The Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention is coming up again; March 26th-28th 2010. John J. Joyce is considering attending/cutting again this year so I’m spreading the word: If you’d like to be cut by John in Philadelphia you can contact him through the Scarab Website. Every person who gets cut by John at the convention will … Continue reading
When I was preparing the second SW in late 2005 I received a letter in the mail from a young lady who was confirming her invite for the West Coast event. Most people took care of that online, but Sam went oldschool with actual mail and, in a move that I still find adorable, included … Continue reading
This piece was done at Scar Wars 3 in Philadelphia in 2007, which means in this photo it is almost 2 years old. Sam scars so much more dramatically than the average person, which is part of the reason that I love working on her. I have some pics of her other side which will … Continue reading
This piece was done at Scar Wars 2 in LA, which was 3, maybe 4 years ago?? Man, time flies…. Anyway, this is what it looks like as of a couple days ago. Brian Decker was working on this piece while I was watching, and holding Sam’s hand, offering my support. He asked if i … Continue reading
Photo by Natalee. I have so many good photos of the superlovely Sam that I need to post; portraits, procedural shots and even video are all waiting to be added to the daily update queue. Tonight’s post features the equally amazing John Joyce doing an amazing cutting on her ribs at the SW3 event back … Continue reading
Despite a previous post that suggested that scarification does in fact hurt, my friend Sam doesn’t seem to be in too much pain while having her chest done at SW2 in Socal. Sam has some of the most amazing healed cuttings that I’ve ever seen… I have more photos of her ready to upload because … Continue reading