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