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31
Aug
2010
Hell City Phoenix
This past weekend was a big one in Phoenix, Arizona as the 2010 Hell City Tattoo Fest took place. If you’re not familiar with the Hell City Tattoo Fest, then you most likely don’t pay much attention to tattoo conventions/festivals, because Hell City is one of the biggest ones currently going. Music, tattoos, competitions, up and coming tattoo artists as well as current tattoo legends, vendors, seminars and judging by this photo , some dude in a red, white and blue spandex suit who can fold himself into strange yet intriguing positions. And that’s only a fraction of everything that goes on at the Hell City Tattoo Fest. It’s all pretty spectacular, alright. Unfortunately, I wasn’t lucky enough to be in attendance at either the Columbus, Ohio Hell City Tattoo Fest or this past weekend’s Phoenix Tattoo Fest, but digging around on the internet and finding pictures, video and news about the entire event is kind of like being there, right? Yeah…I know, it’s a very sad attempt on my part. I plan to get there one day, but this just wasn’t my year. At any rate, check out this article for a bit of a taste of the sort of tattoo competitions that went on during the Pheonix Hell City Fest. There were some outstanding tattoos on display as well as some not so outstanding tattoos from the looks of things, which of course is to be expected any time something as massive as the Hell City Tattoo Fest kicks off. Tags: columbus ohio , Conventions , durb morrison , hell city phoenix , Hell City tattoo festival , News , tattoo blog , Tattoo Pictures , Workforce Related posts on Tattoo Blog: Yikes. Wine, Cheese…and Tattoos Who’s Tattooed? Who’s #1? When I Grow Up
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Hell City Phoenix
22
Jul
2010
On the Road
Who says that tattoos can only be done on skin? Certainly not Steed Taylor. The New York based artist holds a firm belief in the ability to alter the definition of what exactly “skin” is. Steed sees roads as the skin of the cities in which we inhabit. That’s right, roads – as in the ones you travel down every day. “If roads are considered the skin of a community, then a road is to the public body what skin is to the private body. If people mark their skin as a means of commemoration, communication or ritual; then a road can be marked for the same reasons.” - Steed Taylor How does one go about tattooing a road ? Well, with paint of course. In fact the entire procedure borrows much from the idea of graffiti, which is fitting as many tattoo artists were once graffiti artists or continue to paint graffiti in addition to their tattoo work. Taylor has tattooed roads in New York City, North Carolina, Arizona and Beijing, China. His most recent work will take place this weekend, July 24th-25 on the 800 block of Vermont Avenue N.W. (between H and I streets) bordering Lafayette Park and McPherson Square in Washington, D.C. The design, a 60-foot-wide, 300-foot-long Celtic knot, will represent community interdependence. I myself really didn’t think that tattooing could go in any other direction than being what it currently is: a method by which to permanently etch art on to flesh. I guess I was wrong though, because Taylor’s concept for tattooing roads really appeals to me. Imagine a city where the roads were as covered with art as are the tattoo sleeves seen on people. What a very cool look that would be for any city. If you live in the D.C. area and you’re interested in helping out this weekend with Taylor’s street tattoo, you can get more information on the entire thing by emailing info@galleryplanb.com or steed@steedtaylor.com. Tags: Beijing , celtic knot tattoo , Inspired , new york city artist , News , road tattoos , Steed Taylor , Stories , street tattoo , Tattoo Artists , Video , washington dc Related posts on Tattoo Blog: This Little Piggy
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On the Road
18
Jun
2010
Tattoos For Tempe
Three years is a long time to wait for anything, especially if that anything happens to be part of your livelihood. After being told that they could not open a tattoo shop in a Tempe, Arizona strip mall and being denied the necessary permit to do so back in 2007, Tom and Elizabeth Preston decided to fight the Tempe City Council in court . The first lawyer that the couple hired told the Preston’s that the case couldn’t be won, that it would cost too much to fight the City Council and not to bother trying. Fortunately for the Preston’s, they didn’t listen to such advice and instead joined forces with Goldwater Institute attorney Clint Bolick. Not only did Bolick win the case, but he will be among the first people to be tattooed when the Preston’s Body Accents Tattoo and Piercing Studio has its grand opening. Bolick plans on getting a small scorpion tattooed on his index finger – the finger he uses to type his legal briefs. According to Bolick, it will be his first and last tattoo. ‘”This is the ultimate David-versus-Goliath story,” Bolick said. “The city of Tempe acted in a . . . heavy-handed manner to keep a legitimate business out of a strip mall that has lots of vacancies. When the Prestons move in, it will be a signal that the little guy has rights, too.” Preston considers the settlement an opportunity to show Tempe neighbors who fought his permit that the tattoo industry is an upstanding trade. “This shows you can’t just shut down a business because you don’t like it. We want to show people what we’ve already done in Mesa, that our studio is a place where police officers and working people come for tattoos because it’s safe,” he said. “All kinds of people have tattoos; we’re not going to bring any (negative) effects to the neighborhood.” The Prestons own Virtual Reality Tattoos in Mesa.” Way to persist with something that you truly believe in, Tom and Elizabeth. I wish you all the best with your new studio. Tags: body accents tattoo and piercing studio tempe , clint bolick , goldwater institute , News , Stories , Tattoo Artists , tattoo blog , tattoo court case , tempe arizona , tom and elizabeth preston tempe arizona , virtual reality tattoo mesa arizona , Workforce Related posts on Tattoo Blog: Yikes. Wine, Cheese…and Tattoos Who’s Tattooed? When I Grow Up VIOLENCE!
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Tattoos For Tempe
22
Feb
2010
Permanently Cashing In
I don’t typically pay much attention to temporary tattoos. Why would I? Permanent tattoos are far better, of course. I’m also willing to bet that the majority of people who regularly visit the Tattoo Blog aren’t really interested in temporary tattoos either. But you know what? As it turns out, temporary tattoos are freaking huge business. Don’t believe me? Check this out: Hidden away in the industrial corridor south of Aviation Highway between Palo Verde Road and Alvernon Way on the southside is a one-of-a-kind, international company that generates as much as $20 million a year by temporarily fulfilling people’s desires to adorn their bodies. “We are the global leader in FUN” reads the sign outside Tattoo Manufacturing Incorporated where they manufacture six million temporary tattoos a day. Extrapolate that to an annual production and the numbers exceed over a billion product units per year. KA-FRIGGING-BOOOOOM!!!! Can you believe that? Over a billion product units per year? $20 million a year? That is completely amazing to me and far beyond any of the numbers that I would have guessed that a temporary tattoo company can do. I think that I grossly underestimated the popularity of temporary tattoos. Which isn’t to say that I think they’re cool, but…damn, that’s a lot of temporary tattoos. The Arizona based company is responsible for most of the temporary tattoos that flood the global marketplace each year, and they’re only getting bigger. On the retail side, TMInternational does business with the biggies — Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Target — and other recognized retailers. They produce tattoos of Disney princesses and millions upon millions of pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness events. “Our largest single sale was to Kellogg’s cereals a year ago when we printed 28 million temporary tattoos for a promotion in their boxes of Pop Tarts,” Tooker said. And there are other worlds yet to be conquered, he said. “McDonald’s is on our radar for their Happy Meal. We haven’t cracked that one yet, but we’re trying.” Apparently their demographic is between the ages of 5-18, which is cool. I remember loving temporary tattoos when I was a kid, so it’s nice to see that still hasn’t changed. Tags: Arizona , Disney , Happy Meal , Kellogg’s , McDonalds , Palo Verde Road and Alvernon Way , Pop Tarts , Products , Target , Tattoo Manufacturing Incorporated , temporary tattoos , Wal-Mart , Walgreens Related posts on Tattoo Blog: Wedding Blues Temporary Ink, Permanent Peace of Mind Temp Tat, Permanent Scar. Strike a Pose Posers
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Permanently Cashing In