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Batavia, New York
01/03/09
UMMC welcomes first delivery of '09.
Justin Forrester and Malissa Moore welcome their daughter, Jayden Mariah Forrester, born at 3:24 p.m. Thursday. She weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 20 inches long.
Justin Forrester said his son, 2-year-old Jaycob, was excited to meet the newcomer to the family. Jayden served as inspiration for Forrester to sketch out a pattern for a tattoo. He plans to have the design -- of Jayden's sonogram showing her chewing her fingers -- etched onto his left hand.
It will become one of the many pieces of art on the tattoo artist's body, he said. The most noticeable perhaps is the leopard print covering his entire scalp and along the sides of his face and chin in beard-like fashion.
He chose a leopard graphic for its unique no-two-spots-are-alike pattern and put it on his head to represent the pain he's endured in life. A fashion design student at Genesee Community College, the 28-year-old promises to have a clothing line for sale some day.
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New York, New York
06/16/07
Tattoos can leave an indelible impression of the wrong sort.
Usually, "everyone is getting them" is an exaggeration when it comes to dogs or cars. But in the case of tattoos, the numbers have risen remarkably in the last decade.
The Tattooing of Minors Act 1969 says 18 and sober is the rule but, as with most rules, teens find their way around them. Less professional tattoo parlors will turn a blind eye to age, and in these unscrupulous places there is a higher risk of infection and inferior work. If all else fails, teens find tattoo kits are available online for about $100.
Nationally recognized tattoo artist Mike Bellamy, of Red Rocket on W. 36th St. says, "The worst possible thing a kid can do is get a tattoo somewhere that can't be covered by a dress shirt." Your tattoo choice and placement could affect your livelihood. "You could end up closing doors for yourself at a really important time in your life - say you are doing everything right, then you try to get a loan. They don't see grades, that you are going to church, all they see is the ink on your neck. It isn't fair but it's reality, especially outside of New York City. It's a really big commitment."
There is, of course, the temporary solution. Spurred by the fact that there didn't seem to be any temporary tattoos that weren't "cheesy and obviously stickers," Megan Kingsbury and Krista Finne started a temp tattoo company in Brooklyn, Kingfintattoo.com. "We wanted to give people an alternative to actual ink.
Removal options like expensive laser, grafting or surgery can leave scars or discoloration - Kingfin's extra-large bright temporaries last longer than most and are often mistaken for the real thing.
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Courtesy of: nydailynews.com
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Tonawanda, New York
06/09/07
CITY OF TONAWANDA: Can Main Street reinvent itself to be the place to be?
Four new shops and an active group of merchants — could the City of Tonawanda’s downtown business district come back to life after years of neglect?
“We’re starting to get more walkers and new people,” said Sue Arts, owner of the Tropical Moose Cafe at 47 Main St., which opened in October but hasn’t been as successful as Arts originally hoped.
The merchants have also revived the idea of a merchant’s association and fashioned it with a new name, the Swiftwater Merchants Association. They don’t seem quite sure yet how to use the association to their advantage, but they’re determined to figure it out.
“We’re going to be try and get the mayor to do the right thing,” said Shannon Barlow, owner of the Twisted Tiki, a tattoo parlor at 23 Main St. “And we’re going to see what it takes in bringing more of a louder bang.”
“This seems like a very interested group of individuals who want to succeed in Tonawanda,” said City of Tonawanda Mayor Ron Pilozzi. “My plan is to work with them and hopefully help them thrive and grow. Success breeds success.”
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Courtesy of: tonawanda-news.com
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New York, New York
06/04/07
FOR TATTOO ARTIST, WORK MEANS LEAVING HER MARK EVERY DAY.
Joy Rumore has more than 60 tattoos covering her body, and she draws on arms for a living. Now 28, she became a tattoo artist after graduating from SUNY Purchase, where she studied anthropology, and became fascinated with the history of tattoos in tribal cultures. After working shops in New York City and Rhode Island, she recently opened her own place, Twelve 28 Tattoo, on Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
When I got my B.A. at 21, a friend of mine with a shop hired me as an apprentice. I did all the dirty work, like cleaning up, setting up, taking out the garbage, bandaging - everything but tattooing.
At 22, I got my license and started doing tattoos in Rhode Island. Then a friend opened a shop in Brooklyn, so that brought me to New York. After that I traveled a bit, then I came back and opened my shop. It took a lot of work and money, but I’m happy with it. I get to make my own hours, and I have the final say in everything. Everything in this shop is me.
Tattooing is physically more demanding than people think. It can get hard scrunching up your muscles in one position for a long time. But I love my job. This work makes me happy. I couldn’t see myself working in a cubicle from 9 to 5. Here I have fun when I work. I keep Sunday and Monday open only for appoinments in case I want to take a day off, but I usually wind up working anyway. Drawing is what I wanted to do since I was a kid, and here that’s what I get to do.
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Courtesy of: nypost.com
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Brooklyn, New York
05/21/07
Brooklyn Artist Explores Universal Excitement Over Tattoos.
Brooklyn Artist Duke Riley feels at home at the tattoo parlor, even if it's in Havana, Cuba.
Riley, both a fine artist and tattoo artist, works out of his artist studio and tattoo shop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Riley traveled to Havana recently, legally, as part of a humanitarian mission. He spent time working on his fine art. But, while he was there, he found he had quite an audience at a local underground tattoo shop.
“How they had gone about getting all the equipment they needed, the autoclaves and needles and what not,” said Riley. “[I was also impressed] with the various trades and negotiations they made with friends that had worked in hospitals acupuncturists.”
Riley has a show coming up in Chelsea this fall. Much of it is inspired by the Battle of Brooklyn, during the Revolutionary War. Until then, New Yorkers can see him flex his creative muscle at his shop in Brooklyn.
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Courtesy of: ny1.com
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Brooklyn, New York
04/21/07
Hit-run victim dies.
The Brooklyn motorcyclist left brain-dead after a hit-and-run accident earlier this month was removed from life support and died last Wednesday.
Monica Henk, a 26-year-old tattoo artist, was driving her motorcycle through the intersection of Flushing and Kent avenues in Clinton Hill on April 8 when a black SUV slammed into her and kept on moving, said police.
The family has hired a private investigator to find the driver of the SUV, which police believe is a 1995–97 black Chevy S-10 Blazer that’s missing its front bumper and one of its headlights. The family has posted a $20,000 reward for any information leading to the driver’s arrest. Anyone with a tip is asked to call the anonymous Crimestoppers hotline at (800) 577-TIPS.
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Courtesy of: brooklynpaper.com
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Brooklyn, New York
04/14/07
Help ID driver in Brooklyn hit-run.
Police are asking for the public's help in tracking down the hit-and-run driver who critically injured Brooklyn tattoo artist Monica Henk.
Cops said yesterday the vehicle was a dark-colored Chevy Blazer made between 1995 and 1997.
The SUV has front-end damage and is missing bumper parts.
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New York
03/01/07
New space for an intimate thought.
Nigel Peyton has long had a penchant for body art. He has 25 tattoos in all. He's also pierced his nipples, ears and penis. One day, about two months ago, Peyton decided to decorate a little more by marking the phrase "VA 804" on the inside of his lower lip.
"I got it because I love Virginia," said the 22-year-old professional body piercer, who also has a smiley face and the phrase "Welcome to 2007" on his tongue. "I wanted to do something different from everyone else."
"It's definitely something that's becoming more and more popular," said Brad Buehrly, the owner of the Lucky 13 parlor in Richmond, Va. "It's a good way of getting a tattoo and it not being visible."
The secrecy is a large part of the appeal, said Steve Redone, an artist at Fun City Tattoo in the East Village of Manhattan. A typical lip job can cost $50 to $125 and is just as safe as a tattoo on any other body part, said Redone.
Because they are inside the human mouth, these decorations often don't last too long. About 40 percent of lip art will fade after a year, according to Kevin Leblanc, a tattoo artist in Toms River, N.J.
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Courtesy of: azcentral.com
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New York City, New York
02/12/07
Tattooing bursts through the color barrier.
Last month, the first issue of Urban Ink, “a tattoo magazine for people of color,” hit newsstands. Editor-in-chief Paul Gambino links the expansion in the types of people getting tattoos to the rise in cultural icons exposing their body art.
Miya Bailey, a tattoo artist in Atlanta, said that over the years his black clients have grown bolder. He’s part of the collective that runs City of Ink, a tattoo shop and art gallery that caters to a growing black upper class, including many business owners. They have the money and the freedom for elaborate skin art.
Artists are learning special techniques to get the best results on dark skin, which is more likely to scar or change texture from any form of skin trauma, including tattooing. But artist Eric Rignall, who since 1997 has run the shop Inkstop on New York’s Lower East Side, suggests another reason for post-tattoo scarring on dark skin.
“It was the ignorance of tattoo artists in thinking that they had to turn the machine up and leave the needle in longer to make the ink stay in better on darker skin,” he said. “That’s a misconception. You linger too long with the needle, it’s going to raise scar tissue on anybody, black or white.”
“You’re actually changing the pigmentation of the skin,” said Sailor Bill Johnson, vice president of the National Tattoo Association and a tattoo artist in Orlando, Fla., for more than 30 years. “Novices think, ‘Oh well, if you put light, bright colors in they’ll show up better.’ Well, it’s totally the opposite. The darker, bolder colors would show up on darker skin.”
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Courtesy of: columbiajournalist.org
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Altamont, New York
02/11/07
Inking Endangered Animals.
Tattoos By Lisa tattoo studio, in upstate New York, has launched a fundraising campaign aimed at saving the earth's endangered animals from extinction. One tattoo at a time.
The Endangered Ink Project 2007 is a tattoo project that uses this skin as a billboard for endangered animal awareness.
Customers select any animal that is listed as threatened on the IUCN Red List, the official list that classifies endangered animals and plants. Lisa then tattoos a realistic rendering of the animal on the person for a donation of $150.00.
These funds go to Tattoos By Lisa's favorite endangered animal charities, one of which is the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.
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Courtesy of: clickpress.com
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New York City, New York
01/29/07
Tattoos Becoming More Accepted At Work.
Tattoos and piercings are just not the career killers they once were. Many companies in all industries have no problem with body art. Employees of all walks of life are sporting body art nowadays from doctors' office receptionists to TV news anchors. Even those who are prepping the workforce of the future: college educators. The Army and Navy have also relaxed their tattoo policy on worries over a lack of recruits.
New research finds 23 percent of college students have one to three tattoos, 51 percent are pierced beyond women's ears and 36 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds have tattoos. Tattoo artists say they see all types of customers.
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Courtesy of: cbsnews.com
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Buffalo, New York
01/22/07
Think before you ink.
The latest trends may take their time in coming to Buffalo, but once they do, they don't let go until they've worn out their welcome.
The trend phenomenon applies to tattoos as well, but you wouldn't know it if you checked out some of the ink on UB students. Sure, Chinese letters and quasi-tribal arm bands are abundant on campus, but many students choose to steer off the beaten path of the old familiar tattoo.
If a tattoo has a personal story behind the image, then its value is greater, and the owner is less likely to regret having it done.
It is also important to take into consideration the health risks that go along with getting a tattoo; HIV, Hepatitis B or C, and other blood born viruses. "Picture yourself as an older person still with that tattoo and ask yourself if you'll still want it," said Dr. Frank Carnevale, director of Health Services at UB.
"To get a tattoo is to have a companion for life," says tattoo artist Kate Hellenbrand of Shanghai Kate's Tattoos on Elmwood Avenue.
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Courtesy of: spectrum.buffalo.edu
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Warwick, New York
12/04/06
Poetry reading and music at Baby Grand Books.
Janet Hamill and Shotsie Gorman are the featured poets. Hamill will read accompanied by musicians Jay LoRubbio and Greg Feller. Refreshments will be provided.
Shotsie Gorman, author of “The Black Marks He Made,” is a tattoo artist and poet known for his dynamic delivery. A spokesman for the art of tattooing, he has appeared television talk shows including those hosted by Geraldo and Sally Jessie Raphael. His poetry has won second place in the Allen Ginsberg National Poetry Competition.
An open reading is planned for Saturday, Dec. 16 at 4 p.m.
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Courtesy of: strausnews.com
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Elmira, New York
10/29/06
Some employers develop policies on hiring people with tattoos, body piercings.
When Jeremy Hogan, 27, looks in the mirror each morning as he gets ready for work, he sees the one word that describes himself best: driven. The word is ensconced in a full shoulder graphic black tattoo. He has pierced ears and a large tribal tattoo on his leg. He is the kind of person more conservative employers might hesitate to hire. But Hogan, owner of jhdesign -- which specializes in graphic design, signs, vehicle wraps, advertising and full-color printing -- finds that body art is a way to express himself with art he has designed.
Brian Sargent, 32, began his tryst with body art when he was 18 and in the Army. Sargent, a self-employed DJ known as DJ Sizzill and a house parent at a foster home in Bradford County, said he is the first to warn teens against running out on their 18th birthday to get a tattoo. "Why put a statement of who you are on your body when you may not be that same person in five years?" Sargent said.
Sargent and Hogan are among the growing number of American workers who have decorated their bodies with ink and/or metal.
According to a study published in June in the Journal of American Academy of Dermatology, about half of the people in their 20s have either a tattoo or a body piercing other than the traditional earrings. The Associated Press reports that employers' dress codes are changing to accommodate the changing looks of America's younger generations -- either becoming stricter or more welcoming of the new looks.
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Brooklyn, New York
10/27/06
Halloween 2006: Monsters and Sex.
Opening tonight, 27 October 2006, Saved Tattoo presents "Monsters and Sex," a show of drawings and paintings, at their new spacious and ornate Williamsburg shop that runs through 27 November 2006. The exhibition features the work of artists and tattooists Chris Conn, Dan Trocchio, Chris O'Donnell, Ray Abeyta and Saved's own Scott Campbell. Chris Conn, retired tattoo artist-turned-illustrator has long been the unrivaled king of lusty pin-ups in the tattoo world. Having focused his talent on the art world, he is proving to be a formidable presence. Ray Abeyta in his highly crafted Mestizo-Baroque style adds a bit of erotic narrative with his oil paintings. Semi-retired from the tattoo business to focus his sights on art and design projects of much larger resonance, Scott Campbell has a waiting list of well over a year for tattoo work.
Monsters and Sex
Opening: 27 October 2006, 7-10pm
Saved Tattoo
3 Hope Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
tel. 01 718 486 0850
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Middletown New York
08/21/06
Tattoo you and your bike, too.
If you've driven along Route 17K through Bloomingburg lately, you'll have noticed there's a new shop in town. You can't miss it. It's the one with the huge, ominous ram-skull-like illustration on the window. Welcome to Forsaken Ink.
Owner and operator Jamie Henderson of Middletown has opened this one-stop shop for getting a tattoo while your bike is getting airbrushed.
Jamie is an artist. Whether he puts it on a canvas or a bike or on skin, he is an artist, and he treasures his art. "It's my artwork that they are walking out the door with, and I want it to be perfect. I find pride in the fact that they respect my work enough to wear it on their body for life," Jamie says.
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