Artist Inks Her Friends With Minimalist Tattoos For Food, Lessons Or Books
Stanislava Pinchuk (aka Miso), a Ukraine-born tattoo artist that works in Tokyo and Melbourne, practices an interesting sort of bartering economics – when she does her trademark minimalistic tiny tattoos for her friends, they pay with goods or favors, not money.
Her homemade tattoos, which she currently only makes for “friends and friends of friends,” are exchanged for “what someone feels its worth – maybe they teach me a skill in return, cook me dinner, give me a book I would love, assistant work, whiskey. You never know, but everyone feels good about it, which I like. But more and more, I feel like it’s becoming a bigger part of my practice.”
She considers her tattoo designs “too important and intimate for me to take money for, at this stage.” For more comments about her unique tattoos, read Stanislava’s answers to Bored Panda’s questions below.
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“Since I only tattoo friends, and it’s so intimate – it just doesn’t feel right to take money for it,” Stanislava told Bored Panda about her choice to barter for her creative tattoos.
Stanislava explained that she usually sees her tattoo ideas as “a mapping – usually of geographical places and travels.”
When asked about who comes up with the cool tattoo designs, Stanislava said, “that’s the really nice thing about tattooing – we always meet halfway on a design, push each other, develop it together. It’s a really good challenge.”
She responded to detractors of her work by saying, “My hygiene and equipment is impeccable, and it’s something that I take really seriously.”
Thank you, Stanislava, for answering Bored Panda’s questions! Good luck with your work.
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I understand minimal statements, I like a couple of these. Kudos to the artist, a great way to express her love for what she does!
If it's what they want, no one has the right to judge them. Personally, I think they're wonderful and I agree with OnionSpirit.
They are pretty I like them they are subtle and stylish .. a nice change from the at times garish
Minimalistic shouldn't equal amateur. These are actually shoddy work and the colors were bleeding during tatting, they will likely bleed more as they go along. There are delicate and lovely tats out there, with better inks and needle use. Don't permanently stick something on your body because of how you pay for it. Prison tats are done for favors too and that's what the quality of these look like.
I don't know... most of these look either unfinished or amateur. Not to judge, but I like my tats to have a lot more to them. IMHO
Most of these look either unfinished or amateur. People can get what they want, of course, but I like my tattoos to be a bit more artistic.
this is the first tats that actually made me think of getting one
They're are really lovely. Delicate. There is something so powerful about minimalist statements.
my favorite artist of all time she gives tiny treasures to people and it's wonderful
It's reminiscent of the doodles I used to make in middle school...no wonder they don't charge money. Who would pay?
as a kid, I always thought about connecting the dots... so glad I never actually did it.. stage of maturity.
This chick again? The tattoos are terrible, to be honest. My little nephew would doodle better stuff with his markers.
Not everyone wants a big design. It says something when they choose a tattoo like this over a bold piece. Delicate and subtle.
Load More Replies... I understand minimal statements, I like a couple of these. Kudos to the artist, a great way to express her love for what she does!
If it's what they want, no one has the right to judge them. Personally, I think they're wonderful and I agree with OnionSpirit.
They are pretty I like them they are subtle and stylish .. a nice change from the at times garish
Minimalistic shouldn't equal amateur. These are actually shoddy work and the colors were bleeding during tatting, they will likely bleed more as they go along. There are delicate and lovely tats out there, with better inks and needle use. Don't permanently stick something on your body because of how you pay for it. Prison tats are done for favors too and that's what the quality of these look like.
I don't know... most of these look either unfinished or amateur. Not to judge, but I like my tats to have a lot more to them. IMHO
Most of these look either unfinished or amateur. People can get what they want, of course, but I like my tattoos to be a bit more artistic.
this is the first tats that actually made me think of getting one
They're are really lovely. Delicate. There is something so powerful about minimalist statements.
my favorite artist of all time she gives tiny treasures to people and it's wonderful
It's reminiscent of the doodles I used to make in middle school...no wonder they don't charge money. Who would pay?
as a kid, I always thought about connecting the dots... so glad I never actually did it.. stage of maturity.
This chick again? The tattoos are terrible, to be honest. My little nephew would doodle better stuff with his markers.
Not everyone wants a big design. It says something when they choose a tattoo like this over a bold piece. Delicate and subtle.
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