RCTC

GUEST ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT —

is visiting us again from tiohtià:ke! he will be guesting with us feb 15-17 this year. to book with him, email [email protected] or use the form in his bio — you can find his flash on his instagram page as well. hint: he loves birds.

spots are not first come first served: milo will be taking submissions through 1/31 and booking those he is most interested in :)

so excited to have him back!

HARLOWE’S BOOKS ARE OPEN ➡️➡️➡️

today’s artist whose booking process i’ll be highlighting is harlowe!! harlowe is a senior apprentice at rctc. she’s been with us for almost two years now and is an accomplished tattooer of 8 months. they work in an abstract, deeply unique style that i don’t see anywhere else in madison, with precise lines, gentle shading, and bright color.

harlowe’s books are open on a rolling basis for both flash and custom designs. you can find her flash in the “available” and “flash” highlights on their instagram profile and book through the google form linked in their bio.

his preferences for customs are as follows: full color work, bodies, bugs, mythological and magical subjects, textured work, q***r imagery, larger pieces (think thigh or full arm placement), abstract linework and still life work. she’s not interested in memorial tattoos, fine line work, realism, or portraits of either pets or people.

harlowe is also focusing on text tattoos at the moment, so if you have any plans for even small pieces of text, contact them!

i cannot say enough about how much of a pleasure it is to have harlowe in the space. do yourself a favor and book with them 🖤

LUCIA’S BOOKS ARE OPEN ➡️➡️➡️

the next artist whose booking process i’m highlighting is our apprentice lucia! lucia’s books are also open on a rolling basis. she is in the second stage of her apprenticeship, where we as her mentors trust her to make quality work without constant supervision, and are atill available to talk through anything that might come up during the tattoo. not to be overly sappy but i am so proud of her and the amount of work she has done! her lines are crispy and her compositions are striking and bold. she’s a fantastic tattooer already.

lucia’s booking form is linked in her bio. she’s taking custom pieces at the moment and will be posting more of her flash soon, so follow her and keep an eye out!

GLORY’S BOOKS ARE OPEN ➡️➡️➡️ .voorheez

over the next few days i will be posting about each artist at red clover’s booking process, as we get a lot of questions about how to book! each artist has their own methods of booking appointments and handles their own booking. i’ll be starting with glory!

glory’s books are open on a rolling basis— to book with them, you don’t need to wait for a set time or date. they have a form linked in their bio .voorheez you can submit for flash or custom and a highlight of available flash pieces on their page, some of which you can see here!

glory is a community-taught artist who is proficient in both handpoke and machine tattooing, favors bold black lines, dark and gothy subjects, and mystical concepts. if you’re looking for a blackwork artist with great music taste, hit them up 🖤
voorheez .voorheez .voorheez

art build for action this sunday — TONIGHT 6-8pm at wil-mar neighborhood center!

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STOP PINKWASHING GENOCIDE
3:00 PM
STATE CAPITOL
12.17.23

Israel continues to try and pinkwash their genocidal campaign by claiming to be a “safe haven” for LGBTQ people in the Middle East while also trying to dehumanize the people of Palestine.

Continuing to drop bombs on innocent Palestinian civilians, Israel makes no distinction between those who are LGBTQ and those who are not.

Political enablers like Tammy Baldwin and the majority of the mainstream Democrats are all too happy to oblige their requests for ever more money and weapons.

We say enough is enough! We will not let our politicians hide behind their so-called ‘democratic values’ while continuing to enable Israel’s crimes!

Come out on the 17th to show that q***r people stand with Palestine!

rctc’s indigenous winter market ON HIATUS

taanishii!! for the last two years red clover tattoo collective has hosted a winter market for indigenous vendors at our shop in madison. unfortunately, this year we will need to take a hiatus: our new location is a private studio inside a larger building and we have yet to work out the logistics of hosting events here or booking another venue. we’ll be back next year!

in the meantime, to purchase native-made this winter, check out these events and artists:






mace.jewelry






if you are an indigenous artist in the area of wisconsin, illinois, or minnesota, and you want us to promo your events or sales, please dm us or tag us in the post! we’ll have a highlight on our page.

☘️Red Clover Tattoo Collective will be hosting a flash event on Nov 6!
☘️The full price from the flash tattoos will be donated to aid a local BIPOC family in need of legal representation
☘️Those who cannot get a tattoo, but still wish to donate can do so by visiting Paypal.me/giige
☘️Participating RCTC Artists: .voorheez (pg 1-2)
(pg 3) (pg 4) (pg 5) .g.ink (pg 6) (pg 7)
☘️📚TO BOOK: DM your desired artist! Browse through slides to select your flash and click the artist's tag on the slide to go to their page and send your artist an Instagram message.
☘️‼️Do not DM RCTC‼️
☘️Timeslots, pricing, and sizing will vary by artist
☘️Further Nov. 6th scheduling info provided by artist

Both and have contributed tattoos to a fundraiser for verified aid to medics in Palestine. To enter for either of their tattoos or to try your hand at any of the other works (signed books with personal notes from Andrea Gibson and Adrienne Maree Brown among others, tarot, massage, ceramics, jewelry, prints, original paintings, hats, care packages and so so so much more)

hello lovely people! red clover tattoo collective still requires masks at all appointments— and we will for the foreseeable future. please, please bring a mask to your appointment! WE WILL NOT TATTOO YOU WITHOUT A MASK. our covid policies have not changed and are more important than ever given the current surge— check with your artist before you bring a guest, don’t come if you are sick (with ANYTHING), and take a covid test before your appointment.
miigwech!!

🩸MY BOOKS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN🩸
Please use the link in my bio to submit a booking form! This form will close at 6pm CST. All booking, sizing, and pricing information will also be found on the form!

For this booking period, I’ll be taking appointments from mid august through at least the end of October. I’ll be tattooing at a discounted sliding scale of $100-125 an hour. I’ll be able to take a limited number of custom request but I have plenty of flash available! I also have two free BIPOC tattoo slots which means I am able accept two BIPOC identifying folx for a free tattoo (this can be a custom or repeatable and non-repeatable flash). This is not need based, anyone who identifies as BIPOC can apply for a slot.

The following flash are all the non repeatable and repeatable flash options available for this booking period! At this time, I won’t be taking booking submissions for any of the flash on my Instagram other than the ones in this post. However, you’re welcome to submit a custom tattoo request for a similar design.

All non-repeatable flash will be tattooed only once and can be claimed on a first come first serve basis.

All people are welcome to submit a booking form, though please note, I may not be able to accept every single booking submission as I often get very many.

Thank you 🧚🏾‍♀️

🌸NEW LOCATION 🌸
gigawaabamin, w***y street!

over the past six months our collective here at rctc has doubled in size, and our little spot at 1236 w***y street no longer fits. as of today, august 1st, we have moved to a new location— still in the neighborhood, though!

our new space is private, secure, and accessible. there are no stairs to enter the building and two spots for customer parking. the address will be emailed to you when you schedule an appointment!

masks are still required on entry.

chi miigwech for three years, w***y street! we’ll see you all around this week at our new spot.

Mar’s books are opening TODAY at 4pm! They’ll stay open until 10pm OR they’ve gotten enough submissions to paw through for the next couple of months. Their themes this round are songbird harpies, fish, birds, and stylized animals. They’re also accepting a limited number of custom pieces, though they’ll be prioritizing their themed work. The link to their form is in our linktree and will go live at 4pm but will not be useable before then! We hope to see you soon!

RED CLOVER WILL NOT BE HOSTING A DESTINATION FOR ARTISTS NIGHT TONIGHT! Please continue to support everyone else on the circuit for and !!

More info to come but we just found out we’re moving to a dream location and we are going to be preparing & packing and making plans tonight - we will have a replacement celebration of Native art in our new space when we’re settled in 💛💛💛

Red Clover Tattoo Collective is thrilled to participate in a ’s Artist’s Night, in solidarity with the artists of the 2022 Wisconsin Triennial (visit them at for a timeline and calls to action).

We are calling on Native artists who would like to exhibit their work in our space to please email us at [email protected]! This will be a gallery space for the night, not a market, so we encourage you to submit larger pieces, full sets, heirloom work, statement pieces and art you don’t get to show off and have recognized at markets or other events. We have one full manikin (plus size), tables, and folding screens. If you do choose to sell your art this night rctc will not take a cut or commission.

INTRO: CAITLIN

Boozhoo,

My name is Caitlin Newago (Binesiikwens.) I am a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and am from the Oneida Nation of WI as well (I’m a Powless on my maternal side.) I’m a big ol crybaby Cancer ♋️ with a Libra moon & ascendant! I started as an apprentice with RCTC officially just a couple months ago.

My artistic style is heavily influenced by historical Anishinaabe beadwork, floral designs, and quillwork. My works are comprised of Ojibwe floral designs using historical mediums including birchbark and porcupine quills. I also take these designs and turn them into digital artwork. I aim to keep the designs traditional, but to create modern work with contemporary flair. I create art that is reflective of my culture and the way that it continues to be preserved, practiced, and adapts to changing times. I aim to translate this into tattooing as well.

I’ve wanted to tattoo since I was a little girl, and I’m incredibly grateful to be a part of this safe, ethical, and inclusive collective! I look forward to learning and growing as an artist by learning from the best 🖤 Miigwech!

INTRODUCTION: GLORY/SQUARE

My name is Square, but I am also called Glory. My sun is in Capricorn 🐐 and my pronouns are currently they/them (or any fitting gender-avoidant pronouns)
I began tattooing doing stick n pokes seven-ish years ago while I was a youth, hopping trains and hitch-hiking across the States. Six years ago I gave birth to my child, stopped traveling, and eventually worked as an EMT for two years; one year pre-Covid and one year during lockdown. I got serious about machine tattooing in 2021, but I still offer and am passionate about hand-poking.

My style is directly translated from my early hand-poked designs; they are bold-lined, black and white, stipple-shaded tattoos.
When I create and design I am pondering and attempting to depict the essence of life cycles, death, re-birth, and transformation from a range of perspectives, including human, animal, mineral, elemental etc., as well as how emotions and experience effect them. Through art I try to challenge my own views of dichotomies and balance, of good and evil, right and wrong, black and white.

I am a community taught machine and hand poke tattooist and I am earnestly in love with tattooing. I was under the impression that I, as a Black femme-presenting person, would never have the opportunity to work in a shop or make money tattooing and was thus content to give out free or donation based tattoos to friends and family forever. Having had the opportunity to learn consent-based, machine tattooing in a Black and POC, q***r-affirming shop and private studio in the Carolinas, I am so inspired to make waves in the world of tattooing and make space for and give voice to marginalized artists and clients.
Tattooing is traditionally a gate-kept industry. I can't wait to see the styles, perspectives, and stories that emerge when the art-form is fully open and accessible to a wider range of people!

Thank you for your time and consideration
-Glory/Square
[x]/[o]

PATREON PRINT DROP! For folks who are print club members of our patreon, this is our first quarter print, made by ’s clever hand! They’re ordered and will arrive at the shop in a week, so check your account to make sure your pick-up or ship preference is up to date ✨

If you aren’t yet a print club member, you can become one by signing up to support us on patreon for $20/month, and in exchange you’ll receive a tier-exclusive print by a different artist every three months. If you sign up by April 7 this print can be yours 🥰 Next up is .g.ink for the June print drop ✨

Ari’s books are open!! You can access their form here: http://bit.ly/AriG-submission-form

This round Ari will be prioritizing pre-drawn designs (numbered in slides 2-8), and a much smaller number of custom prices to keep this booking period more manageable. If they don’t select your project this time around that doesn’t mean it’s not an awesome idea or that he’s not interested in doing it in the future! They’ve come to realize just how limited their energy and time resources are and they’re trying hard to take care of themself, and in turn, you all as well.

He’ll be going over all your submissions over the next 2 weeks and the lovely El will be getting back to all of you and will be facilitating scheduling 💖

***rtattooartist ***rtattooer

We’ve been wanting to lure down from canada to come guest with us for ages, and the stars have aligned for early april! Milo (he/him) is a q***r transmasc artist with a fixation with animal death and botanicals. Milo has been working as a handpoke tattoo artist in Tio'tia:ke/Montreal, Canada since ~2018, and has been working with machine tattooing since summer 2022. His background in fibres/illustration informs his tattoo practice, and he values working collaboratively with his clients.

He’s hoping to book some of the flash seen here, or take on custom work in the same vein. Currently his availability is:

- Thursday April 6th - fully booked 
- Friday April 7th - morning/midday/afternoon
- Saturday April 8th - late afternoon 
- Sunday April 9th - morning/mid afternoon 

To book with Milo please email him at [email protected] OR follow the link in ’s profile 💛

INTRODUCTION: LUCIA

Lucia (she/her) is an Anishinaabe and white artist who has been newly apprenticing at Red Clover Tattoo Collective. She is a descendent of the Bad River (Mashkiiziibii) band of Ojibwe and grew up on the bay of Lake Superior (Gichi-Gami).

Lucia’s goal for tattooing is to hold space for people of color and LGBTQ+ communities while providing a means to reclaim body and self. In creating a safe space, she hopes to allow people from all walks of life the opportunity to acknowledge any trauma with honor and dignity directed towards healing.

She enjoys creating art surrounding horror, portraits, animals/things found in nature, and cultural reclamation. Her favorite mediums are charcoal and acrylic paint. In her free time she is an avid rock-hunter and bead-worker who thoroughly enjoys running around with her two huskies.

HELLO! We at are hosting this Sunday, March 12. Tyler’s work is incredible and it’s a privilege to have him come work with and share space with us!

TO BOOK: message Tyler directly at with your available timeslot(s) and which design you’re claiming. See ya this Sunday!!

NEW MERCH! We challenged out artists to create their own logos for Red Clover Tattoo Collective, and they’re up on our bonfire! The designs are all available on mugs, shirts, and sweatshirts - swipe through to see a sampling of what’s available. Grabbing merch on bonfire is a great way to support us and get some great, useable art at the same time ✨

Our bonfire is in the linktree in our profile, or at www.bonfire.com/store/red-clover-tattoo-collective/

Nipinet’s print for our Patreon Print club.

A celebration of our new name and the medicine it carries. 💚

INTRODUCTION: MAR

Mar (they/he) is a white, q***r, and mad autistic artist. They strive to engage with tattooing as a consensual, trauma-informed practice that centers collaboration and the client experience, making art inspired by vintage illustrations, woodcuts, naturalist watercolors, pattern-making, and his clients. They love old maps, indulgent fantasy novels, savory pastries, and are a bit of a luddite. While Mar contends with dissociation and trying mental health daily, their relationships and intentionality help ground them, and they’re deeply grateful for the home they’ve found in their friends.

Nipinet/Ned (they/them) is a Michif, Anishinaabe & white mixed tattooer. They are a descendant of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and a citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation. They like bold colors and bold linework, woodcuts, Ojibwe and Michif floral designs, horror, anime, and ledger art. Their tattooing practice is focused on connection and reclamation of culture and identity, especially for the Native community. When not tattooing Ned fundraises for mutual aid, road trips to the plains, makes comics, illustrations, and concept art, plays FFXIV and cosplays. Their cat Jiji is a celebrity.

INTRODUCTION: ARI

Ari/ZZ (They/He) is a white, trans and autistic tattoo artist who focuses on fineline illustrative works in black and gray or soft colors. He draws inspiration from manga and anime, botanical illustrations, mythology, art history, q***r sexuality, and the human form. They are a firm believer in tattooing as a form of body reclamation and healing from the trauma carried in our bodies. He strives to create a welcoming and consent driven environment for all their clients. When not tattooing, you can find them reading comics, flipping upside down on their Lyra and hanging out with their cats.

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INTRODUCTION part 1/5:

Over the next week we’ll be introducing our collective members, starting with (any/all pronouns).

Harlowe is a q***r cat loving artist who’s been apprenticing at Red Clover for the last year. They enjoy drawing bodies, botanicals, teacups, and bold abstract designs. They love reading fantasy books and cooking non-American cuisine. Harlowe’s goal for tattooing is to hold space for and provide trauma informed tattooing specifically for people of color.

You can look forward to Harlowe opening for apprentice tattoos in March!

INTRODUCING RED CLOVER TATTOO COLLECTIVE

xąąwįjop / nisoobag / li clover roozh / dzẽ clover / תלתן אדום (til’tan adom) / seamair dhearg

Clover, or the genus trifolium, is a collective of more than 300 species of flowering plants native to various parts of the world. Many of them are naturalized in North America and some are native here. The word for clover in Hoocąk is xąąwįjop, in Anishinaabemowin nisoobag, in Michif li clover roozh, in Ewe dzẽ clover, in Hebrew תלתן אדום (til’tan adom), and in Irish seamair dhearg. Red clover is something we see around us in the Teejop area and all over the midwest, a useful medicine for a variety of ailments and a beautiful, bright addition to the landscape.

Over the last several months, we (Nipinet, Mar, Bear, Ari, and Harlowe) have been in the process of reorganizing our collective. We’re excited to introduce ourselves again as Red Clover Tattoo Collective, a 50% Native owned and 100% q***r owned tattoo and arts collective on W***y Street. Not much is changing! We’re still focused on community care, mutual aid, and providing a space for people to engage in the healing practice of tattooing. We’re looking forward to our future collaborations and we have a lot in store for the upcoming year. Chi miigwech for sticking with us. We hope to be around to work with all of you for many years to come.