We went on our annual excursion to the tattoo convention yesterday, and as always had a blast seeing old friends, meeting new artists, machine builders and more! Luar (Horimaru) was there, ready to do traditional cross tapping, or tebori. Tebori is the name for Japanese cross tapping, a lost art with the advent of modern electric tattooing. Anyone interested in this style needs to meet Luar, just head down to Ancient Ink and see him in action. Say hi to him and Camille from us while your there, too. Today's premier tattoo machine builder, John Clark, was there and we finally tried out his machines in person. He is my only inspiration in tattoo machine building due to his technical prowess and complete originality. His wife and daughter were very hospitable, and invited us to visit his workshop. Yipee! My promise to myself not to get tattooed was almost compromised by an incredible bio-mechanical artist named Gifford Kasen out of Illinois. Luckily, he was working on a sleeve and we exchanged information for future rendezvous. (A few other artists tempted my sensibilities: Heidi Scheck in Seattle, CMFL from Article 91 in Houston, Fusion Ink and Baxter.) Met a really cool couple from Triple Crown, and shared new jewery techniques. Found a superb printer for giclee prints and 1,000 stickers for $150. All in all, besides leaving with no ink, it was the best convention yet!
http://www.horimaru.com/home
http://johnclarktattoomachines.com/
http://www.giffordkasen.com/
http://mindzai.net/
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