Embracing female tattoo culture
Neo tattoo artist a.k.a DeLaine Gilma from Stichfreudig Tattoo Studio, Zürich/Switzerland.
He tattoos in many styles including: Japanese, mechanical and tribal, but his most striking is his geometric work.
Do you have any tattoos in this style? We’d love to see them!
“There will be pain. Pain and blood.”
Jake and Dinos Chapman hope to raise £25,000 through Art Fund and their crowd-funding website Art Happens to open a tattoo art project at the Jerwood Gallery.
Those who donate can help bring the brothers back to their home town of Hastings, where their new art exhibition will be on display. Not only will the brother’s be painting over old junk shop finds, but they are encouraging the public to bring in art from their homes for the brothers to update with paint.
Jake and Dinos are also opening a pop-up tattoo parlour in the gallery, in which they will reward those who donated with specially-designed tattoos turning them into walking one-off pieces of art.
The original idea was to have Dinos tattooing in a wooden box, the victim – or lucky customer – would stick their arm through a hole in the box where it would be strapped down, totally hidden from site. Dinos would tattoo a design of his choosing onto their arm and on removal from the hole the recipient would see their new tattoo. Fortunately this idea was dismissed on health and safety grounds by Frieze Art Fair.
Neither one of the brothers has any formal training and Jake’s forearm is covered with blue scribbles done by Dinos.
He isn’t very good, and he really dug in with the needle – it was very painful.
Will you be donating? Would you let someone tattoo a mystery design on your skin?
Chapman Brothers quoted from The Guardian
Images from The Guardian and www.blouinartinfo.com
We are in awe of the dedication and time spent to create this piece. This blackwork project on tattoo artist Punctum Kay, Austria was created by Gerhard Wiesbeck.
Tattoo artist Punctum Kay designed all of the main black work himself. Gerhard Wiesbeck tattooed the whole body, but he only designed the psychedelic dot work chest portion of the suit.
What do you think of black work? Incredibly powerful or wasting valuable tattoo space?
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Basma Sameed was accidentally burnt as a toddler with scolding hot oil and left severely scared.
After countless operations and cosmetic surgery, at the age of 16 her doctors told her there was nothing more they could do.
So she taught herself to tattoo and by matching the colour pigments of her face she has been able to transform her appearance.
Basma has now opened a clinic which offers other burn victims permanent make up. She pioneered the use of permanent cosmetics by practising on herself.
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Anna Yates, 29 from North Carolina has been arrested for tattooing her 12 year old daughter.
In defence of her arrest, she states; “that’s my child, and I’m allowed to do what I want”.
This is not the first time Anna Yates has tattooed without a license or any form of training, she regularly inks herself and friends. The tattoo in question is a heart on her daughter’s arm, tattooed onto her for religious reasons.
The mum was charged with tattooing a person under 18, but she insists she has a right to tattoo her own child.
“It healed fine. It’s there for life and she doesn’t regret it,” said Yates. “She’s a good child. She does very well in school, and I feel she deserved it.”
Yates quoted from www.charlotte.twcnews.com
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