Ilya tattooing in sunglasses under one hard light, black and white

01 The Ink 2025

Ornamentalika

Ornamental blackwork in the third hour, under one hard light.

Ilya works in ornamental blackwork. Symmetry that has to land the first time, on skin that moves. There is no undo, so there is no rehearsal. That is why the room is worth photographing.

One hard key, no fill, black and white. Colour was the least interesting thing happening on that table.

Client
Ornamentalika · Ilya Cascad
Year
2025
Role
Photography · Motion
Where
Las Vegas · NV
Ilya seated in the shop before a session, black and white Ilya at the studio counter between clients
Wide of the shop floor mid-session, one client on the table
Ilya leaning into the work, machine in hand Long exposure of the booth, the artist smeared into the room Ilya standing at the window light of the studio
The studio in the afternoon, window light across the station
Conversation across the studio floor A client and the artist reviewing the piece

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