Samoan Tattoo by Petelo Suluape
Feb.12, 2010 in
Tattoo Videos
UPDATED VERSION: www.vimeo.com Had my second handmade Samoan tattoo done December 2007. This time by Petelo Suluape in his village Faleasiu in Samoa. Total time was 8 hours and all done in one day. The cost were 1500 WST (550USD). Thank you Silvana for filming.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Were those machine made or done traditionally?
Machine made sleeves are very popular but you rarely see one made with Au’s
February 12th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
When is was in Samoa in 2008-09 i seen ALOT of non-samoans with sleeves , by the way thats reeeeaaaally nice !
February 13th, 2010 at 12:30 am
That is phenomenal.
February 13th, 2010 at 1:02 am
tht was a very nice vid and shit u dne well to handle tht…. such great lines for a the traditional way of tattooing he is a master no delt n so are the strecter’z….
February 13th, 2010 at 1:57 am
mate thats a beautiful tattoo would love to get that done on me ! wiked !
February 13th, 2010 at 2:10 am
Took me about a year to find him. It wasn’t until I was in Apia that I heard of his son’s tattoo shop in town. So I went there and Peter there helped me to get hold of him.
February 13th, 2010 at 2:11 am
how did you get in touch with Suluape?
i’ve been wanting to get one done by his the proper way for a long time now..
February 13th, 2010 at 2:56 am
Ha’api’i ri’i te reo tahiti parahata.
February 13th, 2010 at 3:06 am
nau e tapu ta tatou mau tumu e ta tatou mau tatau.. e manao au e mea maua noa tera tatau no outou popaa ma.. aita e nehenehe suluape ma e te mau tuhuka patitia outou!!! e tapea tera no tatou.. e haere hauti atu to tatou tupuna ia outou!!!
February 13th, 2010 at 3:23 am
is it wrong for me a maori to tattoo samoan patterns on my samoan friends???iv been tattooing for a little while and iv seen lots of samoan guys doing maori tats on anyone”
February 13th, 2010 at 4:05 am
I came with the idea and some very rough sketches. Sulu’ape drew 5-6 thick lines with a whiteboard marker to make up the base. Then he started tapping. No other sketches was done before he started.
February 13th, 2010 at 4:26 am
YOU ROCK. love the tattoo. you’re so blessed to have that awesome design. did you pick it or Sulu’ape did?
February 13th, 2010 at 4:30 am
That is up to the Tafuga (tattoo master). But you can find all of the Samoan tattoo’s on non Samoan’s.
February 13th, 2010 at 4:57 am
I hope you do bro… Be a good mix.
February 13th, 2010 at 5:51 am
I’m Samoan, and I’d still pay that price. Man needs to live, and what he gave you was a gift. Good for you.
February 13th, 2010 at 6:03 am
beautiful. Can other races wear the Samoan tattoo or do you have to be strickly Samoan, cuz that guy doesn’t look poly lol
February 13th, 2010 at 6:56 am
Thanks, Yes, European, Swedish in fact.
That is why I chose one of the Sulu’ape’s, they are with out a doupt the best.
February 13th, 2010 at 7:27 am
Nice tatt…I’m jealous.What nash are you?you look European lol
The Suluape brothers are well known Samoan Tattooists within the Samoan community around the world
February 13th, 2010 at 8:23 am
same villiage as ma mum
sweet tatt
February 13th, 2010 at 9:02 am
With a Tatto gun its like almost 1000 stabs per minute.
When its done like this it takes longer and slower.
Just imagine a needle punching your skin for an entire hour and the guy hasnt finished one line.
That hurts your body and fucks with your mind.
February 13th, 2010 at 10:02 am
I must admit that is one sick tattoo done from one of the best ancient tattoo artist of samoa…..mayun yours looks better than mine and im samoan but it’s nice to see palagi’s getting a piece of samoan art tattoed on their body…..shows that you love and respect the samoan culture…..Mayun i gotta visit this guy when i visit samoa again he’s from my mom’s village……Samoan Pride!!!!
February 13th, 2010 at 11:01 am
cigarettes and all …..fark tru hamo style lol
February 13th, 2010 at 11:42 am
aw yeap, algoods! your tatt’s mean tho, im samoan myself. i’ve got the taulima & a few other tatts but yours is meeeeean!
February 13th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Just a small one, can’t really compare. I’ve done two samoan tattoos and one handpoked )last week, video will be up soon).
But I’ve met two tattoo artists both vovered with tattoos. One of them has a malu and a moko, both done by Paulo Suluape, and the other a very similar to mine. They both say that the samoan way hurts more.
February 13th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
hey man, have you had a tattoo done by a tattoo gun? is there any difference in the pain? just wondering.
GREAT tattoo by the way.