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Precision Colour Printing Ltd12 OUR BODIES
Over in Melbourne, Victoria, the
exhibition Our Bodies, Our Voices,
Our Marks thoughtfully captures the
endurance of tattoo and tradition. Fareed
Kaviani sneaks a look behind the curtain.
18 WHATSHISNAME
For pop artist Sebastian Burdon, work is
all about having fun. Creating art that
makes him laugh, that brings his viewers
joy. And it’s worked so well that people
have been rushing out to have his pooping
balloon dogs tattooed on their skin. Yup.
Pooping balloon dogs.
24 WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Why do we get tattoos to represent the
people in our lives? Rebecca Givens explores.
28 THE MIGHTY BIC
French artist and tattooer D-Grrr
commemorates in a very personal way the
end of World War I with the publication
of his new book of drawings: Chair de
Fer (‘Flesh of Steel’). In this industrial
and human disaster, he found the perfect
scene to project his usual obsessions of
fetishism, death and pornography.
34 THE SOUND OF PAPER
He’s a multi-talented Manx making a
mixed-media mess in all the madness.
Ladies and gentleman, allow us to
introduce... Pauly.
44 TALES OF THE CITY
Deep in the heart of London, in what’s
left of Soho, lies Diamond Jacks - a studio
that if you were looking at your phone
while going past it, you could be forgiven
thinking wasn’t there. In the big scheme
of studios in the UK it’s a perfect anomaly,
for its soul lies in a time gone by.64 OUTLINES-A-GO-GO
With a euphoric splash we fall head first
into the bold and colourful world of Matty
Roughneck, a tattooist whose sense of
fun and energy is at bursting point in his
trippy and highly stylised work.
72 RECLAIMING TRADITION
Ilona Fiddy is on a mission. A mission to
shine a light on her ancestors’ tattooed
past. Although the young talent calls
Toronto, Canada home, the maternal side
of her family hails from the Philippines,
a country whose rich tattoo history was
nearly eradicated during colonial times.
78 AS ABOVE SO BELOW
Wayne Simmons continues his pilgrimage,
going deep into the hills to unearth tattoo
artists with a penchant for the mystical.
This month he meets Berlin-based artist,
Chaim Machlev.THE USUAL SUSPECTS
5 SATURDAY NIGHT &
SUNDAY MORNING
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THIS ISSUE'S
CONTRIBUTORS
Pascal Bagot
Kamila Burzymowska
Rebecca Givens
Steven Guichard-Kenny
Sean Herman
Paula Hammond
Barbara Pavone
Wayne Simmons
COVER SHOT
Scott Cole