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FEBRUARY
2007
TATTOOING
AMONG JAPAN'S AINU PEOPLE
By Lars Krutak
You won't believe your eyes, as our resident anthropologist looks
back at the astonishing tattoo customs of the wonderful and daring
Ainu people of ancient Japan.
Q&A
WITH MATTY JANKOWSKI
Concerned with the dangers of infection and transmitted disease
inherent in all tattoo procedures? Matty tells you what to look
for, how to recognize danger signals and where to research the necessary
facts.
MARCH
2007
THIRD
ANNUAL CALGARY TATTOO & ARTS FESTIVAL
By Bob Baxter with photos by Bernard Clark
No more snowshoes, no more thermal underwear. Baxter and Clark return
to Calgary for springtime weather and a new venue for one of the
great tattoo events of the year.
SKIN&INK
DOLLS
Lensmeister Jeff Davidson showcases the skin art of the lovely Lindsey
Lou.
WORLD
PREMIERE-TATTOO LEGENDS POSTER
LEO ZULUETA
Ann Arbor's legendary tattoo innovator and trend-setter Leo Zulueta
initiates our collectible poster series of history-making icons
from the worldwide tattoo scene.
BIG
10 QUESTIONS WITH JOE CAPOBIANCO
BY LISA MARIE JANKOWSKI
APRIL
2007
SECOND
ANNUAL GREATER KENTUCKY TATTOO
& PIERCING CONVENTION
By Bob Baxter with photos by Bernard Clark
Three days at a hometown tattoo event in the heart of Kentucky's
fabled horse country, a couple miles from Man O' War Boulevard.
TATTOO
ART 101 WITH MADAME LAZONGA
Got some ink you hate? No worries. Vyvyn talks about selecting just
the right artist for a cover-up.
JUNE
2007
TATTOO
PARADISE
11 TOP SHOPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
By Bob Baxter and Bernard Clark
A shop-by-shop visit with world-class artists and their shops in
the beautiful city on the Willamette.
SKIN&INK
DOLLS
Jeff Davidson brings us the ever-lovely Denie and her life-changing
tattoos.
AN
ARTISTS LIFE WITH AARON BELL
Aaron Bell in Stockholm.
TATTOO
LEGENDS POSTER
JACK RUDY
JULY
2007
TOKYO-CRACKING
THE CODES AT INKRAT
By Mike McCabe
Deciphering the codes of big city tattoo hipsters in Tokyo's trendy
tattoo universe.
LIVES
OF THE GREAT TATTOOERS
BY BRUCE LITZ?OWEN JENSEN
AUGUST
2007
KAT
VON D IN GREEN BAY
By Bob Baxter with photos by Bernard Clark
Miami Ink's Kat Von D brings along plenty of fans to Rick Harnowski's
tattoo convention in frigid Green Bay, Wisconsin.
BAKATY'S
WORLD WITH MIKE BAKATY
Remembering the famous phone call and what Mike did about it.
TATTOO
LEGENDS POSTER?BILL AND JUNII SALMON
SEPTEMBER
2007
THE
PHILADELPHIA TATTOO ARTS CONVENTION
By Bob Baxter and Bernard Clark
Three jam-packed days at the Sheraton with 10,000 strangers at Troy
Timpel's three-ring circus in ice-cold Philadelphia.
OUR
LIVING HISTORY WITH C.W. ELDRIDGE
Always pushing the envelope, Chuck travels the world to gather tattoo
postage stamps.
SKIN&INK
DOLLS-
WITH JEFF DAVIDSON
This month's Doll is Ashley, the girl with a pincushion heart.
OCTOBER
2007
BERLIN
TATTOO SHOPS
By Michael Laukien
Berlin has more tattoo shops than any city in Germany, and Mick
visits a half dozen of the best and their artists.
TRAVELIN'
MICK
Mick visits the tattooed spiderwomen of Mrauk-U, at the edge of
the world's largest bamboo forest.
TATTOO
LEGENDS POSTER
JOE CAPOBIANCO
NOVEMBER
2007
JAPAN'S
TOP FEMALE INKSTER-THE AMAZING HORIREN
by Rik von Boeckel
A female tattooer is a rarity in Japan, and rarer still is the talented
Horiren, the globe-trotting phenomenon from Saitama.
SKIN&INK
DOLLS-
With Jeff Davidson
This time, Jeff focuses his lens on lovely DaVonna from San Diego.
TATTOO
ART 101 WITH MR. G
Watch your language in a tattoo shop! Mr. G tells you how.
DECEMBER
2007
INIA
TAYLOR III-KEEPING THE TRADITION ALIVE
By Rik van Boeckel
A fascinating look at one of New Zealand's leading tattoo revivalists,
art director, woodworker and student of legendary tattooist Paulo
Sulu'ape, Inia Taylor.
SPOTLIGHT
WITH DANIELLE
Dani talks about ink with Ron Myers' Hot Rod Tattooing in Martins
Ferry, Ohio.
TATTOO
LEGENDS POSTERAARON BELL
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