About us!

Who we are and why you can trust us

TattooTribes was founded by Roberto Gemori, aka GiErre, in 2001.

Over the years several friends joined the crew, each one specializing in a different style of tattooing, from tribal to realistic and old school, while Gemori remains the expert on Polynesian tattoos.
What got the crew together is a common passion: tattoos and their significance.

That's why Polynesian Tattoo Symbols was born: the cultural background of Polynesian tattoos is so rich, and complex, that it deserves a website of its own.

The traditions still alive nowadays and the writings of the first explorers help us understand the real nature of Polynesian tattoos, their significance and their meanings, in order to approach them respectfully.

We dedicated the last 20 years to this research, going through a lot of old books too, to know more about the origins of this art, and if you like reading non-stop, you'll love the following links:

There are small gems in many of their books, hidden among the gigabytes of information available.
Don't have time to read through them all? Well, we went through A LOT of them, and noted down all of those gems and hints, which became the foundations of The Polynesian Tattoo Handbook Vol.2... you're welcome!