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This month, I’ve been delving into Australia’s tattoo history by meeting up with two colourful characters that have helped put Australian tattooing on the map...
Bev Robinson is a name you might not be familiar with, however, Cindy Ray, the alias she used in her younger years should certainly ring a bell with almost...
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Stroll through any city or town in the UK and you’ll easily find a selection of studios that are more than likely just a small selection of what the place has to offer. It makes the contrast with Iceland's capital even more remarkable. With five studios, all situated on two neighbouring streets, Reykjavik makes for a...
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What it is about Brisbane that I love so much? I can’t quite put my finger on it but if I was asked to stay in Australia this is where I would settle down.
The art museums, art house cinemas and suitcase markets (where you sell any art or handmade items so long as they can fit in a suitcase) boast the creative-cool...
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As the months are thundering by I stop to look at my diary and realise we are now halfway through our trip; it has gone scarily quick...
We are already booking flights to New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand; however, for the next few months we are settling down in Brisbane.
Brisbane or ‘Brisvegas’, as the locals like...
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Well as the old saying goes, conventions over here seem to be like buses, you wait ages for one then they all come at once! This month I have two conventions in two different cities in a week.
The Sydney tattoo expo is undoubtedly the highlight in a lot of peoples convention calendar, now in...
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Well we have been in Melbourne for six weeks and the weather has become rather familiar, wet and cold! So we are heading up to Sydney with a few stop offs and even have time to pay homage to an Australian legend...
As we leave a rainy Melbourne behind our first stop is Hanging Rock, the location that shares its name...
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It’s exciting to be back in a city! After a few months of being away from home, there are a few things we miss and city life has definitely been one of them. Melbourne is a compact and vibrant place with a sprinkle of Brooklyn and a pinch of Shoreditch. Walking down the left bank of the Yarra River in the City centre...
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He’s still out there! This issue, we find Craigy Lee ‘resting’ – or maybe a better way of putting it would be ‘not driving’. Indeed, for part three of his road trip, we find him working hard at Rites of Passage.
There’s been a lot of talk about the Rites of Passage Tattoo Festival, almost every Australian artist I...
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Having successfully navigated the wilds of the outback, (and I quote - “Drove 1000km in two days but internet dongle still working at the moment”) - Craigy Lee continues his road trip across Australia and finds that not only is there talent in the most barren of places, but he has also invented a whole new art form...
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Craigy Lee was playing in bands and driving American bands on tour when tattooing found him. He eventually walked away from the music industry with his ears still ringing and decided to pursue a more creative path in life. Having spent months working on a portfolio before flying to Tampa, Florida to apprentice at New...
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Over the last six years, London based Fuel Publishing, have produced and published the best-selling Russian Tattoo Encyclopaedia series of books. The three publications, showcasing Russian criminal tattoos, have not only proved popular amongst tattoo enthusiasts but are so detailed and informative that film director,...
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Last summer, the Indonesian artist Durga was working for the very first time at the Amsterdam Tattoo Convention. His studio is located in Jakarta but three times a year he visits the Indonesian island of Siberut not far from Sumatra where he stays with the Mentawai to study the tattoo culture of this tribe. His goal?...
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This past Spring, the award-winning Afro-American/Korean artist Phillip Spearman paid a rare visit to Europe attending conventions in both Breda and Amsterdam to show the world once more that Korean art should – and could - sit shoulder to shoulder with the more well known Japanese and Chinese styles. With his ‘...
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When you live, like I do, out in the middle of nowhere, in the UK equivalent of Buttfuck, Idaho or Dogdick, Delaware, then truly exotic custom machinery is a little bit rare on the ground, a bit few and far between.
Suffolk (Rabbit) Punch
Having said that, I had heard for years of some bloke in the area, a tattooist...
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It’s been called the San Francisco of Europe and is said to be one of the most liberal, busy and artistic cities on our continent. Barcelona certainly has a widespread reputation to live up to, and in many ways it does. Tattoos and street art, on the other hand, are surprisingly rare...
Walking through the streets of...
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It’s always a good feeling to come across somebody who walks it like they talk it. Ivonne Koerner – better known to the world at large as Miss Ivi – is one of those people. Stationed in Switzerland, close to the Italian border with her husband, together they man the good ship that is The Flying Dutchman – and when...
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Some regions of the world are so culturally devious that we feel the need to linger there for a moment; South America is one of them. I spent 21 days in the southern-part of the American continent and this trip of mine was full of unexpected happenings, both professionally and personally.
November 10th, Paris...
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Whether you’re harboured in Cancun or Montego Bay or simply seek a subversive siesta South of the Straits of Florida, Cuba could be for you - especially if you’re thinking about getting inked by some of the most innovative artists in the Caribbean. Arriving on the eve of the anniversary of the Revolution (January 1,...
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HORI SMOKU SAILOR JERRY - THE LIFE OF NORMAN COLLINS
Having just had its premier screening in the UK, Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry is a feature length documentary exploring the roots of American Tattooing through the life of Norma ‘Sailor Jerry’ Collins. Sailor Jerry is considered by many to be the founding father of...
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I'm sweating, everywhere. Have I smeared my makeup? Will the crowds notice my slightly uncontrollable nervous shaking? Or can I pull it together in time to knock their fucking socks off? 'Cause it's go time.And this whole freak-out thing needs to stop. And I can't tell if my knees are trembling from the eight hours of...
This month, I’ve been delving into Australia’s tattoo history by meeting up with two colourful characters that have helped put Australian tattooing on the map... Bev Robinson is a name you might not be familiar with, however, Cindy Ray, the alias she used in her younger years should certainly ring a bell with almost...
Stroll through any city or town in the UK and you’ll easily find a selection of studios that are more than likely just a small selection of what the place has to offer. It makes the contrast with Iceland's capital even more remarkable. With five studios, all situated on two neighbouring streets, Reykjavik makes for a...
What it is about Brisbane that I love so much? I can’t quite put my finger on it but if I was asked to stay in Australia this is where I would settle down. The art museums, art house cinemas and suitcase markets (where you sell any art or handmade items so long as they can fit in a suitcase) boast the creative-cool...
As the months are thundering by I stop to look at my diary and realise we are now halfway through our trip; it has gone scarily quick... We are already booking flights to New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand; however, for the next few months we are settling down in Brisbane. Brisbane or ‘Brisvegas’, as the locals like...
Well as the old saying goes, conventions over here seem to be like buses, you wait ages for one then they all come at once! This month I have two conventions in two different cities in a week. The Sydney tattoo expo is undoubtedly the highlight in a lot of peoples convention calendar, now in...
Well we have been in Melbourne for six weeks and the weather has become rather familiar, wet and cold! So we are heading up to Sydney with a few stop offs and even have time to pay homage to an Australian legend... As we leave a rainy Melbourne behind our first stop is Hanging Rock, the location that shares its name...
It’s exciting to be back in a city! After a few months of being away from home, there are a few things we miss and city life has definitely been one of them. Melbourne is a compact and vibrant place with a sprinkle of Brooklyn and a pinch of Shoreditch. Walking down the left bank of the Yarra River in the City centre...
He’s still out there! This issue, we find Craigy Lee ‘resting’ – or maybe a better way of putting it would be ‘not driving’. Indeed, for part three of his road trip, we find him working hard at Rites of Passage. There’s been a lot of talk about the Rites of Passage Tattoo Festival, almost every Australian artist I...
Having successfully navigated the wilds of the outback, (and I quote - “Drove 1000km in two days but internet dongle still working at the moment”) - Craigy Lee continues his road trip across Australia and finds that not only is there talent in the most barren of places, but he has also invented a whole new art form...
Craigy Lee was playing in bands and driving American bands on tour when tattooing found him. He eventually walked away from the music industry with his ears still ringing and decided to pursue a more creative path in life. Having spent months working on a portfolio before flying to Tampa, Florida to apprentice at New...
Over the last six years, London based Fuel Publishing, have produced and published the best-selling Russian Tattoo Encyclopaedia series of books. The three publications, showcasing Russian criminal tattoos, have not only proved popular amongst tattoo enthusiasts but are so detailed and informative that film director,...
Last summer, the Indonesian artist Durga was working for the very first time at the Amsterdam Tattoo Convention. His studio is located in Jakarta but three times a year he visits the Indonesian island of Siberut not far from Sumatra where he stays with the Mentawai to study the tattoo culture of this tribe. His goal?...
This past Spring, the award-winning Afro-American/Korean artist Phillip Spearman paid a rare visit to Europe attending conventions in both Breda and Amsterdam to show the world once more that Korean art should – and could - sit shoulder to shoulder with the more well known Japanese and Chinese styles. With his ‘...
When you live, like I do, out in the middle of nowhere, in the UK equivalent of Buttfuck, Idaho or Dogdick, Delaware, then truly exotic custom machinery is a little bit rare on the ground, a bit few and far between. Suffolk (Rabbit) Punch Having said that, I had heard for years of some bloke in the area, a tattooist...
It’s been called the San Francisco of Europe and is said to be one of the most liberal, busy and artistic cities on our continent. Barcelona certainly has a widespread reputation to live up to, and in many ways it does. Tattoos and street art, on the other hand, are surprisingly rare... Walking through the streets of...
It’s always a good feeling to come across somebody who walks it like they talk it. Ivonne Koerner – better known to the world at large as Miss Ivi – is one of those people. Stationed in Switzerland, close to the Italian border with her husband, together they man the good ship that is The Flying Dutchman – and when...
Some regions of the world are so culturally devious that we feel the need to linger there for a moment; South America is one of them. I spent 21 days in the southern-part of the American continent and this trip of mine was full of unexpected happenings, both professionally and personally. November 10th, Paris...![Tattoo [node-title]](http://designs.bigtattooplanet.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/1colwidthcrop/attached/HAV2.jpg)
Whether you’re harboured in Cancun or Montego Bay or simply seek a subversive siesta South of the Straits of Florida, Cuba could be for you - especially if you’re thinking about getting inked by some of the most innovative artists in the Caribbean. Arriving on the eve of the anniversary of the Revolution (January 1,...
HORI SMOKU SAILOR JERRY - THE LIFE OF NORMAN COLLINS Having just had its premier screening in the UK, Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry is a feature length documentary exploring the roots of American Tattooing through the life of Norma ‘Sailor Jerry’ Collins. Sailor Jerry is considered by many to be the founding father of...
I'm sweating, everywhere. Have I smeared my makeup? Will the crowds notice my slightly uncontrollable nervous shaking? Or can I pull it together in time to knock their fucking socks off? 'Cause it's go time.And this whole freak-out thing needs to stop. And I can't tell if my knees are trembling from the eight hours of...