Tattoo Museum: Antiquities from Around the Globe

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Photo: Artwork submitted by Charlie Spencer for the opening.

Hanky Panky’s (Henk Schifmacher) official opening of the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum is scheduled for Nov. 5, 2011. The museum will house an extensive permanent show covering the history of tattooing, and both today and tomorrow. A unique collection of books, magazines, dairies, flash, photographs, tattoo machines, paintings, carvings as well as tattooed human skin. Guest artists for the first week include Horishige (from the Horitoku family from Japan) who will be tattooing traditional Japanese style, “tebori” meaning by hand at the opening.Other guest artists are scheduled from New Zealand, Mexico and California. Appointments can be booked online as well as purchasing entry tickets. The property includes: cafe/bar/finer foods/bookstore & souvenirs/research center/library/tattoo shop. Check out the official website for more informationhttp://www.amsterdamtattoomuseum.com/

http://www.facebook.com/amstattoomuseum

If you speak dutch…

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Masters of Tattooing Unite

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Where: The Masters of Tattoo Invitational, Hollywood Park,California

Group Photo Lineup: (Hanky Panky, Dana Brunson, Greg James, Mike Skyver, Philadelphia Eddie, Rick Walters, Robert Benedetti, Tennessee Dave James, Eric InkSmith) Bottom : Kandi Everett)

The setting was perfect once inside the convention room, outside was a great view of the horse track. Even though the attendance was really low, the convention was amazing. A convention for artists to unite and share some good times. Phil Luck and Charlie Spencer from Studio 21 Tattoo attended the convention in Hollywood Park, CA, sharing a booth with Philadelphia Eddie and Timmy Tatts, two of the most interesting  east coast tattooers around. Philadelphia Eddie was doing a book signing, selling the first three volumes of his life story. A must read for anyone in the tattoo industry! Eddie has plans to write three more volumes which are currently in the works with the help of his ghost writer, Eric Foemmel. Phil and Charlie had a great time swapping stories with Eddie & Eric. Charlie had the opportunity to add to his personal tattoo collection. Staying true to his Texas roots, he had Oliver “Ducky” Peck place a nice traditional cow girl the top left shoulder. Outside the convention, Phil and Charlie got a chance to run down to Long Beach to visit the oldest tattoo shop in the USA, formerly Bert Grimm’s shop, now called Outer Limits Tattoo. The floor guy Jeremy gave them the cook’s tour with all the vintage details. The shop is a museum of tattoo history as well as a functional tattoo/piercing facility. They also had the opportunity to sign the wall as do many tattoo artists that visit this historical place. A weekend to remember, great conversations with some of the best tattooers worldwide.

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Celebrate The Sweetness

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Studio 21 Tattoo Gallery will be holding an event at our studio Sept. 18th, 2011. Pick Your Poison will be the feature of the event, showcasing their delectable alcohol, soda and fruit infused cupcakes. Lulu’s Pastries will also be attending with an assortment of fantastic pastries and Grouchy John’s Coffee will help wash it all down. Who could ask for a better way to top off the taste buds for the night. Naturally, the theme for the art show is “sweet tooth” anything reflecting sweets in whatever environment you choose. All art needs to be in by the 14th of September, any medium accepted. The clocks ticking, looking forward to seeing the entries.

 

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Skater Counter Culture Displays at MAGIC

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When attending the international MAGIC convention in Las Vegas, NV, we ran across this skateboard exhibit in the S.L.A.T.E. area. SLATE highlights the newest & latest underground street labels, fashion and lifestyles from inspiring individuals setting trends for anything related to skate/art/surf and music. The original works of art on recycled skateboards is a traveling exhibit by over 90 artists, a project of SK8OLOGY, combining counter culture with fine art. This is a small example of all the boards on display. MAGIC/S.L.A.T.E. is an insider view of trends to come and a sensory overload of creative forces combined. It’s a lot to take in, everything from product display, live art exhibits, skateboard contest, etc. The creative energy of designers and artists is beyond inspiring.

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Twin Contortionists Visit Vegas.

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Today at our studio we met the lovely sisters, Jenny and Sara Haglund, visiting from abroad. The unique combo of being Swedish, twin sisters and contortionists make them an unusual acrobatic performance. Trained in Montreal, the girls perform all over Europe. Hopefully we will see their incredibly impressive skills on stage in Las Vegas soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MspdDwMSqjc

http://www.duovilja.com/

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Studio 21 Tattoo Alberta Bound

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Charlie and Austin Spencer will be working at the Alberta Bound Tattoo Convention October 13th-15th. If any of you will be in the area and want to get tattooed by either artists, call the shop or email Courtney or Sable ( courtney.studio21tattoo@earthlink.net ) to make arrangements, time slots are filling up fast, so don’t delay! See you there.

http://hstrial-immaculateconcep.homestead.com/Artists.html

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Epic Lettering Skills

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Were looking forward to a quick lil’ visit from our good buddy Justin Wilson from Dayton, Ohio. Here’s a couple examples of Mr. Wilson’s work. Justin will be in the shop August 4th-8th from 12-9pm laying down some amazing lettering and “Script” as the tatter guys call it. If your looking to get that “name” or any “saying” that seems to keep popping up in your head…now’s the time! Justin free hands the majority of his lettering directly on the skin with markers and  follows it up with his ever so friendly touch. Don’t be shy about calling the shop  and setting up an appt. with Courtney or Sable! Call the shop ASAP Justin’s appt.s are already filling up by all the close friends so don’t wait! 702-248-8762

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From Tattoo Art to Neo Impressionism

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Charlie Spencer, Studio 21 Tattoo artist and owner, spends his spare time creating black and white pointillism artwork. Pointillism, a popular 19th century French painting technique uses small dots of pure color placed next to each other and when viewed from a distance tones appear to blend together. This style goes back to the neo impressionist art movement, Georges Seurat, being one of the most popular painters of this era. Charlie has chosen this style of tediously applying dots over and over with Micron pens to achieve the darks and lights of tonal value desired, creating great detail. In black and white pointillism the two dots placed next to each other create “optical mixing”  creating a perceived single tone. His artwork has been displayed at various themed art venues and events including Cornerstone Gallery and Studio 21 Tattoo Gallery.

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Hail to the Virgin Coca Cola

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Art takes on many forms of expression influenced by countless things in our life: music, film, painting, sculpture, etc. Phil Luck, a traditional tattoo artists at Studio 21 Tattoo received this creative piece of art from a client. For those who know Phil, his passion is anything Coca Cola. Another unique and well executed piece to add to his vast collection. Artist: Sean Douglas

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The Godfather SEEN at Studio 21 Tattoo

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Enjoyed the opportunity to hang out in the studio last week with SEEN and Olivia and catch up on the latest in his busy life, truly and interesting and inspiring individual with endless stories. Richard Mirando (SEEN) “The Godfather of Graffiti”, born and raised in the Bronx, began painting grafitti in the NY subways, his influence in the graffiti world was of a monumental scale. SEEN now travels the globe attending gallery shows and promoting his own large scale projects and other forms of art.http://www.seencity.net/

http://puregraffiti.com/art/2009/10/seen-graffiti-artist/,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOhGn3EWQW8

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