Phil Cummins

I have been professionally tattooing since 1999 and I have won numerous awards for various aspects of my tattooing. I specialize in machine tattooing as well as several styles of traditional tattooing by hand.

Since completing my apprenticeship, I have established 3 very successful tattoo studios in Ireland; in Dublin (Skin Graffix), Cork (Original Skin, Ireland’s ONLY tattoo guest house), and

The Antahkarana, which had humble beginnings in the west of Cork, but later progressed to being a mobile unit and travelling as far as possible to spread the art and the philosophy behind our work.

I am also credited with creating Ireland’s Traditional Tattoo and World Culture Festival which played host to numerous international tattoo artists who are reviving the ancient arts of traditional tattooing.

In 2011 I became a fully attuned Reiki Master and I have since been actively working in this field with very positive results, and I try to incorporate this into my every day life and every part of my work.

Throughout my career I have been at the forefront of the world-wide effort to restore the swastika to its original meaning and I have worked alongside such notable figures such as ManWoman and Boz Mugabe, with whom I founded the Gentle Swastika Collective.

Over the years I have also been actively involved in music promotion and worked with bands such as Coldwar, The Restarts and GBH.