Ash

@ash_wv · South Charleston, West Virginia · Tattoo artist

Appalachian Tattooer Sacred Lines // @ironmoontattoo

Ash is a tattoo artist in South Charleston, West Virginia whose work centres on American traditional. About 65% of the 133 pieces on Perspectiv are American traditional, and neo-traditional shows up in 15%. Roughly 17% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often coral, teal and amber. Skull, flower, eye and rose come up again and again. The forearm and the thigh are the usual placements. There are 87 healed pieces in the set, not just fresh work. Portfolio last updated September 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly colour, black and grey in 17% of pieces, measured across 112 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: coral, teal, amber and burgundy.

What they tattoo

Subjects: skull, flower, eye, rose, heart and leaves.

Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the upper arm.

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Work

Eye American traditional tattoo on the upper arm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaHeart with keyhole American traditional tattoo by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaAbstract floral geometric tattoo on the forearm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaFlower and books American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaScorpion American traditional tattoo on the thigh by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaLotus flower American traditional tattoo on the thigh by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaSkull black and grey tattoo on the hand by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaSkull black and grey tattoo on the hand by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaFish and leaves new school tattoo on the forearm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaHot dog American traditional tattoo on the chest by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaEye with blood American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaFloral dragon American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaButterfly American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaRooster American traditional tattoo by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaAbstract design black and grey tattoo by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaWatermelon slice American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaBeagle realism tattoo on the forearm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaHelmet with dragon American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaAbstract faces American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaAbstract pattern dotwork tattoo on the forearm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaSkull in bottle black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaSkull with cross neo-traditional tattoo on the chest by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaShip and shark American traditional tattoo on the back by Ash, South Charleston, West VirginiaSkull black and grey tattoo on the hand by Ash, South Charleston, West Virginia