Marisa DiMattia: Colin Dale, Traditional Nordic Tattooer

MARISA DIMATTIA: Colin Dale, Traditional Nordic Tattooer

Tattoo artist Colin Dale is a tall, strapping man who looks like he comes from Viking stock, which is actually quite fitting considering his passion is recreating ancient Nordic art on skin (and plundering villages). With a penchant for studying the past, Colin has learned how to mark the body using primitive methods such as thorns and thread, but is equally adept at creating designs with a modern tattoo machine.

Colin claims that the power of tattoo is only that given to it by the wearer, and...