Normally when a woman is described as “incendiary,” it’s hyperbole, but in the case of Jayme Foxx, it may be an understatement. If her tattooed body and fiery personality weren’t enough to set her surroundings ablaze, she’d still have an ace in the hole to help her out: her very own custom Zippo lighter.

FOR AS LONG AS SHE CAN REMEMBER, Shanghai Kate Hellenbrand has been inquisitive about the world around her. Any time she saw a machine, she wanted to know how it worked. Any time she heard about a new place, she wanted to go there. Most importantly, the second she learned about tattooing, she wanted to know how she could become a part of that world.

It wouldn’t be a stretch to envision Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and Walt Whitman gathering on the ornate Victorian-era sofas and sipping tea among the luxurious décor and deep red blushed walls of The Honorable Society Tattoo Parlour and Lounge.

I was the first Japanese pro skater to become a traditional Japanese tattoo artist. It’s not as common as it is in the U.S., with guys like Fred Smith and the Godoy Twins. There’s not as much crossover in Japan.

Billy Braun wearing Comune.