R.I.P., Chris Pfouts
Tattooing has lost another legend. Chris Pfouts, one of the coolest writers and editors in the world, sadly passed away on June 12th. Chris was the editor of INTERNATIONAL TATTOO ART, as well as the writer of cool books like ‘Hula Dancers and Tiki Gods’, and ‘Lead Poisoning’. He was a really cool guy, and … Read more
Honouring a Legend
On Wednesday, it’ll be forty years to the day that Sailor Jerry left us for the big tattoo shop in the sky. Forty years; that’s ages! Yet, we’re still always seeing his work everywhere we go, and remembering the true legend that he was. There are very few tattooers in the world who will be … Read more
Wear Your Dreams: Book Signings
You may have heard that Ed Hardy has a new book coming out, called Wear Your Dreams. It looks pretty awesome, and documents Ed’s life and career through the tattoos and flash he has made. Fantastic stuff. It won’t be out until June 18th, but there is a short trailer for the book, which you … Read more
Made to Last
Plenty of people ask me, and probably ask you, what you think that your tattoos will look like when you get old. ‘Pretty fucking awesome’ is the answer you can give them, while showing them a new Instagram feed that’s been taking up my lunch breaks lately. The new feed, simply called ‘vintage_tattoos’, shows submissions … Read more
The Bristol Tattoo Club: Still in Business!
The Bristol Tattoo Club is one of the coolest clubs within tattooing- fact. Founded in 1952 by Les Skuse (around twenty years after opening his shop in Bristol), the club almost instantly gained worldwide attention. That’s pretty impressive, in an age where no one could instantly become famous over the internet or through reality TV. … Read more
Review: Tattoo Nation
As you probably already know from this week’s posts, I went to see Tattoo Nation last night at its only showing in Newcastle. After hearing so much about it, I was dying to see it myself and see what the buzz was all about. Now I’ve seen it, I get it. The film is a … Read more
Tattoo Nation: Finally Released in the UK!
This week, the new film about tattooing called Tattoo Nation is coming out! I’m so excited! The film, which features some of tattooing’s legends such as Ed Hardy, Kate Hellenbrand, and Jack Rudy, tells a great tale of tattooing from their eyes. It’s kind of a big deal, this one. Here’s a trailer: Now, you’ve … Read more
Justice Served
Only death will take me from this stuff. – Henk Schiffmacher This week, Henk Schiffmacher, founder of the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum, finally reclaimed his collection! Thank god! If you’ve been following this, he lost the museum and its collection in November, which we covered here. After countless hours campaigning, joining forces and fighting for the … Read more
Ron Henry Wells Interview on LST!
Last Sparrow Tattoo has a brand new interview with Ron Henry Wells, that you need to check out. Ron is a really amazing tattooer, and a really cool guy too, and you guys are going to love this video. Not only is Ron in this, but he’s being interviewed by Scott Silva. I love it … Read more
The Amsterdam Tattoo Museum: Re-Opens Next Week!
I promised I’d give updates on the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum, and I always keep my word! Following on from the last update we had, I am extremely happy to let you know that the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum is re-opening in a new location! Get in! The new location is at van Woustraat 78, Amsterdam, and … Read more
The Gypsy Gentleman: In Paris
A new episode of The Gypsy Gentleman is now online! Brilliant! Marcus Kuhn’s project now has up on the website a new episode which is set in Paris, and it is really fantastic and you have to check it out now. This one features Laura Satana and Tin-Tin, too, who are absolutely amazing tattooers. Laura … Read more
Marisa Kakoulas Talks Tattoo Trademarks
Marisa, over at Needles and Sins, has a really cool post up at the moment about a talk she did last week at Fordham Law School. The talk was for the Fashion Institute’s discussion, Art Attacks: Perspectives on the Use of Fashion Logos.The talk was focused, at least on Marisa’s part, on the idea of … Read more
Matt Lodder and Anna Friedman: In NYC this week!
Screw your fancy meals, screw your rom-com film night, and screw your Hallmark cards- if you’re in New York City on Valentine’s Day, you should be hanging out with my buddy Matt Lodder and his historian pal Anna Friedman at the Morbid Anatomy Library. This Valentine’s, the two of them will be talking tattoos, which … Read more
Robert Aalbers: Clean Solid Tattoo Flash
One of my all time favourite publishers, Kintaro Publishing, sent me a fantastic new release this week that I couldn’t wait to share with you guys. Clean Solid Tattoo Flash, by Robert Aalbers, is their newest book, and it’s one of the best flash books I’ve seen for a long time. Robert is a great … Read more
Why this Holocaust survivor has kept her prisoner tattoo
(Header image: BBC) We are used to thinking about the positive aspects of tattoos, as beautiful pieces of art which make the wearer and the artist proud, and are an important aspect of many tattoo fans’ identity.But identity can be as much the things that are forced upon you as the choices you make, and … Read more
