Lotteva jumped onboard the family tradition of hand-poked tattoos and started tattooing when she was just nine years old. Lotteva is one of the few career tattooists to have completely bare skin; her mother originally forbid her father to tattoo her, relenting only after his death, and at that point Lotteva did not wish to be tattooed by anyone if she could not be tattooed by her father.

Sources

• Farabee, Valerie. "Foremothers of the Tattoo Trade: Legendary Female Tattooers." Tattoo Artist Magazine. 28 Mar. 2013. Web.