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THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF

TATTOO ART

THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF

TATTOO ART

EDITED BY

LAL HARDY

Constable & Robinson Ltd

3 The Lanchesters

162 Fulham Palace Road

London W6 9ER

www.constablerobinson.com

First published in the UK by Robinson,

an imprint of Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2011

Copyright 2011 in tattoo photographs:

individual artists as listed on page 5, unless otherwise indicated

Copyright 2011 in Introduction: Lal Hardy

All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition

that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold,

hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover

other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition

including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

A copy of the British Library Cataloguing in Publication

Data is available from the British Library

UK ISBN 978-1-84901-568-4

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First published in the United States in 2011 by Running Press Book Publishers

All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions

This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form or by any means,

electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information

storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written

permission from the publisher.

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Digit on the right indicates the number of this printing

US Library of Congress number: 2010941476

US ISBN 978-0-7624-4098-6

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Designed by Susan St. Louis

Printed and bound in China

Front cover photograph of Nikole Lowe by Ester Segarra.

Tattoo on Nikoles arm by Filip Leu; tattoo on thigh by Jason Saga RIP.

Tattoo on spine by Paul Naylor.

Tattoo on back cover by Sarah Schor.

Tattoos on preceding pages by Mike DeVries (spider) and Keet DArms (skull).

L

ist of tattoo artists

I

ntroduction

During my first venture into the world of

book editing with The Mammoth Book of

Tattoos (2009) it became evident from the

numerous discs of tattoo photos I received

from various artists around the globe that

tattooing is riding the crest of a wave,

with artistic levels higher than ever before.

Following the success of that volume it

became evident that one book was not

enough to slake the general publics and

tattoo communitys thirst for all things

tattoo related, so it was with great relish

that I grasped the opportunity to compile

and edit this the second tattoo volume of

the immensely popular Mammoth Book of

series; The Mammoth Book of Tattoo Art.

Having been involved in the tattoo

scene in one way or another for over three

decades, as a tattooist, tattoo collector,

tattoo historian, convention organizer

and visitor, secretary of the Association of

Professional Tattoo Artists, editor of Tattoo

Buzz Magazine, contributor to numerous

tattoo publications, defender of the art in

the British Parliament (when an overzealous

MP tried to introduce a law that would

have virtually outlawed tattooing) and now

considered by contemporaries to be, in

tattoo parlance, an Old Timer

(this term applies to someone who has

been tattooing for twenty years or more)

I have been able to observe the immense

changes that have occurred in the tattoo

world over the last thirty years and in some

way document an old and ancient art that

tattoo folklore deems as ancient as time

and modern as tomorrow.

Many things have contributed to the

growth of a practice that was once thought

to be the preserve of the under, working

and criminal classes (although this is far

from the truth): these range from the fall

of the Iron Curtain to greater Western

influences in the Far East and the rise of

the internet. It has to be said that reality

TV shows such as London Ink, LA Ink, Inked

and, perhaps the show that first bought

tattooing to a worldwide audience, Miami

Ink are responsible for an interest in

tattooing that has been unsurpassed in its

history. In the United Kingdom, Phil Kyle,

Nikole Lowe, Louis Molloy (creator of the

famous Beckham angel) and the somewhat

erratic but lovable Dan Gold have become

household names. On a wider screen,

Corey Miller, Kim Saigh, Darren Brass, Chris

Nunez, Ami James, Chris Garver, Hannah

Aitchison and Kat Von D are now known

worldwide for their tattoo art which was

showcased through such shows. The drama

series Prison Break where the character

Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) was

elaborately tattooed caused much interest.

Such is the impact of tattoo television

shows that many of the documentary

channels now show tattoo documentaries

such as The Tattoo Hunter and Marked.

The popularity of these shows has

Figure 1 Ian Flower

INTRODUCTION

spawned literally hundreds of tattooists

and tattoo shops. Many have made the

grade but, sadly, many have not, for, while

television can, for the general public, create

the illusion that the skills of tattooing can be

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