Copper Iris Tattoo · SE Hawthorne, Portland

Copper Iris TattooEst. on Hawthorne, Portland

More gallery than parlor. The work is hung like art, and your piece is treated the same.

A fine-line fern tattoo running the length of a client's spine, in warm custom pigment
No. 01 · Marisol Reyes

The fern, hung.

Fine-line botanical in custom pigment, matched to the client's skin. A single piece, given the room a print would get.

Fine-line iris and botanical tattoo by Marisol
No. 01

Marisol

Fine-line botanical and color, built on custom pigment blends mixed to sit against any skin tone.

Neo-traditional lantern and luna moth tattoo with glowing teal, by Theo
No. 02

Theo

Bold neo-traditional in rich teal and copper — saturated color and clean line, the one place teal is allowed to glow.

Ornamental blackwork mandala across the back, by Priya
No. 03

Priya

Crisp blackwork and ornamental mandala geometry — precise, patient linework that draws collectors citywide.

A glimpse of the collection

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  • Fine-line peony tattoo on the forearm, by MarisolFine-lineMARI-03
  • Neo-traditional snake and dahlia tattoo in teal and copper, by TheoNeo-traditionalTHEO-02
  • Ornamental blackwork sternum mandala, by PriyaBlackworkPRIYA-02
  • Color hummingbird and flowers tattoo, by MarisolFine-lineMARI-05
Copper caps of custom-mixed tattoo pigment on a dark tray beside a machine
The Craft · Custom Pigment

Color mixed for your skin.

The palette in the hero is not a metaphor — it's real pigment, blended in-house in copper caps to sit beautifully against your skin tone. The color key, made physical.

“I came in shaking and left with a piece of art I cry about (happy tears) every time I see it.”
— Google review, framed in the shop
“Mari matched the green to a fern from my grandmother's garden and I think about it every day.”
— regular client
“Math you can wear.”
— on a piece by Priya

Start your piece

Tell us a little about what you have in mind. First-timers welcome — there's no wrong way to begin.