Embracing female tattoo culture
Have you got what it takes to be on the cover of a tattoo magazine?
Come and strike a pose on the cover of Things and Ink in The Vault – V51 at The London Tattoo Convention and you could win a subscription to the magazine.
All photos will be uploaded to the Things and Ink Facebook page so you can tag yourself as a cover model. The Things and Ink family will pick their favourite face of the convention to win a subscription.
Claudia de Sabe as Artoria Gibbons
Making the cover.
The cover for the launch issue of Things and Ink encapsulates everything that the magazine stands for. Things and Ink is a magazine that celebrates female tattoo culture, both current and historical. And female tattoo artist of the moment, Claudia De Sabe, is posing as Artoria Gibbons, one of the original tattooed ladies.
Artoria the tattooed girl worked in circus side shows in the 1920s.
Let the Things and Ink family know what you think of the cover by tweeting @thingsandink or commenting on Facebook.
Photographer: Kristy Nobel
Makeup: Miss Honey Bare
Hair: Lucie Luella
Dress: Night Feather Headdress: B Millinery
Design: Oliver Campbell and Antonella Bordone
Behind the scenes footage coming soon from Papercut Pictures
Things and Ink – A compendium of thoughts in ink, launching 1 November
So, it’s time to tell you all about what I’ve been up to for the past months. I’ve been busy planning photo shoots, fashion and lifestyle features, homewares sections and columns, looking at pretty pictures of tattooed ladies and chatting about tattoo history and magazine design. All for a brand new tattoo magazine called Things and Ink.
Things and Ink is about tattoos, art, culture, stories, diversity and emotion.
Things and Ink is a new style of tattoo magazine that embraces female tattoo culture. The aim of the magazine is to give tattoos more context, to give the point of view of not only the tattoo artist, but the wearer, too. Tattoos should be viewed where they sit on the body and the story behind them should be told. Things and Ink will satisfy the reader’s curiosity and tell the intimate stories. Things and Ink will be pretty and arty and shatter tattoo myths. It will welcome collectors and tattoo virgins alike.
And here is a sneak peak of a photo shoot with Laura of Babb Photo and Rachael of Marry Me Ink…but you’ll have to wait until 1 November to see what it’s all about…
Location: Into You, London Makeup: Hayley Fell