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Picnic at Hanging Rock #13 - Craigy Lee: The Final Chapter

All good things must come to an end. So it is with heavy heart, that Craigy-Lee must say goodbye to the other side of the world and begin the long trek home.
Reader Profile: Laura Kuy

Laura Kuy is a tattoo collector who, like her star sign, is wrapped in duality. Starting life in heavy metal bands and running around the streets of New York, Laura now owns and runs a very busy, successful flower shop in London; Laura Kuy Flowers....
Quick-Fire Questions: Megatrond

During an attempt to sell his drawings Trond Kjørkleiv was instead offered a job as a tattooist. A year and a half later, just after having completed his first tattoo, he became known as MegaTrond and was put in charge for the Leading Light studio...
San Francisco - Desolation Angels

Veterinary clinics, hospitals, schools, residential buildings, restaurants, shops and galleries. In the culturally abundant city of San Francisco, street art is everywhere – art influenced by the city’s tattoo artists and their open-minded clients,...
The Dark Side of the Moon - Paul Booth & H.R.Giger

Some things come under the banner of ‘total no-brainer’. Paul Booth and Hans Giger together at Giger’s very own museum in the Swiss Alps? We were at the airport before they had even completed the press statement…
Some Kind of Wonderful - Jeff Gogue

It is Artist Friday at Tattoo Jam 2011 and five of the world’s most recognisable and talented artists are having a head-to-head paint-off, an on the spot demonstration of their painting skills. The audience is stunned into silence watching these...
Celebrity Skin: My Ruin

My Ruin has seen it all… and a lot of it in 2010. Over the span of a single year, the Los Angeles-based duo went from sailing the high seas to treading dark, murky waters, trapped in an unforeseen label dispute, only to emerge with a vengeance,...
The Illustrating Man - Mark Poole at Hoodoo Inc

Mark Poole is a quiet and unassuming tattoo artist who works out of his studio, HooDoo Inc. in Stoke-on-Trent. He is also a regular on the convention circuit and one of those artists who prefers working his ass off, than standing up and shouting...
Books of Magic - Edition Reuss Publishing

Much as there are cars and then there are Cars, movies and Movies – you get my drift - so there are art books and there are Art Books. For want of a better phrase, Edition Reuss don’t fuck about when it comes to publishing.
Luminous Beings Are We... - Josh Bodwell

Poor Josh Bodwell looks bleary eyed. All around him day two of Tattoo Jam is getting cranked up, but his body is still somewhere back in the US. No, we’re not getting all metaphysical – he’s been travelling for 24 hours and his body clock is all...
Tattoo Art Fest 2011 - Paris

The ‘Seine’, the ‘Louvre’, the ‘Eiffel Tower’, the ‘Arc de Triomphe’ and the ‘Moulin Rouge’… known all over the world for its monuments and its artistic and cultural life, Paris’ attractions draw in about 30 million visitors every year…
An Eye Is Upon You - 206: Children of the Revolution

Late one summer, as I dashed to my local shopping precinct to purchase some seemingly necessary item, I noticed a young girl in a sleeveless summer dress, not unlike my own. Her little arms were tanned brown, farmer style, and dotted all over with...

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What's in: Skin Deep 205

Jesse Smith - Loose Screw Tattoo

There are some tattoo artists that other artists look up to, but there is also a breed above this. The skin illustrators who are so good at what they do, they are influencing the here and now in more ways than they can ever imagine. I would call...
The Sky Moves Sideways - George Campise

After having worked too much for a couple of years, George Campise experienced a calmer time by the beach in Italy before returning to San Francisco. He went back to work at Seventh Son Tattoo before recently opening Warhorse Tattoo doing “the...
Always & Forever - Holly Azzara

What started out as a regular interview turned into something of an autobiography for Holly. She was on such a roll, we figured we’d simply let her get on with it. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time Holly had pretty much written her own ticket.
Animal Nitrate - Scott Olive

Scott Olive. The name may be unfamiliar to some, but to others it will already be etched into the memory as somebody to nail down, just as soon as he sets foot on UK soil that is…
Last Train to London - London Tattoo Convention

It is hard to believe that this is only the seventh London Tattoo Convention. Many consider this convention to be the most important of the UK conventions, but whatever your opinion, it is certainly the one that gets the most media buzz.
Through the Looking Glass - Red Hot & Blue Tattoo

Nestled on a quaint Edinburgh street, with its light blue façade, windows displaying flash-inspired posters and a carnival cutout of a foxy pin-up out front, Red Hot + Blue Tattoo may just be the most inviting shop you’ll ever set foot in.
Picnic at Hanging Rock #12 - Craigy Lee

The less time you have, the more it seems you have to get done, I’m sure this is something everyone can agree with no matter what you do in life. And as our time in Australia comes to a close I think of all the things I want to cram into my...
Broken Girls Club - Hollie Bryant

The woman of more hair colours than colours that actually exist, Hollie Bryant graces the cover of the mag this month. It’s been a long time since we last spoke, but by a twist of fate we hooked up at Tattoo Jam and subsequently afterwards when we...
A World of Lines - Colt Prehm

We featured Colt Prehm in an artist feature of his own a few issues back, so when he came to us asking if we thought people would be interested in an article from him on the subject of better drawing, we didn’t have to think too long.
Quick-Fire Questions - Piotr Deadi Dedel

Piotr Deadi Dedel started getting ink under people’s skin in the Spring of 2006. Five years on, he’s one of the most soulful and inspiring dark artists working in the world today.
Think! - 205: No World For Tomorrow

In a recent TV interview, comedian Russell Peters mentioned something that had been irritating him for quite some time. When asked if he’s more prone to grouchiness as he ages, 41-year-old Peters responded that he wasn’t necessarily becoming an...
Smallman Sydrome - 205

Hello everybody, hope you’re all well. Over the past couple of months I’ve started doing a little bit of TV work for a station called Sports Tonight. This is exciting for two reasons: firstly, that my snaggle-toothed little face somehow makes it...

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What's in: Skin Deep 204

Picnic at Hanging Rock #11 - Craigy Lee

The call of Sydney with its legendary status among all the world’s great cities was never too far away on this road trip. Finally, Craigy Lee arrives in the promised land – and finds himself amongst a metropolis of polar oppositesThe call of Sydney...
The Clown - Warren Speed

Warren Speed is well known in the burlesque and freakshow world, having performed all round Europe with his high-energy brand of physical comedy, which usually ends in him revealing nipple tassles, followed by ass tassles…
A Perfect Circle - Mike Toth

There’s a fine line between purposefulness and obsession. Mike Toth, from Toth Art Collective, is straddling that line. As a kid he had to bandage his hands after receiving scabs from constantly washing his hand. As a tattooist he’s never satisfied...
La Belle Province - Montreal Art Expo 2011

For many Montrealers, September is synonymous with the last chance of the year to be a social butterfly before temperatures plummet and freezing off body parts you didn’t even know you had becomes a harsh reality. Festivals and exhibitions of all...
Gypsy Road - The Italian Gentleman

The Italian Gentleman, or Stef as he is better known to his friends, is one of the tribe of artists who have hit the road in recent years. Not just for the experience, nor for the added influence you can pick up. No, Stef is one of those artists who...
The Eyes of a Stranger - Ian Robert McKown

The more and more I delve into the tattoo world, the more I am inspired by the artists out there plying their trade. We aren’t talking about guys and girls who can just copy stencils, or colour in pictures on skin; we are talking about genuine...
Grindhouse a Go-Go - Mike Pecci

Mike Pecci is a man with an eye for the chainsaw wielding ladies. Knowing him as I do now, that’s probably a little basic, as he has a pretty mean eye for anything that will make a great photograph – and if it’s tattooed, so much the better. With...
Quick-Fire Questions - D-Grrr

Working out of Carnevil – his very own ‘Cabinet de Tatouage’ – D-GRRR is one of the hottest tattoo artists working in France today, but to say his talent extends way beyond the needles is an understatement.
Every Day is a Winding Road - Takami

Arriving to meet Takami at Mick Tomo’s Ruby Arts studio in York, where he’s working in a guest spot, everything is as you’d expect it to be: a busy day in Mick’s well-appointed shop, young guy getting his first tattoo necking Coke like it’s a potion...
Think! - 204: Open All Hours

We know for a fact that not only collectors and fans read Skin Deep, but also those who work relentlessly hard at surviving in these trying business times. So this issue, we thought we’d take some time out to say a few words on what it takes to run...
The Lone Gunmen - Inspirations Tattoo Studio, Leeds

One of the things that I love most about visiting studios and meeting tattooists is hearing how they got into the world of tattooing. For some reason, I always approach the subject thinking I have heard it all before and then I meet a new artist and...
An Eye Is Upon You - 204: Regrets, I've Had A Few, But Then Again...

Is there a tattooed person on that planet that hasn’t heard the phrase, “you’ll regret that when you are older” at least once?