Triangle Tattoo & Museum — Local services in Fort Bragg

Triangle Tattoo and Museum is a one of a kind place and experience. As you climb the stairs there must be thousands of photographs and treasures of the tattoo culture and you can tell you are walking into a place full of amazing stories, history and talent. An encounter with Madam Chinchilla or Mr G. is something tattoo enthusiasts dream of. You really feel like your in the presence of legends and it is so lovely they take the time to check in and welcome you. All the artists are all so amazing, always so kind and welcoming - even when one of them is mid-piece they are happy to greet you and let you see what they are working on (as long as their client is okay with it, of course). I have had the pleasure of being tattooed by Niki Needles a couple times and her artwork is spectacular. I am not an artist by any stretch of the imagination and for my first session with her I (very vaguely) described my idea for a coverup. With very little reference to go off if Niki created an amazing piece of art on my back. Thais piece is large and full of color. The color and line work and everything has held up beautifully over the past 3 years and the piece still looks brand new. She approached our sessions with compassion and respect and excitement. I felt like she really enjoyed creating the piece and working with me on it. I proudly show it off and seeing how everyone oooo’s and awwww’s over it, I know how lucky I am to get to have a piece of Niki Needles artwork on my body. I would highly recommend Triangle Tattoo. The history, the talent and the fact that they proudly support female artists are HUGE...

Firstly, I’d like to mention that I’ve only ever given 2 reviews before this. I’m not often inspired or motivated to give a review, so this should already tell you something.

Madame Chinchilla and Mr. G are by far the greatest people you will ever encounter. They’re chock-full of stories from their wild days, which always make for great conversation throughout your piece, and are extremely welcoming and friendly. Madame Chinchilla was keen on accommodating me (a last minute arrival) despite busy schedules and a nearing closing time. Mr. G was able to take me on last minute without any fuss. A true gentleman. The piece itself was quite small (I was only in town for that night, so a quickie was necessary–plus, they were closing soon), and a Sailor Jerry tattoo, but Mr. G treated it as if it meant more to me (it does now). Spectacular work, great shading, professionalism. I’ll update with a photo at a later time when it’s all healed up. What was initially supposed to be a “just because” tattoo, became even more through the experience, detail and love put into it.

With regard to the museum, it is completely riddled with varying styles of tattoos, their histories, equipments used over the years and photos of Madame Chinchilla and Mr. G throughout their years together (super cute couple btw). There are also a number of books with interesting facts about tattoo culture and history as well as stories of interesting people and their equally interesting body art.

We’ll definitely be coming back! Madame Chinchilla says it so. Thank you both for the wonderfully...

Triangle Tattoo & Museum in Fort Bragg California is one amazing place to experience!

Mr G. was kind enough to attend a Career Day Zoom presentation as guest speaker for one of our high school classes. He was scheduled for a half hour time slot but was asked to stay for an hour!

His presentation covered the History of where, why, who, and how body painting got started. And how it progressed to modern day. He had a terrific slide show depicted the many cultures across the world use of it.

He covered how women became part of it and why. How the depression and wars played a part in it and so much more. Mr. G shared his personal experiences in tattooing.

He is an amazing tattoo artist that is highly knowledgeable, skilled, amiable, imagineable, Creative, and respectful.

The Museum part is equally as amazing g as it has historic tools and images to enjoy and be intrigued by. It is a must see!

He is coming back for...