0 "First Taste" Art Show at Bound for Glory Tomorrow Night!

By thr_80 | At 3:11 AM | Label : Art Shows | 0 Comments

In case you're wondering where I'll be on Friday night, the plan is for me to attend the opening of Bound for Glory's first art show.Now, I'm not a big fan of Staten Island (nothing against the people, just my least fave borough), but the fact that the show is curated by Friend of Tattoosday, Magie Serpica, makes it worth the effort. Magie originally appeared on Tattoosday here.Here is the spiel from...

0 Tattoorism: Sean Returns, Part 2

By thr_80 | At 2:33 AM | Label : Clipper Ships , Death or Glory (Maine) , Electric Tattoo (Bradley Beach) , Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention , Roses , Ships , Skulls , snakes | 0 Comments

Last week, I shared more of reader Sean's vast tat-alog here. It's time to finish off our inventory of this very generous fan o' the site. Let's see what we have: ...I got a clipper ship on my upper arm.  The ship is navigating through a background of clouds and lightning bolts and has a banner underneath reading �Hope.�  Its meaning follows the same idea behind my anchor tattoo. ...

0 Newsday on Tuesday?

By thr_80 | At 2:58 AM | Label : links , Sacred Art Tattoo Studio , Tattoosday Newday , television shows | 0 Comments

Newsday on Tattoosday?So winter makes me consider desperate measures. As I've trickled down to two or three posts a week (believe me, it hurts me more than it hurts you), I've occasionally toyed with the idea of reporting on other things in the tattoo community, other than the Bill-o-centric encounters...

0 Tattoos I Know: Paul's Ta�no Ink

By thr_80 | At 2:57 AM | Label : Fort Apache Tattoo Studio , Puerto Rico , Taino , Tattoos I Know | 0 Comments

Last summer, my friend Paul had some new work done by Pierre at The Fort Apache Tattoo Studio near Penn Station. You can see some of his old work here and here and here and here (yes, he's a regular!).Fort Apache is up several flights of stairs, but it is conveniently close to my day job, which makes up for the aerobic ascension to the shop on 31st Street.This is what Paul had tattooed on his right...

0 Niki's Memorial Foot

By thr_80 | At 3:13 AM | Label : dagger , Ink Link Tattoos , Memorial | 0 Comments

Alas, with winter setting in, spotting tattoos in public is seasonably challenging. Thank goodness for ink on uncovered extremities, like hands and the occasional foot!Case in point, earlier this month I met Niki in Penn Station after spotting this dagger on her foot: She had this, one of her three tattoos, done three or four years ago a couple of years after her father had passed away.It is a memorial...

0 Tattoorism: Sean Returns, Part 1

By thr_80 | At 4:44 AM | Label : Anchors , Body Art World , Electric Tattoo (Bradley Beach) , flowers , moon , Slingin Ink , Sparrow , sun | 0 Comments

Back in 2009, one of our loyal readers, Sean, submitted a whole slew of his work for our viewing pleasure. You can read the original posts, here and here. Why do I bring this up now? Last summer, Sean sent us more of his tat-alog of work and I had been saving it for a rainy day. Since it's a rainy, sleety, snowy day, I thought I should share more of what Sean sent along. And since he sent a lot, I'm...

0 Clark's Tattoo Incorporates Utah Wildflowers and a French Surrealist

By thr_80 | At 9:08 AM | Label : flowers , Francis Picabia , Graceland Brooklyn | 0 Comments

Back in October, I briefly met Clark when I was passing through Penn Station at the end of the day. He was waiting for a train, so we didn't have a lengthy discussion, but he did let me photograph his right forearm:There are two significant elements to this work. Clark is originally from Utah, and he has chosen to acknowledge this in ink by having Utah wildflowers incorporated in the piece.The figure...

0 A Diversion: A Tattoo Across Time

By thr_80 | At 3:27 PM | Label : essays , links | 0 Comments

Well, folks, at one point I had over fifty days of material backlogged, but I've been rationing of late, and tattoobernating a bit. I've less than seven days of posts remaining and this cold weather has everyone hiding their ink because of the cold.So, until it heats up, check out this piece by writer...

0 Celina's Tattoo Gives Her Strength and Courage

By thr_80 | At 2:58 AM | Label : Hebrew | 0 Comments

Last month, I received a phone call when I was walking through the Borders at 2 Penn Plaza. I sat down in one of those comfy chairs and noticed, once I had finished speaking on the phone, that the young lady sitting next to me had an interesting tattoo on her right wrist. I asked her about it and Celina kindly shared it with us here:Celina explained that she had originally hoped to have this done...

0 Tattoorism: A Bee-autiful Tattoo from the Pacific Northwest

By thr_80 | At 2:58 AM | Label : bees , Sumiya | 0 Comments

Among the several people who voted for my Thanksgiving tattoo last November, Jude sent along a photo of a tattoo she had recently received, on November 5, her first in fact.I'll let Jude explain:My married name is Beeman and next year will be our 20th anniversary. I had been searching for the perfect bee image for years.The image is by William Wasden Jr from Alert Bay, BC. I found the bee online,...

0 Three's Not a Crowd

By thr_80 | At 10:52 AM | Label : Altered Images Tattoo Studio (RI) , Armenian , Brass Knuckles , Dark Tower , infinity , Mcinnis Tattoo Company , Mom , Sparrow , Stephen King , Traditional | 0 Comments

I met a trio of friends hanging out in Penn Station in early October, waiting for their train back to Rhode Island.I spotted Darius first, which was understandable, as he has seventeen tattoos. Kenny and Katie, his friends, each boasted a modest three tattoos apiece, and offered up theirs as well.Let's start with Darius, who has this traditional Mom and Sparrow tattoo on his forearm:He said that...

0 Jill Walks On with Her Ink

By thr_80 | At 3:03 AM | Label : Fat Kat Tattoo , Memorial , song lyrics , U2 | 0 Comments

I spotted Jill in the beginning of November sitting in the New Jersey Transit waiting area at Penn Station.She has eight tattoos, five are symbols and three are word-based, including this one on her forearm:The one she shared with us is based on the song lyrics of U2 and their song "Walk On".The letter G and the date refer to her grandmother and the day she died, March 2, 2010.The lyrics are "And...

0 Amanda's Irises (and a Quote)

By thr_80 | At 2:53 AM | Label : High Voltage Tattoo , Incognito Tattoo , Irises , Religious , Words | 0 Comments

This start-of-the-year post is courtesy of Amanda, who I met at the end of October in the Borders at Columbus Circle.It was her sleeve of irises that first captured my attention:These are inspired by the work of Vincent van Gogh, perhaps this one:The tattoo was done by Dennis Halbritter when he was at Incognito Tattoo in Pasadena, California. He has since moved to High Voltage Tattoo, Kat Von D's...