tom ball
Artist Tom Ball, RN is a household name in the Upper Valley. He is a registered nurse and worked at the VA Hospital in White River Jct., VT for 32 years. After a 3 year apprenticeship with Dave Rubin at Sign of the Wolf, Tom has been tattooing since 1991. Along with Tom's natural artistic talents for ink, he is also a painter, stone artist and woodworker.
Tom is a member in good standing of the National Tattoo Association and the subscribes to the procedures and practices in health and safety endorsed by the Alliance of Professional Tattooists, Inc. Tom is the PROUD father of 7 children and an avid motorcyclist. Tom is one of the Upper Valley's true living treasures.
Star O’Neil
Star began her tattoo journey in 2002 in Burlington, VT. After 20 years of traveling the world gathering different skills and learning new techniques she has become a master of many styles. Her main focus though is on delicate fine-line, high detail works of art, ornamental pieces and painterly style floral designs. Star enjoys working with her clients through the entire process to ensure your tattoo is a one of a kind unique piece of art!
njoroge karumba
Njoroge is the apprentice at Tatunka Tattoo.
He first wanted to tattoo when he worked in a tattoo studio in Germany. He learned a lot during that stay and started tattooing his first clients while there. He moved back to the States in late 2020 and knew tattooing was the career he wanted to pursue. After apprenticing at a few other local shops he finally found himself at Tatunka Tattoo and knew this was the perfect fit for him. Despite everything he has learned from other artists he met, he finds Tatunka to have the right atmosphere and culture for learning.
He enjoys doing tattoos with a darker theme, but will do whatever his clients bring to him. Bold line work and lots of heavy contrasting shadows are things that he appreciates, but he enjoys doing color as well. Making clients happy with a custom piece of artwork is the goal. He prefers to draw his own pieces or modify an existing piece to make his tattoos as unique as his clients.