Mike Malone
Tattoo artist, China Sea Tattoo · Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
- Style
- Old-school Hawaiian tattoo lineage
- Regions served
- Hawai'i
- Tradition
- Hawaiʻi tradition →
About Malone’s work
Tattoo Archive records that after Sailor Jerry Collins died in 1973, Malone bought Collins's Hotel Street shop in Honolulu, renamed it China Sea Tattoo Company and kept it until 2001.
Motifs documented in Hawaiʻi work
These symbols are recorded in the Hawaiʻi design vocabulary in our sourced motif library. They are not a claim about Malone’s personal repertoire — each entry links to its own cited meaning.
Frequently asked about Mike Malone
Where is Mike Malone based?+
Mike Malone is recorded as working from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Hawai'i).
What style of Polynesian tattooing does Mike Malone practise?+
Mike Malone is listed as a tattoo artist, china sea tattoo working in old-school hawaiian tattoo lineage, within the Hawaiʻi tradition.
Is Mike Malone a traditional or contemporary practitioner?+
Mike Malone is listed as a contemporary practitioner, working with modern machine or mixed methods informed by Hawaiʻi design conventions.
What sources support this profile?+
This profile cites 1 public reference: Tattoo Archive — Mike "Rollo" Malone.
Sources & citations
Each statement on this profile is written to match the public sources below. Follow the links to check the details on Malone for yourself.
- Tattoo Archive — Mike "Rollo" Malone ↗tattooarchive.com
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