Traditional Japanese Tattooing at Skin&Bone

SHODAI HORIREN 1ST AND HORIMYO BUNSHINSHI EUROPE TOUR 2012

Horiren and Horimyo ,both traditional Japanese tattoo artists,will come to Scandinavia this summer.  Both will be tattooing all by hand in the techniques Shamisen-bori and Teka-bori.
This appearance is only one of the stops they make on their European tour. The tour is a fundraising project for the Japanese earthquake/tsunami victims.

Horiren in action

Horimyo checking his historical references

Horiren tour schedule

23-26 August: Female artist tat-con Harleem,Netherland

Horimyo tour schedule

12-25 July: Marco Bratt Tattoo,Den Haag,Netherland
27 July-15 August: Ihuda Tattoo,Fredrikstad,Norway
18-22 August: Skin & Bone,Copenhagen,Denmark

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Nazareno Turbaro

A little project Nazareno started on while at Skin&Bone

(in progress... yes, he will be back)



Copen Hell

Well it appears that the Copen Hell music festival was a success...

at least judging from the photo of Gorm addorning the front page of Metro Express this week :-)

St Petersburg

   I just wanted to inform everyone that I am finally home from the former Soviet Republic. The reports of my exile and detention, (although true) were slightly exaggerated. I would like to thank Dmitry for giving me asylum during the ordeal and Maria for organizing my eventual escape from behind the Iron Curtain.

I would also like to thank all of Nanna’s friends for alleviating her fears by coming with even more elaborate scenarios J

The Skytten King at the Hermitage

What is left of his tattooed skin

Close up of one tattoo

The man I came to see and talk to

 

One of his tattoos, not visable and only recently discovered

 

One of my meager efforts at copying a Pazyryk tattoo about a decade ago at Lejre

Although I was copying the Ram design, I tried to recreate it as I thought it might have been... in all reverence to the original artist and bearer.

The designs are on 2500 year old mummified skin... shrunken and dried. I took some liberties rounding out the spirals and giving the design more negative space and room to grow. I only hope it will look as good in 2500 years :-)

Another Pazyryk design in mirror image to face forward on the clients body.

 I did this about 12-15 year back :-) 

 

København Medieval Market: KMM

Finished up a project I've been working on for a while.

Freehand Snake and staff tattooed entirely by hand

(Yes... he is a doctor)

Started the outline on a Hawai'ian piece... to be continued at Lejre

Inge Mette's celtic design is from the top of the stopper on the Basse Yutz Flagon

I've tattooed her back and thigh with wolf images from the same flagon, however this design is a little special... not only due to the fact that it is hand poked, but the red is actually a natural pigment derived from red oche.

I've been experimenting with these pigments for years

Faroe Islands: FoTattFest

Snow flake tattoo... based on a Faero island artist's paper clips. This is an old Scandinavian hand craft practiced by HC Anderson amongst others. This example was also printed on Faroe postage stamps

Tattooed by hand

The Midgaardsorm  swimming under and around the Faroe Islands

This tattoo won "Best of Day" on Saturday

Tattooed by hand

Latest aquisition :-)