Dot by dot, Rachel Paton's tattoo art is a lesson in the beauty of patience. The hand-poke tattooer adheres her work to clients' bodies using the no-machine-necessary stick-and-poke process.

Tattoo artist Nara Ishikawa gives us on the low-down on the ancient machine-free method of inking skin. The general consensus around tattoos has changed a lot in the last few years. These days ...