NEWS — Las Vegas

There is no better way to bring people together than when you involve all things food! Food is a representation of expressions and cultures around the world. With so many cultures around the world that we may not be able to visit, we have the ability to experience them through the food that comes to our restaurants and stores. Now how do tattoos and foods go together? The influence food has brought has even made its way into the tattoo industry, why not get your favorite foods inked on you? A few popular tattoo foods are peaches, which have been popular for decades, avocados, noodles, pizza, desserts and more! Here at Studio 21 Tattoo we have seen many clients inked with their favorite foods. A few weeks ago a bowl of noodles was tattooed on a couple of best friends and every artists at this shop has had their share of pineapple, avocado, taco and burrito tattoos. Food tattoos are always fun and great ways to express our love of food, community and culture. What food would you have tattooed on you?

Vanessa Torres

Ron Gilmore, our newest addition to our team, wanted to pick up a hobby aside from tattooing after serving in the military. He came across our very own Desert Art Supply store in Henderson, Las Vegas where they happened to have a sign up for pinstriping classes. He thought it would be something new to check out. Ron was a natural at pinstriping and began to do it for fun. 

Pinstriping can be done on almost any surface which is why Ron enjoys it so much. Pinstriping on cars, signs, tools and other oddities adding clean and sharp designs to your everyday subjects. 

Another one of Ron’s interests is Star Wars which he grew up watching with his dad on Sundays and then became even more interested in the series while on a flight from Pensacola, Florida to Kuwait during the military as he read the entire book of Jabba’s Palace during his travels. Ron takes pleasure in tattooing Star Wars subjects in a Traditional style and is an overall pretty cool dude. We are so happy to have him on board with the 21 crew! 

We are proud to have Mr. Ryan Cush on our team. A family man with a lot on his plate, Ryan has a beautiful wife named Sarah and four children, Nick, Devan, Mason and Hailey. That’s a lotta mouths to feed there! It’s no wonder Ryan always seems to have his head down working. 

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mr. Cush was brought to Las Vegas at a young age so his parents could get away from the extra chilly winters up north. They certainly don’t have to worry about snow any more. Desert life now! Only one or two snows per decade for us desert rats.

Ryan graduated from high school at Mojave High in 2002. He developed a tattoo drawing style while still a student by drawing tattoos for his friends. Guess he was pretty good at it! He played in a ska-punk band for a couple years and decided there was not money in it so he needed a change. Being the multi talented person he is, Ryan found an apprenticeship at Voodoo Tattoo here in Las Vegas and established himself as a respected tattooer in the community. With a number of years tattooing on the strip, Ryan was pleased to join us out here in the suburbs to get away from some of the madness on Las Vegas Boulevard. He really enjoys doing neo traditional style stuff and basically anything with lots of color with the exception of realism.

When asked what his favorite movie was, he said “Big Trouble in Little China!” Guess he really likes Kurt Russell. His favorite band is Mad Caddies. Sounds good to us! Ryan has been a great addition to our staff of outstanding tattoo professionals. So glad to have him with us! Check out his portfolio on the web site. He’s here for your next tattoo several days a week. Check him out!

https://studio21tattoo.com/artists/ryan-cush-tattoos/

Staysi is a bona fide born and raised Las Vegas native. She grew up on the west side and is the daughter of a construction company owner so she understands the value of a family owned business. She’s married to a guy named David and together they have two beautiful children, a nine year old daughter, Wynter, an a two year old son, Knox. As a family, these guys love to spend their weekends at Disneyland! Staysi also said she loves doing dishes and laundry. But then, don’t we all?

When she’s not running the show for us here at Studio 21 Tattoo, Staysi enjoys fashion design both as a hobby and vocation. Ms. Lee studied fashion design at U.N.L.V. and F.I.D.M. in Los Angeles. She’s been specializing in retro style wedding dress design for  the past ten years. After designing her own wedding dress she realized she could utilize her skills and talents in providing wedding dresses for those folks that preferred retro dresses to available at the local wedding shops! Her Etsy store is staysileecouture.etsy.com. Check it out. It’s awesome!

It sounds to us like Staysi’s a very busy lady. But Wait! There’s more! She’s also the President of “Luscious Ladies”, a pinup social club. What is a pin up social club you ask? I’m about to tell you! They are an organized group of ladies with around twenty chapters nationwide that provides pin up models for mostly car shows and numerous charity events. The group has their annual meet up at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender at the Orleans Hotel right here in fabulous Las Vegas Nevada!

When asked how she wound up here, Staysi replied, I was already a customer and was following the Studio’s social media when Becki ran an ad for a customer service representative. She applied, and we thought she was perfect and the rest is history!

We couldn’t be happier to have Ms. Lee greeting our customers with her smiling face and positive attitude!

Joshua Sutcliffe @fitz_tattoo is a home grown Las Vegas dude with a sports and outdoors addiction. Josh has also lived in southern California, Arizona and did a short stint in Cabo San Lucas while working with Hart and Huntington at the beginning of his tattoo career. He said they sent him down there to cut his teeth on the inebriated tourists. Interesting!

The Instagram handle @fitz_tattoo was derived from his eleven year old blue nose pit bull whose name is Fitzgerald. To take this a step further, Josh’s pit bull was named after Arizona Cardinal’s player Larry Fitzgerald @larryfitzgerald. Nothing weird at all about that! It works!

Mr. Sutcliffe has always had a passion for sports in general. From and early age he was engaged in football, BMX, motocross, snowboarding and surfing to name a few. In recent years he has also enjoyed hiking and running. “Basically anything outdoors will do”, Josh says.

Traveling is also one of his many interests. Josh went to a new destination once every three weeks last year! Some of the places he visited include Venice, CA, Sedona, AZ, Chandler, AZ, Seattle, WA and even Costa Rica. “It’s exhausting” says Josh.

Art and music also captivate Josh’s attention when he’s not pursuing athletic endeavors. He enjoys playing bass guitar (just for fun) and is an avid fan of classic rock music. Some of his spare time is spent doing watercolor paintings of deceased rock stars such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Petty and a host of others. “It’s a flat piece of paper that doesn’t talk” is why Josh enjoys the watercolor medium.

Currently a single guy, Josh said he was “technically married” to a very beautiful Canadian girl. This one lasted a whopping three months! “Relationships are not my strong point” says Mr. Sutcliffe.

It’s been a pleasure having Josh as part of the Studio 21 staff for the last couple years. His tattoo art is outstanding and will not be pigeonholed into any particular style. The attention to detail cannot be overlooked. Check out his portfolio here on our site. You won’t be disappointed!!

Charlie Spencer

Owner/Artist

Studio 21 Tattoo Gallery, Inc.