Tattoo artist Karl Heussenstamm is expanding the minds of traditional art lovers with 'boobs, daggers and blood'

Tattoo artist Karl Heussenstamm doesn't care if you're offended by his work and believes shock value is a great way to make people question what they already know about art. Key points: Heussenstamm has been a tattoo artist for 14 years is opening his studio to the public He is one of 140 artists along a South West WA art trail taking part Heussenstamm enjoys the shock value of his art and changing people's minds about body ink This month, Heussenstamm will be inviting the public into his domain as part of the annual Margaret River Region Open Studios event, taking place from September 11–26. "A lot of people don't really understand exactly what goes into making pottery, so it's always nice to educate them." "They've gone from strength to strength over the years and it's good to see that we're managing to keep COVID at bay this time — I hope," he said.