Founder — Large-scale Blackwork

Wahyu

Backpieces and bodysuits where ornament, bone and devotion bleed into one — hand-drawn and committed in solid black.

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Wahyu — founder and large-scale blackwork artist at Blacklow Studio, Bali
DEATH · ORNAMENT
In solid black, since 2009

Wahyu builds cathedrals out of skin — backpieces and bodysuits where ornament, bone and devotion bleed into one another. He works the old way: hand-drawn, committed in solid black, every negative space holding as much weight as the ink. His subjects circle the same idea — that everything we love is already passing. See more of his blackwork tattoo work in Bali.

BackpiecesMemento Mori Sacred OrnamentDotwork Blackletter
Working since2009 SessionsFull-day BooksOpen
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Wahyu's marks.

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Gothic cathedral and skull blackwork tattoo by Wahyu, Blacklow Studio Bali
CATHEDRAL
Black-and-grey gargoyle and skull sleeve tattoo by Wahyu, Blacklow Studio Bali
GARGOYLE
Large-scale blackwork root and vein neck tattoo by Wahyu, Blacklow Studio Bali
ROOTS
Blackwork spider and lettering neck tattoo by Wahyu, Blacklow Studio Bali
SPIDER
Ornamental dotwork tattoo by Wahyu, Blacklow Studio Bali
ORNAMENT
Dotwork detail tattoo by Wahyu, Blacklow Studio Bali
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