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WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

Malaysian tattoo artists in Iceland

By Carolyn Chon

February 23^rd, 2014

What are these photos about?

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT

Wayang Kulit is a a traditional Javanese theatre show, which involves intricately crafted shadow puppets, hence the word Wayang Kulit, if translated to English it means shadow play. A beautiful traditional form of entertainment that is unfortunately banned in Malaysia, but hey, let’s not go there.

Wanting to keep their name as Asian and perhaps Malaysian as possible, the boys chose the name somewhat randomly, but if you think about it, it’s really appropriate. You see, Wayang when directly translated means play/show and Kulit means skin, what better name to use than Wayang Kulit?

Last September, the boys of Wayang Kulit made their way to Iceland for a tattoo convention and then some…

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

The boys spent the first couple of days in Reykjavik for the Icelandic Tattoo Expo, before we all headed out for another week checking out Iceland.

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

favourite viking

Siggi!! Icelandic hospitality at its best!

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

west and south

Road tripping around Snæfellsness and Jökulsalron.

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

Driving around Iceland is so beautiful that you will finally understand why their musicians can come up with the amazing music that they do.

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

dyrhölaey

What are these photos about?

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

skin deep in nature

Having traveled around many times together, Julian and Joe finally found the perfect spot and time to give each other a trip tattoo. It was a great spot that we found, it was quiet and away from people. They made it even more traditional by finding rocks from around the area as replacement grips to tie their needle around. As they were exchanging tattoos, we could even hear icebergs cracking and falling into the lake nearby, something we all never expected to experience.

Can you guess what they tattooed on each other? It’s the first photo above.

This year, they will be making their way back there again for this year’s tattoo expo! Hit em’ up if you’re there and want to get some awesome work done.

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

WAYANG KULIT : ICELAND

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FootNotes

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© 2026 Carolyn Chon

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