Rightnowish Presents: ‘Permanent Behavior: Getting Tatted in the Bay’Rightnowish Presents: ‘Permanent Behavior: Getting Tatted in the Bay’

“Permanent Behavior: Getting Tatted in the Bay” is a four-part podcast series that dives into the permanence of ink, as it resides on impermanent beings.

We hear from artists behind the needles — each artist has their own tattoo style but all of them are proud products of the Bay.

Tattoo artist Mo’Better (wearing a headlamp under his cap and medical gloves) uses a tattoo gun to add shading to a skeleton design on his client’s forearm.
Photo: Beth LaBerge/KQED

Miguel ‘Bounce’ Perez’s Culture Flows Through His Ink

Sabreena Haque at Gold Leaf Ink

Sabreena Haque on Marking Transitional Milestones with Henna

Permanent Behavior: Self-Taught Artist to Tattoo Legend

Permanent Behavior: Henna, Tatts and Setting Intentions

Permanent Behavior: Collective Ownership + Bodily Autonomy Through Stick-and-Poke

Permanent Behavior: Repping 'Cali-Chicano' Tattoo Style

Roll Up Your Sleeves, We're Talking Tattoos...Rightnowish