Hope everybody had a nice holiday season and are nearly recovered from the season of excess! We’ve been busy little bees tattooing in East Boston. Carissa and Amanda did some nice flash sheets for Friday the 13th and made a few nice tattoos. Check the slideshow for a small example of what we’ve been up to.
Been tattooing our lil hearts out over here in East Boston. Carissa and Amanda have been busy like little tattooing elves!
Shopping for that hard to shop for person? Gift certificates make an awesome gift for someone. Use them for tattoos or anything else in the shop someone will love it….not like the horrible gift ideas on this list!
Last February Wave n’ Pave donated some gift certificates for tattoos at a benefit concert for a friend who was killed by a drunk driver. That friend was Chris “Rover” Rybicki.
Rover was a talented musician who played in a few local bands, No Choice, Point 04 and most notably Unearth. Rover lived life on his terms and always had a great time doing so. That is where the paralell begins between the tattoo and how the customer wound up here. The recipient of one of those gift certificates – Mike S. recently came in for a tattoo by owner artist Carissa Bonilla one of Boston’s best tattoo artists. The tattoo was of the Oakland Raiders logo, a memorial tattoo for Raiders owner Al Davis who had recently passed.
Mike, a lifelong fan of the Raiders, but a lifelong resident of New England – this was confusing to me, so I decided to dig a little deeper. Why the Raiders and why Al Davis – being from New England? The answer was pretty simple – Al Davis had a renegade image, did whatever he wanted whenever he wanted or very simply he lived life on his own terms. That was the thing that drew Mike in as a fan of the Raiders, a fan of the type of music Rover played and made Al Davis such an influential figure. We were very happy to make mike happy and be able to help to raise some money for Rovers family.
The team at Wave n Pave headed to the Boston Tattoo Convention this past week. It was great to see all of the college students back in the city as they bring a great energy to our awesome city.
Amanda Abbott, one of Boston’s best tattoo artists, had a booth at the Convention. She had an awsome time, working with some great people doing some radically fancy tattoos. Take a look at some of the tattoo designs that Amanda
We were lucky enough to get a visit with her on Sunday of the Boston Tattoo Convention to see some of the radness in person. We checked out some amazing work at the convention, got some sick books, limited tee’s and prints by tattoer Myke Chambers, Good times!
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Been a crazy couple of weeks here in East Boston. We’ve had Hurricane Irene, a earthquake. a acid spill at Deer Island and a shark sighting in Winthrop. We’ve been tattooing like mad and the insanity will continue. Amanda will be tattooing at the Boston Tattoo Convention and Keith will be in Cali for the upcoming week. Here are some pics from the last week or so, enjoy!
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out for a cruise with the boy
carissa’s 1st session on the magical genie weed lamp
right down the middle, who wins?
who will be victorious for their wish
hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil aztek style
Been a busy past week, we’ve been drawing, painting, tattooing surfing and paddleboarding. The tropics are starting to fire up and boards are flying out of the shop. As always we’re here for all your tattoo, skateboard and surf needs. Conviently located in East Boston right at Orient Heights from 12-9 everyday but sunday. The T (blue line) is right across the street and we’re just minutes from routes 1a, 90 and 93. Check out some pics from the week[
Another fancy week here! doing tattoo’s on customers and on ourselves, drawing, grilling, surfing….pretty much just getting shit done!! come get fancy with us at 973 saratoga street!!
Been a busy week at the shop this week. Tats galore, movin surf and skate goods, plus we saw the flaming lips this week. The Flaming Lips show at the boa pavillion last Wed night was one of the best shows i’ve ever seen in my life! needless to say it was a good week.
