Silvain of Addink tattoo Geneva tattooed by Javi Rodriguez.

Stacey tattooed by Grimey & Bugsy

Frank Carter

Mo

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Daniela Tattooed by Saira Hunjan of Family Business tattoo, London

Javi Rodriguez’s hands

This is what I call dedication. Fred Perry owe him—for real!

Cat tattooed by Xed LeHead of Into You tattoo, London

Intersection Magazine editor Yorgo Tloupas is known for his experimental and (often) visionnaire tastes.

Here, showin’ off his taylor made tattooed shoes… I gotta ask him again what the brand is and who the tattooer is but I do remember it’s some super fancy Italian shoemaker or something. You can trust him fro that! Yorgo rules.

Yes, you are reading it, there are no more copies of SB II available from our stock. So then, if you didn’t get your copy yet, try to find a store with some left! Good luck!

Alex Grey back piece by Bizaroid Tattoo Nantes (France)
Front in progress by Filip Leu
Why settle for less?

The young swiss award-winning artistic group Blakam Madame is known, among others, for their very personal appropriation of tattooing, which they practice more as a ritualized gesture than an aesthetic effort, like traces of a mysterious rite. Their tattoos often quote their paintings and installations which, subsequently, integrates and implies themselves—the bearers—as full-time parts of their art.

Blakam also run an art space in Lausanne: Bellevaux

Here, some random little videos made during a tattooing session. Note the videos are no way part of their work, just a vague and informal documentation.

blakam 1

blakam 2

blakam 3

Jerome has been around for a while, helping, cleaning, reading books.
Calm and collected. For a living, works with metal and his own hands.

For a reward he received a tattoo. One of those (many) unexpected and impressive un-classifiable pieces Filip sometime makes on people he has a particular connection with.

Jerome hasn’t been around anymore for a while, but if I see him I promise I will get proper photos his silent and peaceful deathdance.

Tattoo by Filip Leu

Sang Bleu was invited by Blanco in Reggio Emilia (Italy) to be part of the exhibition “DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I’M SAYING, SIR?” . Viewing from the 1st to the 6th of May 2008
Grazie mille to the Studio Blanco team, for being so nice, and living in such a lovely town. Wish I could have stayed a few more sunny days in Reggio Emilia!

Lukas Wassmann [http://www.lukaswassmann.com/]

Sara from Blanco [http://www.studioblanco.it/]

Mathias Sterner [http://www.mathiassterner.com/] [http://tredadlar.com/]

Tony Cederteg [http://www.cederteg.blogspot.com/]

‘In addition to prolific stints as an illustrator and tattoo artist, native New Yorker Ruth Marten has been exhibiting her art in galleries for decades. For her latest body of work Marten’s embellished recombinants of 17th and 18th century engravings seamlessly weave radical alterations, subtle visual humour and ecstatic fantasy into delirious social landscapes.’

26th April - 6th June, 2008

Isis Gallery
20 Hanway St
London W1T 1UG

ruthmarten.com

http://www.spamula.net/blog very interesting blog — beautiful content

Studio Blanco invited several SB contributors for an exhibition opening in Italy tomorrow night.

embroidery floss on stuffed cotton, art & photos by Benji Whalen.
see the exhibition at the MAD, NYC
visit his website

Alba & Kamboya

Nazareno

Coral…………………………………..

…. YOU ALL RULE!

TORBJØRN RØDLAND has just released a new book.

 Laura Guerrero on the Contortion Home Page

performance at the tattoo convention evian // 2007