SKIN DEEP MAGAZINE • 39eyes... is he getting to that age now where he’s
interested in what you do and asks a million
questions? Or are tattoos really un-cool because
“my dad does it”?
I’ve always had tattoos whilst he’s been around so it’s nei-
ther here nor there to him. He doesn’t see them anymore
I don’t think. He’s always been at the studios I’ve worked
at and hung around heavily-tattooed people.
Once I asked him if he’d ever want to tattoo and he said
no. When I asked him why, he said, “I’d be worried I’d do a
tattoo on someone and it wasn’t good enough”. It’s inter-
esting that my son at age 11 had a better attitude towards
tattooing than a lot of tattooers out there.
I’ve just remembered your YouTube videos froma few years back! Are you still doing these? If you
could have a ramble about something right now
what would it be? We’re all ears.
Hmm, maybe I’ll avoid this one. My friends say I love an
argument and a moan on the internet so maybe it should
stay there! It’s usually about the state of tattooing, over-
saturation of artists, apprentices only doing one style, bad
attitudes, unprofessional behaviour, you know... the usual
stuff that people care about but don’t tend to mention.
What does the rest of this year have in store for you?
More collages, more photographs, guest spots around
the UK (and a few in Europe) and I’m hitting LA later in
the year too. Hopefully I’ll have a few more zines out by
the end of the year potentially aiming at a full book oneAnalogue is something that is slowly disappearing and even though
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creating physical work are overlooked.