BARTATTOO NEWS:

I look forward to seeing customers old and new at Southside Tattoo here in Austin (and to all my friends and customers up in Canada...see you in 2010! )

8/1/2007
I'm on the new TV series "Tattoo Masters American Tattoo Tour.
Click to see trailer.

7/1/2007
While in Canada for a tattoo convention I was interviewed by Jo-Ann Roberts for her show "All Points West" on CBC radioListen to the interview here.

LINKS

Southside Tattoo: 1313 S. Congress Ave. Austin TX 78704

TATTOOING: The practice of tattooing has been around since the ancient Egyptians and is the most popular form of body adornment in America. Just so you'll know, Samoans consider it to be fashion, and not having a tattoo could lead to criticism from others.
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HOW STUFF WORKS: MODERN TATTOOING: The artwork you see isn't in the epidermis, which is the outside layer of the skin, but is in the cells of the dermis and shows through.
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TATTOOS.COM: You'll find a rich history of the art that comes primarily from Tattoo History: A source Book by Stephen G. Gilbert. Information on tattoos all over the place includes the role of the practice among those in the circus.
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THE VANISHING TATTOO: Tattoo artist Thomas Lockhart and filmmaker Vince Hemingson went in search of what could be the last authentic tribal tattoo. They returned with lots of photographs - some with a touch of nudity.
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SKIN DEEP: The National Maritime Museum ought to know about tattoos. Starting in 1768 with Capt. James Cook's encounters of native tattooing in the South Pacific, the exhibition looks at the adoption of tattooing by sailors and its growth as a statement of fashion and identity.
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MAORI TATTOOS: The native tattoo art of New Zealand.
http://www.tattoos.co.nz/galley_maori_pacific.php
http://tattootraditions.alohaworld.com/tattootraditions/flash.htm
http://www.mokoink.com/

AUSCHWITZ TATTOOING: There is no official documentation of the system of tattooing at the Nazi concentration camps there, but those who survived have helped put the pieces together.
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