Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Tattoo

So for the past couple of years I have been planning to get a tattoo done on my left arm. During these years I have researched Japanese tattoo's and the cultural meaning behind certain pieces or just the stand alone meanings for what can be in an image. I've been looking into a lot of Ukiyo-e, which is the style of art that was produced during the 17th to 20th century in Japan. I'm getting a piece done by Kuniyoshi who is one of the most well known woodblock artists. I'm currently searching for the right tattoo artist that i feel can best reproduce his work in the form of a tattoo. If I had the money and time I would want to get this tattoo done in Japan and in the traditional way of tebori, which is tattooing by hand using steel needles. Here's a video of Horiyoshi III a tattoo artist who specializes in full body tattoo's and uses both machines and needles.

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