‘It opens up doors and minds’: inside Sydney’s tattoo convention

While some of the event’s 5,000 attenders arrive sporting full bodysuits and ready to compete, others are gearing up for their first tattoo At the Sydney tattoo convention, the city’s historic town hall fills with the buzz of tattoo machines, the comforting aroma of hospital-grade sanitiser and the timeless tunes of Linkin Park. The convention’s founder and managing director of Thirteen Feet…