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