Memory Lane Tattoo Club · Indianapolis

The wall

Six finished pieces. Fine line, stipple, shading that runs from soot down to bare skin, all of it black and grey.

The room

Inside & out

A green street blade over the chairs, in among the skate decks and a Dodgers pennant. Cut-metal blackletter over the door, in a row of units on Purdue Road.

A green street blade sign reading MEMORY LN TATTOO CLUB mounted on a charcoal wall, above framed prints, hand-painted skate decks, a wooden crucifix and a Los Angeles Dodgers pennant — **Inside**The sign the shop is named after, hung over the chairs.

The shop front at 8644 Purdue Road: cut-metal blackletter lettering reading Memory Lane above a plaque reading Tattoo Club, on a pale storefront fascia — **Outside**8644 Purdue Road, from the parking lot.

Six pieces.
No colour anywhere.

Click a frame to lift it off the wall. Brush past one and it swings.

A black and grey forearm tattoo of Medusa, snakes coiling out of a jewelled crown above her face, rendered in fine line and stipple shading — **Forearm**Medusa. Fine line and stipple shading.

A black and grey tattoo of a lioness with a cub resting on her head, above dotwork flowers and a small butterfly — **Animal portrait**A lioness with her cub, over dotwork flowers and a butterfly.

A black and grey tattoo of a cat's face wearing an outlined crown, with a crow above it holding the planet Saturn on a string — **Fine line**A crowned cat, with a crow carrying Saturn on a string.

A black and grey tattoo of a peony and lilies with leaves, wrapping around a leg in fine line and dotwork shading — **Thigh**Peony and lilies, wrapped around the leg.

A large black and grey upper arm tattoo showing a face with hands raised across it and a starburst, in smooth realistic shading — **Upper arm**Portrait work: hands, a face, a starburst.

A tattoo of two skulls facing each other and embracing, framed inside a solid black heart shape, in bold line and stipple work — **Bold line**Two skulls inside a solid black heart.

Something in mind?
Come hang with us.

Ring the shop any afternoon from one and talk it through.

Call the shop · (463) 237-9994 Hours & directions →

The wall

The room

Six pieces.No colour anywhere.

Something in mind?Come hang with us.

Six pieces.
No colour anywhere.

Something in mind?
Come hang with us.