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Inkin the Valley Tattoo Convention.

This year's Inkin the Valley Tattoo Convention and sideshow gathering kicked off on Friday in Wilkes-Barre.

This year's event honors the man behind it all, Franko Kossa, who started the Inkin the Valley Convention and sideshow gathering almost 20 years ago.

Friends and family want to keep Franko's dream alive by keeping the show alive. The show goes until 11 p.m. Sunday at the Woodlands Inn and Resort in Wilkes-Barre.

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Arizona court ruling defends tattoo shops' first amendment rights.

A court ruling just handed down in Arizona says a tattoo parlor is protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that tattoo shops are free to open businesses in any commercial area.

The ruling comes after the City of Mesa rejected an application to open a tattoo parlor because it was incompatible with the neighborhood.

A judge says the city does not have the right to deny a permit for a tattoo parlor based on the neighborhood's perception of tattoo shops.
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Museo de la Ciudad de México will host an Exhibition.

Mexico's Dr Lakra, will be having a museum exhibition at the Museo de la Ciudad de México in Mexico City beginning December 7, 2011. After a museum retrospective at the Boston ICA in the summer of 2010, the critically acclaimed artist will be showcasing works never-before - seen in Mexico City.

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Finally the season to get Inked is here.

Being aware of tattoo aftercare most people know that the best season to get tattooed starts in the Fall season all the way till Spring.

Other people wonder why, here's why.

1) The tattoo will always be covered and protected from the sun and environment in general.

2) The healing process goes smooth and since it is always covered up one does not care about the ugly stage of it.

3) Allowing the tattoo to heal completely (the way it should before being exposed) makes it ready for Summer which means the Ink will be displayed looking fresh and well taken care of like it should be.

Sometimes people feel the need to show their Ink right away and it gets to a point where they don't care if it is well healed or not, they just want to show it and that causes many problems to the artwork.

An infected tattoo could occur not only with infected needles, it also occurs when the tattoo is immediately exposed to the environment and an infection can lead to scars and more.

If you live an a tropical environment the best thing to do is simply wear lightweight loose fitting clothes to avoid discomfort.

Inked in NYC

This weekend I took time to spot catchy tattoos and businesess in Downtown Manhattan. There's always great stuff to look at especially when it comes to Body Modification. New York City has an amazing amount of Tattoo businesess and the shops don't limit themselves to just tattoos.

Anything you want to do or add to your body can be found anywhere among the five boroughs, from scarification, implants and other things that normally one can't find just anywhere.

I'm always busy walking around the city as well as visiting other areas, states, etc. There is so much to talk about and many things to share. Each bourough in the city is full of amazing, talented and skilled artists in this field and the diversity can be broader that in many other states.

I recently got some fresh Ink and even though is the size of a quarter it is something I wanted to get tattooed on for a very long time. I'm not really into showing tattoos during the "ugly stage" of it and I rather to be patient and wait till it heals properly so I can proudly show it. I will keep you posted.

Labret Piercing

Labret is a sort of entire body piercing. The phrase labret has been derived from labrum that stands for lip and is also utilized to refer to any style of jewelry that is worn on the lip or all-around it. Having said that, when spoken in preferred parlance, labrets refers to lip piercing that is completed just beneath the bring down lip and a bit previously mentioned the chin.

The preferred phrase tongue pillar is also utilized to refer to labrets. Although some consider this piercing to be a latest fad, this is not correct as a point out of labrets has been observed in numerous historic cultures.

These consist of the Aztec civilization as very well exactly where it was customary for males of superior social standing to use labrets. These entire body piercing jewelry pieces have been usually produced of pure gold and carved into the shape of serpents. Most of these gold labrets have been studded with precious stones like as jade or obsidion to mirror the position of the wearer in the social hierarchy. Whilst Aztecs utilized gold labrets, most African tribes utilized wood, ivory or quartz crystal labrets.

In some tribes, it is not rare to discover adult females sporting labrets that are produced of abalone shell or bestial bone. Archeologists have even observed labrets produced of walrus ivory and obsidian dating again to 8700 BC in Kamchatka and 6400 BC in Iran. Archeological discovering also position in direction of the utilized of labrets by the lieu population of Balkans and Sudan that can be traced again to 5000 BC and 3700 BC respectively. At this time, labrets produced of wooden and ivory are mostly utilized by a several tribes belonging to the Amazonian area and Africa.

Some of these tribes have graduated to wearing lip plates produced of wooden in the place of comparatively inconspicuous labrets. As opposed to the Aztecs exactly where labrets have been reserved only for males, African tribes call for adult females to use labrets for religious function. Labret piercing, can be completed in numerous distinctive methods and the labrets can be placed in distinctive sections of the lip.

Vertical labrets are by far the most preferred sort of lip piercing in which the best of the higher lip is pierced. In snake bites labret piercing, twin piercing is produced to resemble the sign of a snake bite. Off late, youngsters are also opting for the spider bite labret piercing in which carefully spaced twin piercing is produced on the similar facet of the experience.

Spiky Lamp Posts

One thing I learned about New York City is that anything can be fun and turn into art as well. Looking at the lamp posts from a distance I was intrigued on finding out what was them decorated with. It was eye catching, super cool and looked awesome.

Once I got closer I realized it was made using the simplest thing on hand and I wondered how come no one ever thought about it before.

I stood there and had to take a few pictures so I can share a fun, cool and creative way of making the lamp posts appealing without having to re-design or try to go fancier to make them look better.

The Pictures were taken at Astor Place.

Tattoed Calves - Great Spot for Ink

Walking in the Downtown area I noticed awesome looking Ink from across the street and I decided to stop the woman who proudly displayed fantastic work of art.

Calves are awesome areas in the body to have decorated with Ink designs, especially when you have flawless skin. there was more to photograph since the person has such amazing taste for body art and I hope I get to feature most of her tattoos and piercings soon.

Outstanding, thats how I can describe all the amazing wrok she has on the rest of her body which is appealing and easy on the eyes. It is a great feeling to stand out from the rest on a high artistic level like she does.

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St. Marks - New York City

St. Marks is one of the best hangout areas in Downtown Manhattan. Here you can find plenty of everything for everyone, awesome bars, food places and clothing stores. When you visit the strip you will notice most people have something in common, appreciation for Body Art.

St. Marks have an eclectic selection of restaurant and food spots where you can pick a quick bite or sit at a table to have dinner alone or with friends. There is plenty of Vegetarian / Vegan Restaurants and quick bites as well.

One thing you will notice for sure is the endless amount of Tattoo / Piercing Parlors from start to end. This area has an interesting appeal all year round and people who live or work in the area are welcoming and pleasant.

It is a very relaxed and casual environment, totally inhibited where you can simply be yourself and don't have to worry about non-sense or fake impersonations of what the perfect everything should be, St. Marks is already perfect by being free spirited and open to reality.

Art can be anywhere, everything is surrounded by creativity and artistic vision, from a van full of graffiti to public art exhibits.

Getting Inked Up? - Remember This

Everyday I hear stories about tattoos, some are good and some are bad. Most people life happily for the rest of their lives with their Ink and some simply regret having it applied to their body, it makes me wonder why, why the regret. What can make someone regret having a tattoo done, here's what I believe.

Possible reasons to regret a tattoo

1) Ignorance: Sometimes people decide to go get tattooed without doing research first, just because someone like a specific artist does not meant you have to like the same artist too. Someone might think that a tattoo done at someone's backyard that costs twenty dollars might look good in their eyes but that does not mean it has to appeal to everyone.

I've seen people who like certain styles, designs, artists, etc. they see in the magazines and they wish they could have something in their body that looks as good as what they see but never go for it, they decide to stick to the basics and after they get the work done they still wish what they got looked as good as they one they saw in the mag.

Remember this

The basics on getting the best tattoo are easy
a) Do research: Don't go for the first tattooer you cross paths with, you have to like their style, it really has to be appealing on a high level. If you look at a tattooers work and you really think looks good enough (magazine appeal), go for it.

b) Hygiene: That's one of the most important to have in consideration. Tattoos do get infected and the scar it leaves behind is even worst. Most tattooers have knowledge on how important hygiene is regardless of the size of the studio they work at.

c) Appeal: When you're waiting for you turn to get tattooed you want to feel at peace, confortable and confident that the work will come out good, at relaxed environment helps a lot. Believe it or not, a chaotic environment is not the best environment to get Inked. I've seen tattoo shops where people are screaming, yelling, using foul language, sexually explicit jokes and even fighting while having customers and they simply don't realize they're creating a hostile work environment which is not good for them and the customers.

If you go to a tattoo parlor and you don't feel confortable the best thing to do is leave. Reputable shops make sure that thier customers are confortable being in an appealing environment, also most reputable shop employees have excellent customer service skills (who knew!).

d) Customer's Health: If you have a health issue that concerns you at the time you're about to get tattooed make sure you get advice from the artist. He or She will be open about what's best, your health comes first.

Body Piercing Jewelry Update

Jewelry has never been just a girl thing. Men and women have equally been found of especially body piercing jewelry, from very old times.

The history of body piercing jewelry goes back to at least a good 2000 years back. Piercing and tattooing is a very ancient art, and was practiced in many countries all over the world. In countries of ancient culture piercing was taken as a religious art. In Egypt, only the royal families were allowed to get body pierced to wear jewelry, for it was considered to be a right of only the privileged class. Though the medieval ages completely shunned the body piercing culture, with the later ages, it came in to forefront all over again and has gained immense popularity for many years now.

The way the young crowd sees piercing is from a completely different point of view. While some take it as a style statement, many find it to be an expression of their own personality. For that, they want to wear the body jewelry every day; some even want to wear it to work. This is accepted that not all kinds of piercing jewelry should or can be worn to offices of the most common nature. Piercings like those on the lips or the corset piercing or the piercing of the more wild types are never suited for an office environment.

That should not be a reason to get sad, for ear piercing and nose piercing are usually allowed by any type of work places. Even the eye brow piercings are also accepted by some work places, if the environment is not much conservative and the piercing jewelry is not too gaudy. A small barbell or small sober colored banana or spike should go well with many work places. As for the nose piercing, rings are not much appreciated in many offices. However, a small stud or cone should not be trouble at most liberal work places.

For students, wearing piercing jewelry is not really a problem. Though the more unconventional ones would not go well down with the authorities, the simple ones like lip or labret jewelry, belly button rings, eye brow jewelry or even the industrial piercings, if kept within a limit, should not be of much problem.

However, it all differs from institution to institution. Work places which are more of a flexible or creative nature, like restaurants or music cafes or even stores, do not put much restriction on the use of regular piercing jewelry for their employees. It is a common sight in television to catch chefs or musicians heavily pierced and wearing different jewelry items in lips and eye brows and biceps and so many places. But not everyone is lucky like them, for the most common mass of people have to work in conventional places.

A wholesale body jewelry shop is such a place where you can find body jewelry of any type for any use, and within a very affordable price range.

Tin: Internal Clock soon at Last Rites Gallery - New York City

Tin: Internal Clock

October 1st – October 23rd

Opening Reception:

Saturday, October 1st, 7-11pm

Last Rites Gallery presents Internal Clock, new works by Tin, in what will be the artist’s second solo show at the gallery.

Working with a neutral color palette of oil pastels, artist Tin creates dream worlds where beautiful women intermingle with rigid machinery. His exaggerated female forms maintain a sensual pin-up quality, while casting an undeniable air of mystery. Combining innocent eyes and soft flesh with manufactured industrial parts, the viewer is lured into a dark fairytale where natural and mechanical elements seamlessly co-exist.

Influenced as a child by comic books and cartoons, Tin states that his real passion creating art did not come until later in life, spurned by a brush with his own mortality: “I sketched from time to time and did ok in high school art class. Then I became a fisherman, like the kind out of the movie Perfect Storm. I almost died three times and should have lost my drawing hand at least a dozen times. After my last close call with death I decided to become an artist.” Tin went on to do commercial and pin-up art for 7 years, but his art took a turn as he felt unchallenged with what he was creating. He says “The art I was doing had no heart. So one day I was finishing a pin-up girl and I remember saying out loud to myself ‘If I only had a heart’- which reminded me of the Tin Man from The Wizard Of Oz. At that moment I decided to do more interesting works and call myself Tin.”

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Last Rites Gallery Announcement

Laurie Lipton:

Carnival Of Death

New York, New York

October 1st – October 23rd

Opening Reception:

Saturday, October 1st, 7-11pm

Last Rites Gallery presents The Carnival Of Death, new works by Laurie Lipton, in what will be her first solo show at the gallery.

A master of graphite, Laurie Lipton’s detailed drawings explore the passages of life and the portal into death. With technical prowess, she approaches her subject matter with a unique blend of both elegance and dark humor. Influenced by Día de los Muertos iconography, this exhibit runs just prior to The Day Of The Dead, commemorating the holiday by which it was inspired.

“I became fascinated by the contrast between the Day Of The Dead festival in Mexico and my experience of my mother's death. My parents were atheists. We had no ceremony, no goodbyes, no "closure". My father instructed the hospital to cremate my mother and dispose of her ashes. She was gone, disappeared, zapped out of existence. I was left with Nothing... literally and metaphysically. Friends & family treated my mother's death like an embarrassment. They awkwardly murmured Hallmark platitudes before slinking uneasily away. Death is as forbidden a topic in modern society as sex was in Victorian England.

When I visited Mexico in order to see The Day Of The Dead festival some years later, I couldn't help feeling envious of their approach to mortality. Families gathered on graves and picnicked, whole villages turned up with food for households in mourning. Death was treated as normal, even silly. Candied skulls grinned in their hundreds and skeletons danced in a fair-ground atmosphere. I decided to rebel against my heritage and create drawings inspired by the mood and atmosphere of the Mexicans. I decided to get in-touch with my bare bones. My culture runs from death, screaming. We worship youth, beauty and the illusion that we have all the time in the world. We frantically face-lift and botox, and throw pills, creams and money at death. We fool ourselves into thinking that death only happens to other people & only losers die. Skulls always look like they're laughing. Maybe the joke is on us?”
-Laurie Liption

About The Artist:
Laurie Lipton was born in New York and began drawing at the age of four. She was the first person to graduate from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pennsylvania with a Fine Arts Degree in Drawing (with honours). She has lived in Holland, Belgium, Germany,France and London and has recently moved back to the States after 35 years abroad. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout Europe and the USA.

Lipton was inspired by the religious paintings of the Flemish School. She tried to teach herself how to paint in the style of the 17th century Dutch Masters and failed. When traveling around Europe as a student, she began developing her very own peculiar drawing technique building up tone with thousands of fine cross-hatching lines like an egg tempera painting. "It's an insane way to draw", she says, "but the resulting detail and luminosity is worth the amount of effort".

Lady Gaga's Labia Ring

It is not surprising to find out Lady Gaga have her genitals pierced, whats more amazing is to actually taking a peek at it. Known by her eccentricity and love for a positive "be yourself" attitude Lady Gaga has given everyone something else to look at and take notes.

To take a closer look click on the link below.


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Master Horitoshi I Will be in Secaucus, NJ Sept. 23 until Sept. 25

Tebori tattooing is such an ancient technique its history dates back to around the 18th century, and the various techniques used for creating these tattoos are complex and require years of apprenticeship. Because it’s a traditional art and not a sign of rebellion, the attitudes surrounding Tebori tattoos are more serious and personally reflective. They also tend to be “bodysuit” style, like the ones you see in the Japanese movies about the Yakuza mafia. Most people who get Tebori tattoos usually work with a tebori master, allowing them to have a piece of art permanently imprinted onto their body. And just in case you were wondering, the word ‘tebori’ loosely translates to “hand carving.”

Mario Barth’s Annual Tattoo Show in Secaucus, NJ, called Inked Out (sound familiar?), will be bringing the most sought after Tebori master in the world to this side of the globe the weekend of Sept. 23 until Sept. 25. All the way from Japan, his name is Master Horitoshi I, the head of the world famous Horitoshi Tattoo Family, and a close personal friend of Mario Barth. Horitoshi I is a master of the ancient Japanese tattoo technique, and he holds the secrets to many of the ancient techniques and mythologies of Japanese tattooing.

Horitoshi I began studying the craft when he was about 21-years-old in Tokyo and basically learned the art all by himself. It took him about 10 years before he could actually support himself as an artist and it took him even longer before he truly mastered the art. Today, Horitoshi’s son, Horitoshi II, runs and operates his own tattoo studio, while he has many deshi - or apprentices - under him learning the Tebori technique.

One thing that I did find interesting about Horitoshi I is that he claims that 80 percent of his customers quit prematurely because he said that it takes a certain amount of character to endure the pain of the Tebori tattoo and to see the work to completion. Can you endure the pain of Master Horitoshi I? If you think that you can, you can make your appointment now with him at inkedoutnj.com to be tattooed by him at this year’s Inked Out Tattoo Show presented by Mario Barth in Secaucus, NJ, the weekend of Sept. 23 till Sept. 25. Try to find Master Horitoshi I on YouTube before making any appointments.

Ryan Brink Will Be Performing While Suspended - Hellaween Screamfest

Matt Arbaugh and Paul McFaddin of Escondido’s hard-rocking Caustic Felon have formed a new side band with Arbaugh’s son Mitch on drums, James E. Meidinger on guitar, and singer Ryan Brink. “Atropal is visual metal,” says Meidinger, “so we’ll be mixing grindcore music with live flesh suspension, with our lead singer Ryan Brink performing the suspension during the show.”

At six-foot-three and around 200 pounds, with tattoos covering 40 percent of his body and multiple piercings, Brink sings while suspended by four large shark hooks in his upper back. “The experience is one of nervous anxiety coupled with pain, culminating into a weightless feeling of euphoria as I’m lifted into the air,” he says. “It stretches the skin on my back to its tearing point, and then I begin to sway back and forth, which always gets the crowd going.”

Atropal debuts October 29 at Ramona Mainstage as part of Hellaween Screamfest. “In this age of piercing, body modification, subcutaneous inserts such as horns on the head or spherical bumps under the skin, you might think hanging from a thin metal wire with hooks in the body would be a bit more commonplace than it is,” says Meidinger. “But live-flesh suspension seems to remain a taboo thing. Most people have never seen anything like this done, and there are very few who risk their bodies to this particular activity, much less do it for public view.”

So, who do they expect to show up in Ramona? “There’s a huge subculture of people who are fascinated with this type of act, people who don’t necessarily fit into or even care to be a part of regular society.”

What Occupational Safety and Health Administration laws apply to such dangerous performances? “We searched the OSHA database and found no precedent for this act. In our case, the ritual is overseen by an A.P.P. [Association of Professional Piercers] - certified piercing instructor, Chris Glunt, our theatrical engineer.”

Meidinger admits the stage show will be “ominous and brutal. If we could, we’d throw battle axes at the audience!”

Also appearing at Hellaween Screamfest are Sweeteverafter, Contrary to Reason, Silent Vice, Her Bed of Thorns, and Judas Priest tribute Hell Bent.

Septmember 11 - We Never Forget

Another year and memories of that horrible day comes to mind. Broken dreams, death and sadness revive the worst thing to happen to the United States of America. I still remember that day and couldn't believe what I saw.

Lots of families lost their loved ones and each year they're remembered the way they deserve.

Many people got a memorial tattoo to honor with pride the lives of those who served this country and the lost of beloved human beings. It is unfortunate innocent people had to lose their lives the way it happened.

Zoë Kravitz - Last of a Kind

Being the Daughter of a celebrity does not mean things in the entertaintment business should go smooth.

Many years ago that was the way most people thought and always ended up bad by trying to pursue the career the wrong way. Today is not about who your parents are, it is more about what you carry in your genes and make the best out of it.

Zoë gives everyone the much needed raw talent everyone has been missing, not too many people her age can get as far as she has, not every child star make it this far and remain competent and sane.

Zoë has evolved to become who she is today to prove that is not about just being beautiful, is also to be able to deliver and she has, the evolution continues.