Mara Voss
Fine Line · Floral · Botanical
About the parlor
A studio built around your story
Saltbone Ink Parlor opened its doors fourteen years ago with one machine, two chairs and a simple rule: no flash off the wall unless it means something to the person wearing it.
From a two-chair shop to Charleston's custom studio
What started as a walk-in shop on Harbor Lane grew the slow way — one healed tattoo at a time. Clients came back with friends, friends came back with sleeves, and the shop grew into a team of resident and guest artists covering fine line, blackwork, realism, Japanese and traditional work.
We still run on the same rule. Every piece starts with a conversation, every design is drawn for one body only, and nobody is rushed through the chair. That is why more than twelve hundred clients have trusted us with their first tattoo — and their fiftieth.
- Monday - Friday
- 07AM - 10PM
- Saturday
- 09AM - 10PM
- Sunday
- Closed
What we stand for
01
Drawn, never traced
Every design is original artwork made for your placement, your anatomy and your story.
02
Hospital-grade hygiene
Single-use needles, sealed inks and sterilized stations, opened in front of you.
03
Honest counsel
If a design won't age well at that size or placement, we'll tell you — and redraw it.
04
Healed, not just finished
Free check-ins and touch-up guidance until your piece is fully settled.
The hands behind the work
Jonah Reyes
Blackwork · Realism · Portraits
Eddie Kwan
Japanese · Large Scale · Cover-Ups
Like what you see? Bring a reference, a rough idea or nothing at all — the consultation is free.
Book a Consultation
Come see the studio
214 Harbor Lane, Charleston, SC. Street parking out front, coffee next door, and flash on every wall while you wait.