“Twitching” featuring Alex Louisa, Bec Winnel, Ken Taylor & Steve Cross
Steve Cross from Melbourne’s Korpus Tattoo will be taking part in “Twitching”, a group show to be held at Rancho Notoious which will open Wednesday, September 28 at 6:00pm. Also showing alongside Steve will be Alex Louisa, Bec Winnel and Ken Taylor. Be sure to check it out and support this group of great Australian artists.
Melbourne Tattoo & Body Art Expo
Be sure to come check out the Melbourne Tattoo & Body Art Expo next weekend (16-18 September) at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Center. For a full list of artists and vendors, check out the official page here We will be there all weekend and as usual, I will be accepting trades of liquor shots for magazines.
Chapel Tattoo Portraits
Nicole has uploaded the portraits she took at Chapel Tattoo on her blog, check it! http://ashotaway.blogspot.com/
Known Gallery- Norm AWR MSK “Always” exhibition
Sullen Art Collective member, tattooer and graffiti writer Norm from LA’s famous AWR MSK crew, and Will Rise Studio recently opened his “Always” show at Known Gallery. Since it’s inception, Sullen Clothing has had the support of some of the tattoo industry’s big names including Norm, Jack Rudy, Mike Devries, Nikko Hurtado, Shawn Barber, Derek Noble, Boog and Bob Tyrrell to name only a handful. With video camera in hand, Sullen TV was there to make sure we have a chance to check out the night for ourselves
Adrian Lee- Bloodwork: Bodies
After the hugely successful release of “Bloodwork: Sleeves” around 18 months ago, Adrian Lee has been working feverishly on his next book, “Bloodwork: Bodies” which is now in its printing stages. The process and time that is taken in photographing the subjects for these monster books is phenomenal, and a few months back Adrian was in the country to shoot some subjects for the project which will include work from Tattoo Magic‘s Geordie Cole and Owen Williams, as well as one of our country’s most respected tattooers, Trevor McStay. The book will also include work from a collection of the worlds best tattooers including Grime, Shige, Tin-Tin, Mike Rubendall, Thomas Hooper and Horiyoshi III. Check out Adrian’s blog Analog Weather Report to see it all coming to life.
With The Light Of Truth
Dan Smith is now taking pre-orders for his book With The Light Of Truth that we featured in Issue 78 of Tattoos Downunder. Get it now!!http://www.withthelightoftruth.com/
Tattoo Age: Troy Denning- Part 1
Vice Magazines online counterpart VBS.TV have been releasing some great three part videos giving viewers a very intimate look into the lives of a handful of some of Americas most respected tattooers. The latest artist profiled, and my favorite so far is Invisible NYC owner and operator Troy Denning. Check out part 1 below
Third Chapter Winter Launch Party
Our good friends at Third Chapter threw a party a few weeks back at the Vineyard in St. Kilda to coincide with their winter range launch. If you made it there, you know it was a whole lot of fun, and if you didn’t, this is what you missed. Hope to see you all there next time!
Mike Giant x Mike Maxwell- Working Class trailer
Breadtruck Films just released a trailer for their new feature documentary featuring San Francisco artist Mike Giant and San Diego artist Mike Maxwell. Working Class is a feature documentary loosely based on Charles Dickens book “A Tale of Two Cities” with both artists discussing themes found in Dickens 1859 novel that are just as relevant today. Religion, War, Family, History, and Art are chapters that tell the tale of the artists, and the cities they live in.
