» by admin July 27, 2010 at 8:51 PM » Comments (1)

[caption id="attachment_955" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Rose Cutting by John Joyce"][/caption] I have a bunch of new work by John Joyce that's going to be posted over the next several days; tonight's post ...more »

» by Shawn January 26, 2010 at 6:34 PM » Comments (0)

It's been too long since we've put up anything by the lovely Christiane of Oslo; in order to fix that... a really well executed (and may I say "pretty") floral ...more »

» by Shawn January 26, 2010 at 12:01 PM » Comments (2)

Accolades are a weird thing. When I was considering creating an award in Keith Alexander's honor for the second SW event, I threw out a bunch of names to the ...more »

» by Shawn December 9, 2009 at 9:30 PM » Comments (1)

In tattoo iconography, the rose is one of the most highly recognizable "old school" designs. To get it just right is deceptively hard. Too realistic, it looks gaudy. Too simple, ...more »

» by Shawn September 10, 2009 at 9:50 PM » Comments (1)

Photo by Atom Moore. I was just thinking to myself that the ol' SW blog needs more Jesse V. Shot by Atom Moore at the 2006 event, Jesse was working on a ...more »

» by Shawn July 27, 2009 at 6:02 PM » Comments (1)

Back in June we featured a henna cutting by John Joyce (which you can see here) . He promised updated photos, and since JJ never lies- here it is. Upper ...more »