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THE UK'S BEST SELLING TATTOO MAGAZINE TATTOO MAGAZINE HAVE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES? FREE INSIDE FLORAL TATTOOS: THE POWER OF THE FLOWERS GUY AITCHISON JEFF GOGUE BOB TYRRELL Why the greats gravitate to Off The Map Cooking with ink STEVE LOCK Chef extraordinaire This means war! ILLUSTRATIVE TAT TOOS Highlights from WARSAW ISSUE 235 • APRIL 2014 • £3.95 MODEL: AMANDA WEST PHOTOGRAPHER: SCOTT COLE Aga Hairesis EVERYBODY WANTS SOME E arlier this month, I saw swan around your hometown at 17 with some kind of remedial art project on your shoulder, knock yourself out, but there’s a responsibility that should lie with the tattooist for this as well. See, I can kind of roll with the fact that at 17, you really want it done and also that you’ll lie through your gritted teeth until you get your way. I can even accept the fact that a tattooist—somewhere—will do it too, because as much as I would like to say “it doesn’t whole life with something that was supposed to be Bugs Bunny on your shoulder, but a sprawling snail-line that comes down from your wrist and across the back of your hand like the results of an LSD fuelled henna party? That’s a different thing altogether. On the lip side of this, later that same day in fact, I was buying some shoes. The guy that took my cash had a tattoo right in the middle of his forearm—it was well done, really well done. I pointed it was—and that’s when a tattoo really works. They have a language all of their own and that in itself is priceless. Anyway, merely hours apart, I stumbled across some of the best and worst of what tattooing has to offer—all you seemingly have to do these days is step out of the door. One fuels the reason the media like saying what they say about it, the other is the reason all of us reading this get up in the morning. Do not think you can change it. It has happened for years and will continue to happen for many more. To try and ix it is truly pointless, but the fact remains: owning a machine, or a studio and hanging up a sign is not a licence to be a dick. Or as I would prefer to spin it, just because you can get in that dress, doesn’t mean it its. one of my daughter’s friends in Starbucks—I say ‘friend’ but the last time I saw them together was when they were about six and rustling up some country line dancing in the school ield. They are both just turned 17, but larger than life, sitting on her wrist and hand for all to see like Long John Silver’s parrot (was that him or some other treasure hunting dude? I forget), was a tattoo. A crap tattoo at that—there’s no other way of saying it. I asked her where she got it and the answer didn’t surprise me. Now, before I come off as being somewhat out of touch, I still remember what it’s like to go to the pub before you’re legally allowed to and get so hammered that your face falls off. I also know the thrill of watching an 18-rated movie at 14 because the guy who owns the cinema doesn’t care and, although I was 19 when I got my irst tattoo, can imagine that— particularly now—the call of the ink is rather strong while you’re growing up. Everybody wants to belong, right? To a certain point, you can even let slide the fact that it happens—there’s a certain logic that says if you want to NOT PARTICULARLY SPEAKING AS THE EDITOR OF SKIN DEEP BUT MORE AS A SEMI-SENTIENT HUMAN BEING, EVEN AN EMPTY SACK OF GRAIN WOULD HAVE TO QUESTION THE PLACEMENT OF THAT PIECE happen”, it damn well does. Not particularly speaking as the editor of Skin Deep, but more as a semi-sentient human being, even an empty sack of grain would have to question the placement of that piece. It was obviously her irst tattoo and somebody—with no real understanding of the art but a huge understanding that £30 for half-an-hour’s work can put half a tank of petrol in your car—thought it would be ine to do it. I don’t know who’s dumber. You really can live your at it and said four words that made both of us smile: “Children of the Fence”. It probably means nothing to you and I won’t bother explaining it here. Fact is, in those few minutes of buying shoes, we had a bond. I had discovered the thing in his life that he loved enough about to commit to good ink and the fact that I had deciphered his secret symbol, meant we were on the same page. I felt good that he felt good. He probably felt good because he didn’t have to explain what @mrsionsmith 03 EVERYBODY WANTS SOME EDITORIAL Skin Deep Magazine Issue 235 THE LOVE BUG If you were lucky enough to attend Tattoo Jam ’13, there is no doubt that at some point, you would have bumped into George Binas and his One Love crew. P22 T HE USUAL S USPECTS 06 SLEEVE NOTES 08 CONVENTION LISTINGS 12 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS T H I S M O N T H ’S P U L L O U T: THIS MEANS WAR 18 T H E P O W E R O F F LO W E R S SPECIAL FEATURES 94 CLASSIFIEDS 96 SOAPBOX READER PROFILE READER PROFILE Laura Jane lives in an area called Mount Lawley, which is almost like Brick Lane of London. However, if you didn’t know anyone in Perth, it would come across as being the kind of place you might not enjoy or appreciate. 98 AN EYE IS UPON YOU LAURA JANE TALKS TATTOOS IN AUSTRALIA. ARTIST PROFILES But maybe it raises even more questions along the way. P82 OFF THE MAP When Ian Robert McKown said he would really like to interview the owner of TattooNow and Off The Map guru, Gabe Ripley, for us, what else could we do but hand over the pen… STEVE LOCK A foreign exchange money broker-turned- professional chef with a deep love of tattoos isn’t exactly the kind of person you meet every day, which is precisely why we knew that a chat with Steven Lock was an absolute must. SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW AMANDA WEST… Amanda West needs no introduction around here, so we get straight down to the good stuff… DAVID BRYANT A giant meteor heading straight for earth. The government gets to hide in a secret underground bunker. Are you a heart surgeon? Step right up. Tattoo artist? Goodbye and good luck. The wisdom of David Bryant is upon us. WARSAW TATTOO CAN ANYONE CONVENTION Eastern Europe is a well known hotbed of activity at the moment when it comes to tattooing—what else can you do but get the hell out there? BE A TATTOO ARTIST? It’s a question we’ve been asked more than a few times along the way, so we igured we would attempt to answer it. 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