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Healed Collaboration- Jesse and Efix

Shawn — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:45:48 +0000

Back in February, Efix & Jesse collaborated on Gabriel’s birthday cutting… Efix just checked in with a healed photo.
It has the dubious pleasure of being the first image to go up with the new “theme” I installed over WordPress.

Not sure if I’m married to it, but change is usually never a bad thing!

The Black Hat Society- Efix Roy and Jesse Villemaire

Shawn — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:06:46 +0000

Courtesy of Canada’s finest; Efix and Jesse got together and worked on a collaborative piece for Gabriel’s birthday. Collaborative pieces are surreal; you get a dislocation of sensation as the two (or more) artists work on different parts of the design.

Click through to see the finished piece!

Tempus Fugit- Jesse Villemaire

Shawn — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:02:27 +0000

From Jesse;
This cutting of roses and an hour glass took approximately 6 hours in total on Jason Cain’s ribs. The original design was drawn by one of our tattoo artists here at Thrive Studios, Travis McGregor. It was a real fun piece to do!

Six hours! Jason has my utmost respect for sitting through a piece on his ribs.

Fun with Scarification- Scarwars 1

Shawn — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:12:04 +0000

More new old SW photos!
I love finding discs I had forgotten about; these were taken by my good friend and consigliere Brian Sowden. There are hundreds on the disc from the first and second events. SO many of our guests took pictures, and so FEW ever sent me discs of their images (that’s guilt-tripping, people… it’s never too late) but it’s always nice to see an event from another person’s perspective.

This shot features Dave Gillstrap, Ron Garza (back to the camera), Jesse Villemaire (on crutches), Johannes (aka Jo-hotness) Sammi (back to the camera) and in the distance Ryan Ouellette and Brian Decker cutting the first two pieces of the event at SW1.

Spikey- Ryan Oullette

Shawn — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:49:58 +0000

Canada’s own Jesse Villemaire filled the time between appointments at the first SW event back in 2005 by shooting pictures. I just came across a whole bunch of them and I’ll be cherry picking the best for future blog updates. (Thanks Jesse)

Tonight’s update is a non work-safe update featuring a pubic cutting by PBA’s Ryan Ouellette on our friend Joolie. Click through for uncensored images.

Happy birthday, Tom!

Shawn — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:09:04 +0000

A quick “Happy Birthday” shout-out to my old friend Tom Brazda. (right, with Jesse Villemaire, left)
Hope it’s a good one my friend!

Panic on the Streets of… Jesse V

Shawn — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:50:43 +0000

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 huge lotus cutting on my friend Jezebel. The finished piece can be seen after the jump.

Jesse is expanding his THRIVE STUDIOS; you can check the progress here.

Photo by Atom Moore.

Corinna’s Bamboo, Fresh- Brian Decker & Jesse Villemaire.

Shawn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:56:30 +0000

Photo of Corinna at SW1 by Philip Barbosa.

Corinna sat for a grueling all day session at the first SW event in Philadelphia. Her bamboo back piece (which was done primarily by Brian Decker with help from Jesse Villemaire) is one of the most iconic cuttings to come out of the events; quickly becoming an (copyright infringing) internet meme. “Look what your children are doing NOW” emails, blog entries complete with snarky comments… Corrie’s piece took on a life of it’s own.

Through the whole process Corrie sat like a champ; even allowing the in progress cutting to be documented at various stages throughout the day. Phil snapped this photo when the piece was complete but not cleaned up.

Collaborative Scarification- Ryan Ouellette & Jesse Villemaire

Shawn — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:07:48 +0000

In between appointments at the first SW event in Philadelphia (2005), Jesse and Ryan decided to double team a Oni cutting on a blacked out section of Ryan’s arm. Collaboration was the root of the SW concept in 2004; artists working with other artists. I’m not sure we meant it quite like this, but it seems to work.