Portland / Oregon / United States
Dustin Ranck began Icon Tattoo in 1999 on the principal of good customer service, collaboration with clients, and a truly inviting atmosphere. In 2003 Melanie Nead began an apprenticeship at Icon, and she and Dustin turned out to be a pretty fantastic tattoo team. Over the next six years, they built Icon into a totally unique kind of tattoo studio. Originally located in Portlands SE Industrial district near OMSI, Icon grew until, finally, we outgrew our first home! In the summer of 2009, Melanie took over ownership of Icon and moved the shop to our gorgeous new location in North Portland, at Mississippi and Russell, across from McMenamins White Eagle. Dustin can still be found at Icon tattooing like crazy in our beautiful loft, racing and talking motorcycles, and training several apprentices. Icon in its new incarnation still provides the same group of talented and wonderful people ( plus some fabulous new faces ), but has made numerous exciting changes. We now feature a beautiful and ever-expanding all-local retail space featuring jewelry, accessories, letterpress cards and prints, locally crafted fine chocolates and ice cream ( ! ), and vintage and designer clothing. We are SO thrilled to be in our amazing new space, and at the incredible outpouring of love and support weve received over the course of the transition. Thank you so much to our friends, our fantastic clients, and the wonderful community of our shop!
