cyberfluidics brush set created with TattooSmart introduces advanced concepts in digital design and simplifies them to a level that even Jake can understand. If th…

We welcome Alex Eubank from PACT, the Professional Association of California Tattooers, to discuss the purpose for the group and their goal that starts with rights and representation for California t…

Sit back and enjoy a great episode with tattooer, author, professor and all-around art entrepreneur Shelly Dax! Shelly is a veteran tattooer who runs Garden of Ink Tattoo Studio and School in Oregon …

In this show, we sit down with Tony Sink from tattooseo.com to discuss what exactly SEO is and how you can use it to help pull in new clients. It may be a while before conventions are able to open in…

Blurring the line between fine art and tattooing has always been a tagline for Fireside since the beginning and today we further blur that divide with tattooer, painter, shop owner, event organizer a…

Get out your TI-83 and put your thinking cap on...this one gets techie but oh so good. We welcome Carson Hill, owner of Neuma Tattoo Machines along with our resident machine guru, Ty Pallotta, to get…