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Keone Nunes

Keone Nunes

Keone Nunes was not interested in tattooing at first, but he knew a lot about his Hawaiian culture.

When he did get involved in tattooing, he therefore knew more than most about traditional designs.

With the help of Kandi Everett, Nunes got his first tattooing machine in and began to work. He noticed that the only people who were doing traditional tattoos were Samoans, who were protective of their art form, so Nunes learned techniques from that tradition of tattooing.

Nunes then returned to his roots and learned about ancient Hawaiian traditions and kakau.

He's spoken with many kupuna about the art form, and learned many traditional designs.

Nunes (Native Hawaiian) has played a prominent role in the recent revival of kākau, teaching new artists to carry on the nearly lost art.

Hawaiian tattoos are asymmetrically placed on the body, and most every part of the body can be tattooed &#; but always asymmetrically. Nunes feels Hawaiian tattoo designs are bolder and larger than Maori or Samoan forms. He speculates this could be due to the fact that Hawaiian tattoos have