Da Mix-Plate of South Seas Inspired Tattoos

Kauai is made up of many diverse and unique cultures. The sugar plantation days of old brought many cultures to this small island in the middle of the Pacific. From Japan to the Philippines from Hawaii to Aotearoa and from Samoa to Tahiti.  The local dialect “pigeon” is also a result of many different cultures sitting around a fire trying to communicate with each during the sugar plantation days. This is why you can hear Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, and mainland American words in one conversation.

This is why I call this page Mix-plate. The mix of designs mirrors our diversity on Kauai.

Aloha

Tattoo by Samuel Shaw. Kulture Tattoo Kollective
Tattoo by Samuel Shaw. Kulture Tattoo Kollective
Tattoo by Samuel Shaw. Kulture Tattoo Kollective
Tattoo by Samuel Shaw. Kulture Tattoo Kollective
Tattoo by Samuel Shaw. Kulture Tattoo Kollective
Samuel Shaw at Kulture Tattoo Kollective
Filipino and Hawaiian
Filipino meets South Seas
solid lines
A shoulder addition
not the best pic but still flowing
Those Hooks
power black
Brothers
Brothers
Tamoko and Hawaiian
Maori tamoko mixed with Hawaiian fishscales and Maile..Kauai Style
Freehand Tahitian & Marquesas style done in Holland
Mix Plate special freehand pt.1
Fijian Tapa & Japanese windbars
Samoan based modern style
Added to this Ikaika helmet. Done by another artist. I added the Samoan art around it
Freehand mixed Polynesian
Paulos’ Tako (didnt do the dolphins)
Filipino and small kine Samoan patterns
When a koi gets tattooed in Hawaii
When modern tribal gets evolved
Maori Tamoko, Hawaiian and Samoan
MAcy and his new mixed Polynesian hookup
Older 2005 freehand of Tamoko and small kine Samoan
Hawaiian and Marquesas
The Pueo of all Pueo
Fun tattoo done on my friend Kai. Kauai Maile Mokihana lei with mixed Polynesian tattoo
Mix plate style I did in Holland
Freehand mixed Polynesian in Holland pt.2
When Samoa meets Japanese body armor pt.1
Tattoo by Samuel Shaw
Mixed Polynesian style tattoo by Samuel Morgan Shaw
Freehand tattoo done in one session at Kulture Tattoo
Hawaiian and Tahitian mashup
Maori/Marquesas/Tongan
Maori tamoko, Tahitian and Samoan
Maori Tamoko and the Rose for his daughter
Lauhala lettering always does the job
Tattoo by Samuel Shaw
Mixed Polynesian style tattoo by Samuel Morgan Shaw
Mix plate style
Hawaiian and Tahitian/Marquesas
Maori Tamoko style with Samoan kine shaded patterns
Mostly Filipino patterns here pt.1
Tamoko and Samoan mixed
When A koi meets Lauhala
Freehand Japanese waves and Samoan style lettering
Freehand on Kauai
Freehand tamoko & Marquesas style
Long live the Dutch!! Holand Style
Freehand mixed Polynesian in Holland pt.1
Mix-plate freehand at the Portland Tattoo Expo
Hawaiian and Marquesas Boar hunta!!
The anagram mix plate special
Freehand Samoan and Tahitian style
Modern Samoan Freehand on my good friend Erik
A Nordic design meets Polynesia
Tattoo by Samuel Morgan Shaw
Filipino, Hawaiian, Samoan, and Maori mash up pt.2
Freehand arm tattoo while I was in Holland
Freehand Tahitian, Marquesas, and Samoan mix plate
Braddah Nicks’ mixed Polynesian tattoo
MIxed Tahitian & Marquesas style in Holland
A traditional panther with a South Seas Polynesian touch. Tattooed on my good friend and fellow tattooer. Gina Skarkino
When Samoa meets Japanese body armor pt. 2
Another king of the Pueo
A fun freehand Samoan style leg tattoo
Freehand in Holland pt.1
Mix Plate special freehand pt.2
Got to freehand some mixed POlynesian tattoos around some graffiti tattoos that were not done by me. Fun collar
Mixed Polynesian style tattoo by Samuel Morgan Shaw
Small kine Hawaiian and mostly Filipino patterns pt. 3
Mixed Polynesian style tattoo by Samuel Morgan Shaw
Poly style letters at it again
Marquesas style
Freehand mix plate style done in Holland
Filipinio, Hawaiian, Samoan, and Maori mash up pt.1
Samoa meets Hawaii mash up modern style
Mixed Polynesian style tattoo by Samuel Morgan Shaw
Done while I was in Holland.
When Japan and Polynesia collide
Freehand tattoo that I made on my friend Kai. Kauai maile mokihana lei with mixed Polynesian
A shark tattoo with mixed Polynesian designs
Need I say Anything??
Dotwerk in the tamoko fashion. I didnt do the inricate black work
Mixed Polynesian style tattoo by Samuel Morgan Shaw
Aumaukua
Holland style back peice
freehand tattoo. Mixed Polynesian..its a mix plate of Kulture
Freehand in Holland pt.3
Moari and Samoan mash up in a modern style
modern tribal, cover up meets up in Tahiti
Hawaiian and Filipino Patterns pt. 2
Filipino, Marquesas, and Hawaiian
Mixed Polynesian at Kulture Tattoo
A mash up of Samoan and Filipino styles
Mixed Polynesian style tattoo by Samuel Morgan Shaw
Hawaiian and Maori Tamoko
Freehand mixed Polynesian Shark
Freehand on my friend Nick and the guy making my shirts