'Bottomless pit of styles' on display at Gold Coast tattoo exhibition

Diversity of tattoo culture on display at Gold Coast's Made to Suit exhibitionBy Dominic CansdaleABC Gold CoastTopic:ArtPosted Sun 26 Jul 2026 at 9:11amSun 26 Jul 2026 at 9:11amSun 26 Jul 2026 at 9:11amabc.net.au/news/gold-coast-tattoo-exhibition-made-to-suit/106953224Link copiedShareShare articleBenji Tobin's career as a tattoo artist began in 1993 with a bottle of liquid courage and a few scribbles on a mate's leg."We made a tattoo machine out of an electric shaver [but] my lines were way off and I said, 'Mate, this isn't going to turn out the way we thought,'" he said."Unfortunately, all my mates I grew up with have got the worst tattoos I've ever done."Now Tobin has co-curated an art exhibition called Made to Suit, which reflects how much the art form has transformed since tattoos…

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