Meng Tattoo
Talk to Mengទាក់ទងមេង
A large Khmer kala face wrapped in kbach cloud scrollwork, tattooed across a client's whole upper back by Meng

Tattooerជាងសាក់ 55 Tattoo Street 90, Phnom Penhផ្លូវ​៩០ ភ្នំពេញ

MENGមេង

Talk to Mengទាក់ទងមេង See the workមើលស្នាដៃ

Khmer sacred work, blackwork, realism, lettering and colour. One hand, on Street 90. សាក់​យ័ន្ត​ខ្មែរ សាក់​ខ្មៅ រូប​ពិត អក្សរ និង​ពណ៌។ ដៃ​តែ​មួយ នៅ​ផ្លូវ​៩០។

countries.
One studio on Street 90. ប្រទេស។
ហាង​តែ​មួយ​នៅ​ផ្លូវ​៩០។

From his own bioពី​ប្រវត្តិរូប​របស់​គាត់ @meng_tattooer

Meng tattooing a client's side at 55 Tattoo while she rests on the bed, laughing

01 The workស្នាដៃ

Not one style.
One hand. មិន​មែន​រចនាបថ​តែ​មួយ​ទេ។
ដៃ​តែ​មួយ។

Meng's Khmer kala and kbach backpiece, covering a client's whole upper back Kala · backKhmer Sacred Khmer yantra in red down one forearm, a black kala guardian on the other Sak yant · forearmsKhmer A snarling kala face wrapped in kbach cloudwork across a client's chest and collarbones Kala · chestBlackwork A fine blackwork phoenix with wings spread across a chest Phoenix · chestBlackwork Black and grey chicano lettering and a smoking portrait on a forearm Lettering · forearmChicano A roaring tiger in black and grey realism on a thigh Tiger · thighRealism Red spider lilies with fine black linework across a back Spider lilies · backColour Khmer script with a traditional kbach curl across a chest Khmer script · chestKhmer Skulls and biomechanical forms in black and grey down both lower legs Skulls · legsRealism An ornamental mandala with a peony and an eye in fine dotwork on a forearm Mandala · forearmOrnamental Family First in black and grey chicano script across a chest Family First · chestChicano A client wearing a full Japanese bodysuit — koi, dragon and peony across back, arms and legs Bodysuit · fullJapanese

The full archiveស្នាដៃ​ទាំង​អស់

Red spider lilies with fine black linework tattooed across a client's whole back

Back · colourខ្នង · ពណ៌

Not everything he does is black. មិន​មែន​ស្នាដៃ​ទាំង​អស់​ជា​ពណ៌​ខ្មៅ​ទេ។

The 55 Tattoo shopfront on Street 90 — Meng's ornate monogram painted on the glass either side of the word TATTOO, under black-painted Khmer temple relief
Painted twice on the glass, either side of the door លាប​ពីរ​កន្លែង​លើ​កញ្ចក់ សងខាង​ទ្វារ

02 The markសញ្ញា

The mark on
the glass. សញ្ញា​នៅ​លើ
កញ្ចក់។

ម is the first letter of his name in Khmer. He signs his posts (ម); on Street 90 it is painted on the glass, either side of the door. ម គឺ​ជា​អក្សរ​ដំបូង​នៃ​ឈ្មោះ​របស់​គាត់។ គាត់​ចុះ​ហត្ថលេខា (ម); នៅ​ផ្លូវ​៩០ វា​ត្រូវ​បាន​លាប​លើ​កញ្ចក់ សងខាង​ទ្វារ។

Traced from that glass
A client standing in the studio wearing a full Japanese bodysuit — koi, dragon and peony work covering back, arms and legs — tattooed by Meng

03 The bodyរាងកាយ

Some of it takes years. ខ្លះ​ត្រូវ​ការ​ពេល​ជា​ច្រើន​ឆ្នាំ។

04 The processដំណើរការ

One back,
from drawing to skin. ខ្នង​មួយ
ពី​គំនូរ​ដល់​ស្បែក។

In Khmer, ink is ទឹកខ្មៅ — black water. It goes under the skin one line at a time, and only appears between wipes. ជា​ភាសា​ខ្មែរ យើង​ហៅ​វា​ថា ទឹកខ្មៅ។ វា​ចូល​ក្រោម​ស្បែក បន្ទាត់​ម្តង​មួយៗ ហើយ​លេច​តែ​នៅ​ចន្លោះ​ការ​ជូត។

  1. 01Drawគូរ
  2. 02Stencilស្តង់ស៊ីល
  3. 03Lineបន្ទាត់
  4. 04Inkទឹកខ្មៅ
  5. 05Wipeជូត

On the dayនៅ​ថ្ងៃ​នោះ

Transfer, then machine. ផ្ទេរ រួច​ម៉ាស៊ីន។

A printed stencil pressed onto a forearm. A temple marked out by hand. ស្តង់ស៊ីល​បោះពុម្ព​សង្កត់​លើ​ដៃ។ ថ្ងាស​គូស​ដោយ​ដៃ។

Transferផ្ទេរ 02
By handដោយ​ដៃ 02
A client's torso and legs covered in violet stencil linework, mapping out a full bodysuit before any ink goes in
Whole body, in violetពេញ​ខ្លួន ជា​ពណ៌​ស្វាយ 02
Meng leaning in over a client under the studio lamp at 55 Tattoo

05 Mengមេង

Khmer work, blackwork,
realism, colour. ស្នាដៃ​ខ្មែរ សាក់​ខ្មៅ
រូប​ពិត និង​ពណ៌។

A Phnom Penh tattooer, working large-scale custom pieces on Street 90 and posting them since 2015. ជាង​សាក់​នៅ​ភ្នំពេញ ធ្វើ​ស្នាដៃ​ធំៗ​តាម​តម្រូវ​ការ​នៅ​ផ្លូវ​៩០ ហើយ​បង្ហោះ​ចាប់​តាំង​ពី​ឆ្នាំ ២០១៥។

"Hello brothers and sisters who want a tattoo — you can contact me." «សួស្តី​បង​ប្អូន​ដែល​ចង់​សាក់ អាច​ទាក់ទង​មក​បាន»

— Meng, on his own page— មេង នៅ​លើ​ទំព័រ​របស់​គាត់

Talk to Mengទាក់ទងមេង

06 Street 90ផ្លូវ​៩០

Wat Phnom,
top of the city. វត្តភ្នំ
ចុង​ក្រុង។

Black relief tiles across the fascia, a monogram on each pane, motorbikes on the kerb. Open late. ក្បឿង​ឆ្លាក់​លាប​ខ្មៅ​នៅ​មុខ​ហាង សញ្ញា​មួយ​នៅ​លើ​កញ្ចក់​នីមួយៗ ម៉ូតូ​ចត​នៅ​ចិញ្ចើម​ថ្នល់។ បើក​យប់។

Street 90, after darkផ្លូវ​៩០ ពេល​យប់

Come inអញ្ជើញ​ចូល

55 Tattoo Street 90, near Wat Phnom
Daun Penh, Phnom Penh ផ្លូវ​៩០ ក្បែរ​វត្តភ្នំ
ដូនពេញ ភ្នំពេញ
Walk-insដើរ​ចូល Welcomeស្វាគមន៍ Bookingsការ​ណាត់24h
016 92 95 94
The 55 Tattoo shopfront by day — black-painted Khmer relief tiles above the glass, Meng's monogram either side of the word TATTOO
The glassកញ្ចក់
An artist at 55 Tattoo working colour into a client's arm sleeve
The other bedsគ្រែ​ផ្សេង​ទៀត

07 The chairកៅអី

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មេង

The idea, where it goes, roughly how big. References can follow on Facebook. គំនិត កន្លែង​ដែល​ចង់​សាក់ ទំហំ​ប្រហែល។ រូបភាព​គំរូ​អាច​ផ្ញើ​តាម Facebook ក្រោយ។

Start hereចាប់ផ្តើម​ទី​នេះ 016 92 95 94 Facebook
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