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A Life in Tattoos. Henk Schiffmacher’s Private Collection of the Art and Its Makers, 1730s–1970s

Legendary tattoo artist and historian Henk Schiffmacher takes us on a personal journey through the history of tattooing from the 1730s to the 1970s in this oversized book of stunning tattoo artifacts and designs. Showcasing over two hundred years of worldwide tattoo history, the book brings together the best of Schiffmacher’s renowned private collection with lively personal commentary by the art’s most beloved raconteur and philosopher.

One part history book, one part art book, and one part fascinating memoir, this book is an overview of more than two centuries of tattoo history intermixed with an intimate look at the lives of tattoo artists, and the personal struggles and triumphs, occupational hazards, and artistic courage that have defined so much of this history.

For the last forty years, Henk Schiffmacher has poured his heart and soul into his collection, amassing tattoo drawings, designs, photographs, and artifacts from around the world. Each of the book’s five chapters features many never-before-seen highlights from this collection and includes lithographs, etchings, tattooing instruments, paintings, photographs, posters, shop signs, original drawings, and tattoo designs known in the business as flash, among them extremely rare vintage flash sheets from major players in early Western tattooing. The vastness and variety of tattooing around the world is chronicled in the book’s 700+ images, including the indigenous tattooing of the Māori and South Pacific islanders, the ancient traditions of Asia, and the origins of old-school Western tattooing in Europe and the United States. The book also features a dozen original illustrations by Schiffmacher in his inimitable style, as well as a personal introduction describing Schiffmacher’s own journey as both an artist and a collector that has shaped his view of the art’s journey from the underground to the mainstream.

Schiffmacher brings a fascinating perspective to tattoo history through his personal reflections and wild tales of adventure. In this book, we learn not only about the history of tattooing, but also about the adventures behind the making of one of the largest tattoo collections in the world, by a self-taught tattoo artist in love with the art and its innovators.

The author:

Amsterdam-based tattoo artist and historian Henk Schiffmacher is a living legend in the tattoo world. Travelling the world since the 1970s, Schiffmacher has amassed one of the largest collections of contemporary and historical tattoo ephemera in the world, known as the Schiffmacher Tattoo Heritage. He has tattooed many rock and pop stars, and his tattoo shop attracts countless tattoo pilgrims. A director and writer, he has published over twenty books, including TASCHEN’s 1000 Tattoos, and designed for many brands. In 2017, he was decorated by the king and queen of the Netherlands as an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau, a Dutch order of chivalry and the highest recognition given to a civilian.

The editor:

Noel Daniel is a graduate of Princeton University and a former Fulbright Scholar to Berlin. Her TASCHEN publications include Kay Nielsen's A Thousand and One Nights and East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Wintertime Tales, Magic, and The Circus.

London is a world leader in tattoo art and The London Tattoo Guide is the authoritative, first-of-a-kind and beautifully presented handbook that illuminates the leading pioneers of the city’s tattoo industry. The book profiles the top London studios championing new aesthetics and techniques, and celebrates their resident tattooists.

Featured studios include Cloak & Dagger Tattoo (Shoreditch), Frith Street Tattoo (Soho), Good Times (Shoreditch), Love Hate Social Club (Notting Hill), Modern Classic Tattoo (Fulham), New Wave Tattoo (Muswell Hill), Old Habits (Haggerston), Parliament Tattoo (Finsbury Park), Prick (Old Street), Sang Bleu (Dalston), Seven Doors Tattoo (Aldgate), Shall Adore (Shoreditch), The Circle (Soho) and The Family Business (Exmouth Market)

Each profile includes a critique of what makes it an elite parlour, along with in-depth interviews with the owner and the resident artists, plus photographs of the artworks, the artists and the studio. Booking information is included. Tom Angell also gives his top ten tips for getting your first tattoo and the criteria to use when selecting a studio and an artist. Discover why London is one of the world's top tattoo destinations.

Packed with stunning illustrations, this unique colouring book celebrates the art of the tattoo. The tattoo designs – all specially drawn for the book – range from traditional motifs – hearts, sailors, girls, skulls, roses – to more elaborate compositions with a contemporary edge, each a unique piece waiting to be inked by you.

A double gatefold in the centre of the book features two tear-out, full-colour artworks.

The Tattoo Colouring Book is the perfect gift that will appeal to anyone who loves tattoo imagery – or is looking for inspiration for their next piece of body art.

About the Author:

Somewhere in between the salted cracks of Brighton’s underbelly lives an elusive yet prolific mark-maker who goes by the moniker of MEGAMUNDEN. He leaves a trail of work on walls, billboards, magazines, figurines, products, paper and skin. From crafting for corporate giants to meticulous tattoo designs for private clients, ceiling murals in affluent New York apartments to local shop frontages – another surface is just another canvas. Vintage skate art, psychedelia, nature and an essence of the Far East are all combined to create his signature melting-pot style but nothing is more evident than tattoo art and culture, an area that Megamunden has explored extensively, leading to commissions from around the world and ultimately to the creation of this book.

Lively and informative, The World Atlas of Tattoo is a superbly illustrated and compelling reference book that, through examining the meeting point between tattoo artists and their personal understanding of their environment, presents a well-informed and nuanced account of what has become a widespread art practice.

Organized geographically, each section is introduced by a short historical overview of the types of tattooing traditionally practised in that area of the world, enabling the reader to trace historical threads in the careers of some of the profiled tattooers, as well as marvel at how other artists have managed to create novel forms of tattooing that transcend any previous context.

The book also tracks the movement of styles from their indigenous settings to diasporic communities, where they have often been transformed into creative, multicultural, hybrid designs.

Written by an international team of scholars, historians and journalists, this comprehensive atlas will enlighten and excite anyone who is passionate about tattoo art in its many forms worldwide.

The evolution of tattoo art in America is spread before you in 265 impressive original tattoo flash sheets and insightful text written by a tattoo artist who has designed on his own since 1960. Military, religious, figural, animal, and nature themes are displayed among the many hundred designs. Changes in tattoo art over the years is shown as well as the trend today to return to earlier designs. Individual artists are listed, along with others who altered designs. This book will be an endless source of inspiration, for those who are passionate about tattoo art.

Art That Lasts a Lifetime

Starting in the early 2000s, Valentin Hirsch (b. Eschwege, 1978; lives and works in Berlin) worked dot for dot to construct his monstrously graceful ink drawings and etchings, a technique he compared to a tattoo artist’s. In 2010, he took the leap and switched from tracing paper to human skin.

Drawing into skin is an irreversible act. Hirsch’s tattoos — he works exclusively in black ink — eschew all pretense, but their existence is also bound to a body and a life. The motifs in Hirsch’s tattoos reflect this ambivalence of the medium: beasts and shockingly comely skulls seem locked in confrontation or sprawl into one another; lines and abstract forms posit sharply edged boundaries that are otherwise alien both to life and to skin as an artistic material.

Valentin Hirsch’s first monographic book highlights the transition from drawing to tattooing as an inevitable next step in his evolution as an artist, which is defined by consistency and reinvention in equal measure. With an essay by Gunter Damisch and an interview with the artist by Uta Grosenick.

Неотъемлемой частью боди-арта является татуировка. Это древнее искусство, пользующееся огромной популярностью в наши дни. Она служит разным целям: одни с ее помощью украшают себя, другие считают, что, сделав татуировку, станут более взрослыми, третьи используют ее как защитный амулет или талисман, четвертые делают ее в память о важных событиях, произошедших в жизни, и любимых людях. Мастер по татуировке должен не только в совершенстве владеть техникой нанесения рисунка на тело, но и быть хорошим художником. Эта книга - лучший справочник для татуировщика. В ней описаны различные техники нанесения изображения на кожу, а также приведены самые популярные рисунки и символы, использующиеся в современной татуировке.

Как искусство татуировка так же эфемерна, как жизнь: она исчезает вместе с человеком. Пещерной живописи, скульптуре и творениям архитектуры суждено более длительное существование.

Шаблоны, которые представлены на страницах этой книги, можно использовать для разных видов творчества: создания витражей, росписи по ткани, вышивки, при выжигании и резьбы по дереву. Штриховые шаблоны пригодятся для создания штампов при тиснении на коже. И, конечно же, все эти мотивы вы можете использовать для создания татуировок или небольших наколок на теле.