It’s a given that pain is part of the tattoo experience. In fact, most of us embrace some of that discomfort. It is an essential element that one must endure to be granted access into the world of a tattoo collector. In addition, we have all experienced that time in a tattoo session where the endorphins kick in and you slip into a semi hypnotic state and begin to anticipate and almost look forward to the needles digging in and the pain.
Well, that’s not what we are talking about when referring to the Brutal Black Project a tattoo “experience” created by artists Valerio Cancellier, Cammy Stewart, and Phillip “3Kreuze.”
In a recent Vice article and posts on Reddit the three explained how excruciating pain is what the Brutal Black Project is all about. In fact, they will be the first to admit that the tattoo is not the priority. It is bringing the person in the chair to the brink of their pain threshold and then pushing them beyond that…all with the tattoo machine as the implement of pain.
