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Daily Tribune
23-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Tribune
Nine-Year-Old Thai Tattoo Artist Makes His Mark at Bangkok Expo
Email : Nine-year-old Napat Mitmakorn, a young Thai tattoo artist, showcased his skills at the 2025 Thailand Tattoo Expo in Bangkok, where he worked on a tattoo for his uncle. Wielding a tattoo gun that seemed too large for his small hands, Napat carefully inked a fanged serpent design on his uncle's thigh. 'I want to be a tattoo artist and open my own tattoo parlour,' Napat told AFP, as curious attendees stopped to watch and film his work. 'I like art, so I like to tattoo.' Despite his young age, Napat is already making a name for himself in the world of tattooing, a centuries-old tradition in Thailand. Napat's father, Nattawut Sangtong, an amateur tattoo artist himself, introduced his son to the craft. To keep Napat engaged and away from video games, Nattawut began teaching him tattooing by watching TikTok tutorials. The father-son duo even shares their tattoo sessions on TikTok, where their channel "The Tattoo Artist with Milk Teeth" has gained a large following. The channel streams Knight's sessions and has drawn hundreds of thousands of viewers. While Napat has been tattooing family and friends, he's aware that working on public clients would require more training, especially in hygiene. "I just wanted to keep him away from his phone because he was addicted to gaming," Nattawut explained, adding that his son's passion for art and school subjects helped him quickly pick up the skill. At the expo, Napat's artistry drew attention, as he completed the first part of an eight-inch Naga serpent design. The tattoo was set to take 12 hours to finish. Despite the techno music blaring from the speakers, Napat remained focused, eager to continue his work.
Khaleej Times
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
Nine-year-old Napat Mitmakorn tattooist makes his mark in Thailand
Wielding a cumbersome tattoo gun with his small hands swamped in surgical gloves, nine-year-old Napat Mitmakorn expertly inks the pattern of a fanged serpent on a man's upper thigh. "I want to be a tattoo artist and open my own tattoo palour," he told AFP in his booth at a Bangkok tattoo expo, where fascinated attendees paused to film his work. "I like art so I like to tattoo." Tattooing is a centuries-old tradition in Thailand, where tattoo parlours are omnipresent and offer designs ranging from the ancient and spiritual to the modern and profane. Napat's father Nattawut Sangtong said he introduced his son -- who goes by the nickname "Knight" -- to the craft of tattooing to swerve the pitfalls of contemporary childhood. "I just wanted to keep him away from his phone because he was addicted to gaming and had a short attention span," said the 38-year-old, also an amateur tattooist, who works at a block printing factory. The father-son duo together learned from TikTok tutorials and practised on paper before graduating to artificial leather simulating human skin, and then the real thing. Knight said he swiftly picked up the skills because art is his favourite school subject. Recognising his son's talent, Nattawut now coaches him in two-hour sessions three days a week. "It's not just tattooing, it's like meditation," Nattawut said. The pair run a TikTok channel together -- "The Tattoo Artist with Milk Teeth" -- where they livestream Knight's sessions and sometimes draw hundreds of thousands of viewers with a single clip. His Saturday session at the Thailand Tattoo Expo was his public debut, as he tattooed his uncle for a second time -- marking him with an eight-inch (20 centimetre) mythical Naga serpent. Unfazed by the techno music blaring from massive speakers, Knight predicts the creature from Hindu and Thai folklore will take 12 hours to complete. For now, his father insists he only works on family and friends -- opening up to public clients would require more rigorous hygiene training. But Naruebet Chonlatachaisit, Knight's uncle, is relaxed as the tattoo takes shape on his left leg. "I trust him, and I think he'll only improve," he says. Knight was one of nearly 200 artists at the Thailand Tattoo Expo -- but drew outsized attention among the crowds of thousands of visitors this weekend. Office worker Napat Muangsawang stopped by the boy's booth to admire his meticulous artistry. "It's quite amazing. Tattooing isn't easy," he said. "It's not like drawing on a paper where you can just erase it."
Arab News
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Arab News
Nine-year-old Thai tattooist makes his mark
Bangkok: Wielding a cumbersome tattoo gun with his small hands swamped in surgical gloves, nine-year-old Napat Mitmakorn expertly inks the pattern of a fanged serpent on a man's upper thigh. 'I want to be a tattoo artist and open my own tattoo palour,' he told AFP in his booth at a Bangkok tattoo expo, where fascinated attendees paused to film his work. 'I like art so I like to tattoo.' Tattooing is a centuries-old tradition in Thailand, where tattoo parlours are omnipresent and offer designs ranging from the ancient and spiritual to the modern and profane. Napat's father Nattawut Sangtong said he introduced his son — who goes by the nickname 'Knight' — to the craft of tattooing to swerve the pitfalls of contemporary childhood. 'I just wanted to keep him away from his phone because he was addicted to gaming and had a short attention span,' said the 38-year-old, also an amateur tattooist, who works at a block printing factory. The father-son duo together learned from TikTok tutorials and practiced on paper before graduating to artificial leather simulating human skin, and then the real thing. Knight said he swiftly picked up the skills because art is his favorite school subject. Recognizing his son's talent, Nattawut now coaches him in two-hour sessions three days a week. 'It's not just tattooing, it's like meditation,' Nattawut said. The pair run a TikTok channel together — 'The Tattoo Artist with Milk Teeth' — where they livestream Knight's sessions and sometimes draw hundreds of thousands of viewers with a single clip. His Saturday session at the Thailand Tattoo Expo was his public debut, as he tattooed his uncle for a second time — marking him with an eight-inch (20 centimeter) mythical Naga serpent. Unfazed by the techno music blaring from massive speakers, Knight predicts the creature from Hindu and Thai folklore will take 12 hours to complete. For now, his father insists he only works on family and friends — opening up to public clients would require more rigorous hygiene training. But Naruebet Chonlatachaisit, Knight's uncle, is relaxed as the tattoo takes shape on his left leg. 'I trust him, and I think he'll only improve,' he says. Knight was one of nearly 200 artists at the Thailand Tattoo Expo — but drew outsized attention among the crowds of thousands of visitors this weekend. Office worker Napat Muangsawang stopped by the boy's booth to admire his meticulous artistry. 'It's quite amazing. Tattooing isn't easy,' he said. 'It's not like drawing on a paper where you can just erase it.'
