I have a bunch of new work by John Joyce that’s going to be posted over the next several days; tonight’s post is of a traditional style rose cutting. I’m going to be heading up to Mr. Joyce’s for a cutting in the next few weeks, so perhaps we’ll also have a video update!
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 artists who I respect; asking them who they thought really changed the culture of scarification. A similar list of names came up; each artists bringing … Continue reading
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, and it looks like cabbage. It’s especially difficult to pull off a good rose design when you don’t have shading and color to give it … Continue reading
When you think of badass characters from South of the Border, you probably think of two things: Danny Trejo and Brian Decker. Brian had this to say about this hybrid cutting/branding Sugar Skull: “I’m contemplating completely substituting skin removal with hyfrecator filling, as it’s much quicker and the results are seemingly better, in my opinion”
Another amazing traditional tattoo style cutting by Lewis Dodd. This piece was from tattoo flash by Ralph Johnstone somewhere in the 1950s. I love single line cutting like this; I think that removal would have left this piece a little too unbalanced. The simplicity of the line cutting is subtle for such a bold design. … Continue reading
Claire and I were wandering around yesterday and found one of the getcut.org stickers (featuring art by David Bruehl) on the back of a sign. I haven’t dropped a lot of these in Philly, so I have no idea who threw it up, but it was still awesome to see. We’ll be putting out a … Continue reading