Metal engraving has been around for over 600 years.  Until the 20th Century engraving was reserved for royalty and the wealthy.  Today we use engraving to decorate our possessions that we are passionate about.  Such as Dad's gun, a favorite knife or a special piece of jewelry.  We use engraving on our motorcycles and hot-rods to make them more ornate. This also helps with identification if ever stolen.

Jeremy Potts is a Colorado native and a Vietnam vet.  In 1954 at the age of 4 he was already putting his talents to work, when he began drawing.  A second-generation master engraver, he began engraving in 1973 and in 1979 Steel Tattoos was established.  He was one of the first engravers to engrave on motorcycle parts.  Many motorcycle magazines have done articles on him and his art.

Jeremy's primary form of art is freehand engraving, which he has taken a step further and offers full color freehand engraved automotive art.  He also offers engraving of guns, knives, guitar pick-guards, motorcycle and hotrod parts, plus traditional ink on paper art and designing for T-shirts and business publications.

In the mid 1980's he began to develop his full color freehand engraved automotive art.  This took many years to perfect, but he finally achieved the results he was looking for.  Using the techniques he has developed, he then puts it into a digital format and loads it into his computer.  making it possible to reproduce the original engraving into any product his customer desires.  Jeremy has combined 14th Century freehand engraving and modern digital technology to produce some of the most unique and exciting artwork on the market today.

Just imagine your favorite hotrod or bike as "An Original One of a Kind" full color engraving hanging on your wall, then being able to reproduce it into everything from T-shirts to temporary tattoos.

Jeremy would like to invite you to explore the pages of this website and enjoy all the different forms of art he has to offer you.

Engraving and Etching are very different forms of art. Engraving is done with a hammer and chisel and Etching is done with acid. They both decorate metal just in different ways. Etching can also be used to decorate glass and plastics. Very often the two are confused with each other, for example someone is looking for engraving and calls it etching and vice versa.  Either way both are fantastic forms of art. Steel Tattoos only offers engraving and not etching.