Thanksfishing?
It's that time of year again. The holidays are upon us. This also marks the slower season for tattooing. Last week was definitely quieter than usual but I'm not sure if that's because it's getting slow or because we have no guest artists, Jason's gone, and Iggy's on paternity leave.I'm happy to announce that starting in December, Cecilia Altamirano will be working at Idle Hand! I've been the only girl tattooing at the shop for the last 5 years so now that there'll be two of us you can expect lots of cat fights, tampons, emotional breakdowns, and bon bons in the shop. Oh and more Tegan and Sara on the stereo!So last week whe

Magnus Opus
Well it's been one of those weeks where things are a little quiet as far as things to write about. Everyone has been busy working and drawing so that's exciting but pictures speak louder than words in that department. I was trying to think of things to write about in the coming weeks and it dawned on me that our clients ask us a lot of the same questions; how long have you been doing this? what got you into it? where's the weirdest place you've tattooed? etc. etc. and I thought it would be nice to interview the artists who work here so you can get to know us a little better.I thought I would start with Iggy for a few reasons. He's our grumpy old man (or he WAS a grumpy old man..

Sea Monsters, Wompertinkers, & Gold Teeth!!
The blog this week was written by a 28 year old man-baby named Isaac who works with us at Idle Hand Bill Falsetta came here.  He tattooed me, its a sea monster.   He tattooed my friend Petey Dammit also!  It was holy shit! Haha get it, holy shit!!!

Bunnies have pink balls and rarely ash their cigarettes.
One thing that's great about conventions is we get to see a lot of old friends that we sometimes only see at conventions. Some of us have certain ones we go to every year and when you see people you know it's like you're on vacation with your friends! Only you don't have to travel with them and listen to them complain about the food or the weather and you can ditch them when they get annoying.Last weekend was the San Jose convention so we had a slew of friends coming through the shop. Tony Derigo of Chronic Tattoo in Ohio was here and hung out and tattooed at the shop one day. He drew this fantastic panther for Jason in about two minutes a

Well this week at...
Well this week at the Idle Hands (<----pet peeve) was filled with painting, hammering, and tattooing our asses off. Everyone was super busy. Ian finished painting the back room and ceiling which is where Eric, Iggy and I work so we're happy to be able to hang our art back on the walls. That arm in the wall is gonna gitcha, Ian!Adam also finished up the trim an