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Continuing our series of reader profiles, this month, we hooked up with Rich Smith - better known to us all as Dickie – who made the jump from being a forklift truck driver to resident body piercer at Cosmic Tattoo. Good move, Sir...
I always knew I wanted to get tattooed, even from a young age. I’d grown up...
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There’s no better kick than being able to let a reader tell their own story. That becomes even more of a good thing when you can use your influence to give something back to the people who make this world a better place to live in. This month, I’m handing over the pens to Darren Smith.
My son Jordan has had to make...
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Fire Breathing? Powerboat racing? Muay Thai Boxing? Modelling? Performing? If you know one person who ticks all the above boxes you probably already know our featured tattoo collector. For the rest of you: say hello to the multi-talented Naomi Wood.
You are quite an active person, how do you find the time to get...
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Sometimes, weird stuff happens and works out great. I bumped into Jake Attridge a while back and we got to talking about his ink and how he thought he had a great story to tell having been mostly tattooed by the brilliant but totally elusive Diego Azaldegui. Rather flippantly perhaps, I told him if he really meant it...
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Once in a while, somebody special comes along who fulfils a need on more than one front. Whilst we were whittling down potential cover models for this issue, we also had in the back of our minds something that we hadn’t touched on recently that readers quite often mail in about and that was how people with a lot of...
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An interview with Quentin and Ami...
How did you two originally meet?
Ami: "We originally met at met Silbury Hill around a fire. I was with friends from Manchester and Quentin had travelled up from Brighton. Two years later we again met up in Brighton, this time at a travellers site. Quentin took me...
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"Growing up in a small Highland village, I had always had an overwhelming urge to escape. I’ve always craved adventure and anything out of the ordinary. I didn’t think I could ever be satisfied staying in Embo. I craved new experiences. From boyhood into my early teens I resorted to the...
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An interview with Ceri...
Tell us a bit about your background as a piercer & alternative hairdresser?
"Well I first started work with hair extensions about 6 years ago, I was lucky enough to train with a guy who had worked as catwalk stylist with Trevor Sorbie, he taught me well and about 4 years ago I...
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Amy - she’s game for it any night of the week...
We hear that you work in the dental industry - are you "visibly tattooed" at work?
"Hell no! I keep my tattoos under wraps. I wear a long sleeve shirt under my scrubs so that my patients don't think that I'm a crazy biker tattooed lady. Plus I...
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We’re not entirely sure what an experimental fusion belly dancer is, but it looks like we’re about to find out:
Hey - you're the girl from the Mazda ad! How did you score that sweet little deal?
"Well my agency put me forward for the casting. I was told to go dressed like Lady Gaga and act like a pop princess....
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Jewellery Entrepreneur By Day, Bad-Girl Cartoon Character By Night. It’s A Hard Life...
That's some whacked out sleeves and backpiece you've got there - what's going on? A yearning to be six years old forever?
"Three maximum! I wanna live in never-never land where the trees are made of candy floss and lollipops grow...
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Melissa is a Vixen of extremes - from schools to dogs, books and tofu, it's all their for the taking...
I've been checking up on you. I hear you hate poetry. What's poetry ever done to you that was so bad?
"Poetry makes me angry, I'm not really sure exactly why but I think the majority of it is pretentious wankery."...
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An international burlesque and pinup model, Ms DeVil cuts a mean pose...
Says here that you're inspired by the sirens of silent films - that's not very siren-like with no sound...
"No, no, no... a siren is also defined as a woman who is dangerously seductive. In both silent and modern films, these are the women I love...
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She is teeny-tiny! At 5”1’, she’s known as the pocket pin-up, but don’t let that fool you...
Age
"A lady never reveals her age, but I gotta say I'm lookin' pretty freaking good for 76."
I heard a rumour that you're only 5"1' and can fit yourself into an overhead compartment on a plane. Is this entirely legal?
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She works in a diner and loves her red-headed men, but she don’t drink, don’t smoke... what do you do Nikki?
You seem to be a clean living retro-type girl! With your image and your job in a diner, what does the future hold?
"I have a real good time at the 1940's-style diner where I waitress; the job is the perfect...
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We’re not sure what an Occupational Therapy Practioner is, but it can’t be that difficult - not if you’ve got time to go smoking in the boys room...
Age: 30ish but my mind is stuck at 17
You work with old people to pay for your ink habit. Do you ever see a day when you could be working with ink to pay for your...
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Andy looks more like a member of a punk band as he pulls up in his 4x4 sporting Dickies skate gear and a confidant swagger. Even more so when his jacket is removed to reveal a colourful sea of ink.
But looks can be deceiving; Andy is a man of the cloth and has been for most of his adult life....
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I was born in Glasgow in the 50s. I never knew anyone with tattoos whilst I was growing up and was never particularly interested in them. In fact, I can remember seeing a programme on TV about ten years ago featuring people with multiple piercings and tattoos. Whilst watching it I actually said to my daughter, “How...
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Judging by the amount of mail we get on a daily basis - yes, daily - it strikes us that there are big, big numbers of Skin Deep readers out there who are interested in kick starting careers in modelling - specifically and rather obviously, of the inked variety.
Globally, the opportunities are seemingly endless...
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With his clothes on Geoff Ostling doesn’t stand out. His grayish, thin hair, grey beard and impressive beer gut makes him look exactly like what he is, a 63 year old retired high school teacher from Sydney. It’s not until the clothes come off that you realize he’s just a little bit different from everyone else.
From...
Continuing our series of reader profiles, this month, we hooked up with Rich Smith - better known to us all as Dickie – who made the jump from being a forklift truck driver to resident body piercer at Cosmic Tattoo. Good move, Sir... I always knew I wanted to get tattooed, even from a young age. I’d grown up...
There’s no better kick than being able to let a reader tell their own story. That becomes even more of a good thing when you can use your influence to give something back to the people who make this world a better place to live in. This month, I’m handing over the pens to Darren Smith. My son Jordan has had to make...
Fire Breathing? Powerboat racing? Muay Thai Boxing? Modelling? Performing? If you know one person who ticks all the above boxes you probably already know our featured tattoo collector. For the rest of you: say hello to the multi-talented Naomi Wood. You are quite an active person, how do you find the time to get...
Sometimes, weird stuff happens and works out great. I bumped into Jake Attridge a while back and we got to talking about his ink and how he thought he had a great story to tell having been mostly tattooed by the brilliant but totally elusive Diego Azaldegui. Rather flippantly perhaps, I told him if he really meant it...
Once in a while, somebody special comes along who fulfils a need on more than one front. Whilst we were whittling down potential cover models for this issue, we also had in the back of our minds something that we hadn’t touched on recently that readers quite often mail in about and that was how people with a lot of...
An interview with Quentin and Ami... How did you two originally meet? Ami: "We originally met at met Silbury Hill around a fire. I was with friends from Manchester and Quentin had travelled up from Brighton. Two years later we again met up in Brighton, this time at a travellers site. Quentin took me...
"Growing up in a small Highland village, I had always had an overwhelming urge to escape. I’ve always craved adventure and anything out of the ordinary. I didn’t think I could ever be satisfied staying in Embo. I craved new experiences. From boyhood into my early teens I resorted to the...
An interview with Ceri... Tell us a bit about your background as a piercer & alternative hairdresser? "Well I first started work with hair extensions about 6 years ago, I was lucky enough to train with a guy who had worked as catwalk stylist with Trevor Sorbie, he taught me well and about 4 years ago I...
Amy - she’s game for it any night of the week... We hear that you work in the dental industry - are you "visibly tattooed" at work? "Hell no! I keep my tattoos under wraps. I wear a long sleeve shirt under my scrubs so that my patients don't think that I'm a crazy biker tattooed lady. Plus I...
We’re not entirely sure what an experimental fusion belly dancer is, but it looks like we’re about to find out: Hey - you're the girl from the Mazda ad! How did you score that sweet little deal? "Well my agency put me forward for the casting. I was told to go dressed like Lady Gaga and act like a pop princess....
Jewellery Entrepreneur By Day, Bad-Girl Cartoon Character By Night. It’s A Hard Life... That's some whacked out sleeves and backpiece you've got there - what's going on? A yearning to be six years old forever? "Three maximum! I wanna live in never-never land where the trees are made of candy floss and lollipops grow...
Melissa is a Vixen of extremes - from schools to dogs, books and tofu, it's all their for the taking... I've been checking up on you. I hear you hate poetry. What's poetry ever done to you that was so bad? "Poetry makes me angry, I'm not really sure exactly why but I think the majority of it is pretentious wankery."...
An international burlesque and pinup model, Ms DeVil cuts a mean pose... Says here that you're inspired by the sirens of silent films - that's not very siren-like with no sound... "No, no, no... a siren is also defined as a woman who is dangerously seductive. In both silent and modern films, these are the women I love...
She is teeny-tiny! At 5”1’, she’s known as the pocket pin-up, but don’t let that fool you... Age "A lady never reveals her age, but I gotta say I'm lookin' pretty freaking good for 76." I heard a rumour that you're only 5"1' and can fit yourself into an overhead compartment on a plane. Is this entirely legal? "...
She works in a diner and loves her red-headed men, but she don’t drink, don’t smoke... what do you do Nikki? You seem to be a clean living retro-type girl! With your image and your job in a diner, what does the future hold? "I have a real good time at the 1940's-style diner where I waitress; the job is the perfect...
We’re not sure what an Occupational Therapy Practioner is, but it can’t be that difficult - not if you’ve got time to go smoking in the boys room... Age: 30ish but my mind is stuck at 17 You work with old people to pay for your ink habit. Do you ever see a day when you could be working with ink to pay for your...
Andy looks more like a member of a punk band as he pulls up in his 4x4 sporting Dickies skate gear and a confidant swagger. Even more so when his jacket is removed to reveal a colourful sea of ink. But looks can be deceiving; Andy is a man of the cloth and has been for most of his adult life....
I was born in Glasgow in the 50s. I never knew anyone with tattoos whilst I was growing up and was never particularly interested in them. In fact, I can remember seeing a programme on TV about ten years ago featuring people with multiple piercings and tattoos. Whilst watching it I actually said to my daughter, “How...
Judging by the amount of mail we get on a daily basis - yes, daily - it strikes us that there are big, big numbers of Skin Deep readers out there who are interested in kick starting careers in modelling - specifically and rather obviously, of the inked variety. Globally, the opportunities are seemingly endless...
With his clothes on Geoff Ostling doesn’t stand out. His grayish, thin hair, grey beard and impressive beer gut makes him look exactly like what he is, a 63 year old retired high school teacher from Sydney. It’s not until the clothes come off that you realize he’s just a little bit different from everyone else. From...