David Glantz

If you happen to love the style of some of the better tattoo artist's work but don't have the buck or the brawn to get inked, consider buying limited edition signed and numbered prints from local tattoo artist legend, David Glantz . It's a unique and beautiful art collectible for yourself or a super cool gift for a friend or significant other.
For now, they come in 2 sizes, 16x20" signed and numbered prints (limited edition of 90) are $60. PA smaller size, 8x10" is available and it comes signed but not numbered, as there is a larger quantity available. This is the first of 4 different drawings being sold at Archive Tattoo. These babies are flying off the shelves like pot & pizza read more...

by Becca Lemire

Tattoo Photos by www.ArchiveTattoo.com

After much well-worth-it waiting and much money saving, I got another tattoo yesterday from my favourite artist. There are tons of tattoo studios in Toronto for all your on-the-wall needs, but if you have more specific ideas about what you want, have that vision and are a creative type, go custom. With an amazing reputation around the Toronto tattoo scene, David Glantz (previously at Bobby Five with Rob Coutts) now runs his solo studio Archive Tattoo with wife Elyse and apprentice Angela. They just moved a bit further west along Dundas to a new location just a few doors from the Hen House. This is a family affair, but don’t think Royal Tenenbaums. Things at Archive run super-smooth: Elyse brought in her skills as an office manager to keep everything organized, and her experience as a vet tech to make sure the cleanliness and sterilization is immaculate. Angela, a long time friend of the couple, is learning the biz from David, who always tries to ‘pay it forward’ when he can, and she’s just starting to tattoo her own client’s full time. David studied photography, illustration and painting at Uni, and designed tattoos for friends before apprenticing at some shops early on. It was a rough start dealing with his fair share of douche bags in the beginning, but now that his d-bag and hard partying days are done, he can sit back and relish in being an established custom artist, tattooing on his own terms.  read more...