WELCOME TO BUSHIDO!

Bushido was established in the fall of 2000, and we pride ourselves in offering professional custom tattoos in a clean, safe, sterile, Alberta Health Services approved, fun, friendly environment.

Custom tattoos are our preference. When booking a tattoo appointment with us, we require that customers bring in reference material (images from the internet, from books, drawings or personal sketches), anything that can be used in designing your new tattoo. From this reference the artist can then design a piece that is individual and unique for you.

Please email the shop and will be happy to answer any questions you may have as well as assist you in booking your tattoo appointment.

MEET OUR ARTISTS

Doug Fink - Horihyo Artist/Owner

Douglas Roy Fink - Painting and fine art - Instagram

Malinda GG - Artist

Riley Hogan - Artist

Ashla K - Artist

Wil Yee - Artist

Cale Kristal - Artist

Erin Hastings - Artist Assistant

1066 Nutrition - Holistic Nutritional Consultant and Personal Trainer - instagram

200 Hours (the retirement of Paul Jeffries)

Click the links below to view artist prints

Prints by Wil

Prints by Malinda

TEBORI

Doug aka Horihyo has been tattooing for 22 years and doing TEBORI for 7 years. He has trained under his Sensei, Ryugen from Tokyo Japan and is a member of the Ryugendo Family. When Ryugen decided that Doug was ready to tattoo TEBORI Ryugen chose a name that he thought best suits his personality and style. It was a great honor for Doug to be given the name Horihyo, which translates to Tattoo Leopard (Hori ‘tattoo’ and Hyo ‘leopard’).

TEBORI (Te ‘hand’ and Bori ‘carve’) is the traditional method of tattooing by hand that has been practiced for over 400 years in Japan. The tattoo instrument consists of a set of needles attached to an ebony, metal, or plastic handle called a Sashibo. The needles used in TEBORI are the same stainless steel needles used in machine tattooing, and the different needle configurations are handmade by the artist.

Though TEBORI may sound and look painful, clients find it is less painful than machine tattooing. The skin also heals quicker, as there is less inflammation and trauma to the skin than from work done with a machine.

When creating a TEBORI piece, Horihyo will line the design by machine, and do the color and shading by hand.