Maya Tattoos in Los Angeles

Maya work has its own visual language — denser, more architectural, and built around glyphs and rulers rather than the deity discs of the Aztec tradition. Goethe Silva tattoos K’inich Janaab’ Pakal, Ixchel, K’awiil, Buluc Chabtan, Itzamna, elongated skulls, and the twenty day-signs of the Tzolk’in calendar.

Pieces are researched before they’re drawn, so the glyphs read correctly rather than decoratively. Los Angeles, by appointment only.