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Under Her Skin – a group exhibition celebrating one year of Things&Ink, in association with Atomica Gallery

Things&Ink and Atomica Gallery present:

UNDER HER SKIN

Celebrating one year of Things&Ink and launch of The Art Issue

Thursday 12th September – Monday 30th September 2013
Opening Party: Thursday 12th September
Atomica Gallery, Hackney Downs Studios, London

Under her skin exhibition

We’re super-excited to announce an exclusive exhibition, in association with our friends Atomica Gallery, in Hackney.

Under Her Skin marks one year of Things&Ink by bringing together a selection of today’s most talented artists for an exhibition celebrating modern female tattoo culture:

Amy Victoria Savage (Jayne Doe, Hornchurch UK)
Angelique Houtkamp (Salon Serpent, Amsterdam NL)
Charissa Gregson (Jolie Rouge, London UK)
Dominique Holmes (The Family Business, London UK)
Grace Neutral (Good Times, London UK)
Guen Douglas (Salon Serpent, Amsterdam NL)
Iris Lys (London UK & Paris FR)
Lucy Pryor (Into You, London UK)
Rachel Baldwin (Bold As Brass, Liverpool UK)
Rebecca Vincent (Nostalgia Traditional Tattooing, Leeds & The Circle, London UK)
Tracy D (King’s Cross Tattoo Parlour, London UK)
Vicky Morgan (Ghost House, Derby UK)

Under Her Skin will be exhibited during the London International Tattoo Convention 2013, which is being held at the Tobacco Dock in east London 27-29th September.

 

Under Her Skin opening event, sponsored by The Kraken Rum
Thursday 12th September, 6-9pm at Atomica Gallery
Complimentary drinks provided by The Kraken Rum
Please RSVP with names to rsvp@atomicagallery.com

Join the Facebook event: Under Her Skin

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Grace Neutral tattoos the shard girls

Save the Arctic and get tattooed

I have been a fan of tattoo artist Grace Neutral for a while now, but her recent antics have made me love her even more.

Grace Neutral and the shard girls

Yesterday she had the pleasure of meeting the radical women who climbed the shard in London Bridge on a Greenpeace protest. They were protesting against Arctic drilling. The women spent 15 hours climbing to the top of the building, to fly a flag that said ‘Save the Arctic’. The police were waiting at the top to arrest the women.

grace and the shard girls
Grace and the Greenpeace protestors

 

Yesterday the six protestors were charged and released. And the first thing they did when they got out – they went to see Grace Neutral over at Good Times Tattoo to mark the occasion with a shard tattoo. Fucking awesome.

‘I felt honoured that I got to tattoo  a little memorial of their radical day,’ said Grace on Instagram. ‘It was fun to tattoo some hardened criminals, they were just so lovely.’

the shard tattoo
Handpoked shard tattoo

 

Two of the women have been tattooed so far, and a few more of them will at a later date. Absolutely love this story.

shard tattoo

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Tattoo terminology – decoded by Salon Serpent tattoo parlour

Do you know your flash from your custom? Here’s a few tattoo terms defined by Angelique Houtkamp at Salon Serpent Tattoo in Amsterdam.

TERMINOLOGY

-FLASH is a number of designs, specifically made for tattoo purposes, placed together on a sheet of paper. Usually they are made in a set of multiple sheets. Meant to hang on the walls of tattoo shops, to be picked from by customers and tattooed. (not every painting by a tattoo artist is flash and sometimes even unsuitable, because not specifically made, to use as such)

-ONE-OFFS are drawings pre-made by a tattoo artists that are to be tattooed only once. Usually they are linedrawings to be colored and shaded while tattooed.

-CUSTOM DESIGNS are specifically made for one client, usually by their direction and specifications. To be used on that client only.

 

*NEVER take designs or tattoos from the internet, or anywhere else, and use them for your own tattoos, or anything else for that matter. They all have copyright. Buying flash though, will give your the right to use these for tattoos.

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Have you got a Sailor Jerry tattoo?

The Sailor Jerry search is on.

Sailor Jerry has embarked upon an epic quest to track down a rare breed of individuals – those walking the earth with tattoos inked by Norman ‘Sailor Jerry’ Collins himself. Not imitations, just tattoos inked by the man himself.

Sailor Jerry Hunt

These men and women represent living history, so Sailor Jerry want to photograph their tattoos and interview them about their session with the father of old-school tattooing.

These stories and photos  will contribute to an exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Sailor Jerry. If you’re reading this post and you have an original Norman Collins tattoo (or know someone who does), please get in touch with the guys over at Sailor Jerry, by emailing them at originalink@sailorjerry.com.