Things and Ink 4 from Papercut Pictures on Vimeo.
Behind the scenes video for ‘Things and Ink’ cover shoot featuring tattoo artist Tracy D.
Music by Opeth – Harvest.
Photographer: Heather Shuker
Footage by Papercut Pictures
Things&Ink The Art Issue cover – Tracy D as Ophelia
Issue 4 marks the one year anniversary of Things&Ink magazine, so we wanted to do something truly special with the cover. We decided to create our very own (tattooed) version of Millais’ iconic artwork, Ophelia, with tattoo artist Tracy D.
This was the most ambitious (and terrifying) shoot we have ever attempted, but I am sure you will agree that it was worth it, Tracy D looks hauntingly beautiful.
Check out The Art Issue, which goes on sale on Thursday, for more iconic painting recreations with our very own tattoo twist, along with art historical commentary from Doctor Matt Lodder.
Photographer: Heather Shuker, assisted by James Sheen-Stevens
Make-up: Keely Reichardt
Styling: Olivia Snape
Headress: Gypsy East
Hair: Eleanor Robyn
Cover design: James Gilyead
We’re so happy we can finally share this with you, as we keep getting so excited when we spot Ophelia on billboards, as part of Art Everywhere.
Visit thingsandink.com for more information.
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
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
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.
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.
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.’
Two of the women have been tattooed so far, and a few more of them will at a later date. Absolutely love this story.
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.