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