Hi I'm Casey!

I make most of my living doing tattoos, and the other main artforms I am involved in are puppetry and printmaking. Side projects include chainmaille, leatherworking, and mixed media art. I currently live in Chicago, in the Uptown neighborhood.

I'm self-taught as a tattoo artist. I've been tattooing more or less full time for about 3 years now. Previous to that I spent several years doing tattoos on-and-off as a side job while studying biology and art in college and then working full time in fisheries conservation and later a genetics lab. I make my tattoos with a rotary machine and am comfortable tattooing in several styles, though I work most often in what can generally be described as a neotraditional, illustrative style. Other styles I am comfortable working in include american traditional and blackwork. I do not currently do any fineline work.

You can find the most current tattoo photos and flash on Instagram @bogwater.taffy, or to book a tattoo visit my booking page for more information.

You can email me at bogwatertaffy@proton.me.

This is my cat Goober: