Body art and tattoos Books
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Heavily Tattooed Men Women
Book SynopsisThis classic book will turn heads turn. Images of over a hundred heavily tattooed people from the early decades of the 20th century show proud carnival and circus performers, sailors, entertainers, and who knows, the girl next door? The Introduction is by Marcia Tucker, Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the author provided material for the 1999 New York Natural History Museum''s Body Art exhibition that confirmed tattoos as just one type of body decoration found worldwide. Here is an excellent opportunity for today''s tattoo enthusiasts to see how the earlier generations did it.
£12.59
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Under My Skin
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£31.44
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Tattooing from Japan to the West
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Dragons The Art of Spider Web
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£16.14
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Inside the Tattoo Circus
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£31.44
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Flash from the Bowery
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£72.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd I Love Tattoos
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£27.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Ink âN Girls
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£31.44
Schiffer Publishing Ltd TattooIsMe 2
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£31.44
Schiffer Publishing Ltd It Is What It Is
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£25.59
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Revelations
Book SynopsisTattoo photography pioneer Justice Howard documents the American tattoo community with her highly iconic images.
£34.84
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Ink âN Girls 2
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£31.44
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The New Old School
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£27.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Spider Webbs American Eagle Tattoo Flash
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£27.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Slave to the Needle
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£23.79
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Tattoo Coloring
Book SynopsisTattoos come in all shapes and styles, making them as unique as the people who get them. In this spirit, tattoo admirers and coloring enthusiasts alike can dive into Tattoo Coloring.
£8.63
McFarland & Company Tattoos Desire and Violence Marks of Resistance
Book SynopsisExploring tattoo as a narrative concept, this book highlights it in context of resistance and marginality, and draws attention to the relationship between the visual and the narrative components of its culture. It portrays its use, effects, and narratives on Holocaust victims, slaves and colonized peoples, gangs and inmates and other societies.
£27.54
Rizzoli Tattoo Art Design
Book SynopsisTattoos are sexy, fashionable, and creative. This compendium features over 480 designs by the world's leading young graphic artists for tattoos that are new, different, and edgy.Little has appeared that explores fresh designs for tattoos by contemporary graphic artists and designers. Tattoo Art & Design corrects this with designs by over 60 of today's up-and-coming designers. They draw inspiration from diverse cultures and media, and bridge the highly graphic world of skin art and the exploding creativity in graphic design communities worldwide. Among the featured designers are Kinpro, Klaus Haapaniemi, Marcus Oakley, Rex Koo, Rinzen, Musa Collective, and Stapelberg & Fritz. The designs featured here shatter the conventional notion of the tattoo. Gone are hearts inscribed with names, anchors, Celtic harps, or tribal bands. Instead, the tattoo designs are based on Japanese animé characters, abstract art, hip-hop culture, and Day-Glo pop art in a palette of vibrant colors
£14.98
Abrams Body Type
Book SynopsisBody Type is an eye-opening look into the amazingly creative ways that tattoo artists are utilizing typography. Whereas the majority of tattoo art uses images to convey messages, here the message actually is the image. Twenty-six alphabetical characters might not seem like much to work with, but a look through these photographs reveals the contrary. Here are truly unique social commentaries, expressions of love, hilarious examples of biting satire, plus some mottos, intricate logotypes, deeply personal song lyrics, and, of course, those tattoos that exist for one reason only: to shock the hell out of you. The crisp photographs are accompanied by an insightful commentary from renowned graphic designer and typographer Ina Saltz, plus consistently surprising and heartfelt explanations from the tattooed.
£16.69
Abrams Tattoo World
Book SynopsisOnce considered part of the counterculture movement, tattooing is now undoubtedly a mainstream practice. Although the history of tattooing is rooted in ancient customs and beliefs, it is a constantly evolving art form, as skilled practitioners continually reinterpret traditional motifs and experiment with new ones. With more than 1,000 illustrations from 125 of the most important artists working today, this book is the most comprehensive survey of tattooing ever published. Collected here are designs from around the globe, spanning a broad range of styles, including Japanese and East Asian iconography, classic Americana, and photorealism, among others. Featuring the work of tattoo legends alongside pieces by pioneering artists pushing the limits of the medium, this visually arresting survey is the essential reference work for anyone interested in this exploding art form.
£33.14
Rizzoli Painted Bodies African Body Painting Tattoos and
Book SynopsisThe seminal volume on body painting and adornment by the world’s preeminent photographers of African culture. Following the international masterpiece Africa Adorned, Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher have focused on the traditions of body painting spanning the vastly unique cultures of the African continent. In a contemporary world so fascinated with tattoos and piercings, Beckwith and Fisher document the origins of these fashionable adornments as passed down through African tribal culture. Featured are portraits of the richly colored, detailed, and exquisite body paintings of the Surma, Karo, Maasai, Himba, and Hamar peoples, among others. Drawing from expeditions in the field and firsthand experiences with African peoples and cultures over the past thirty years and with more than 250 spectacular photographs, this is the definitive work on the expressiveness and imagination of African cultural painting of the human body.Trade Review“PHOTO BOOKS OF THE YEAR. Documenting African cultures, Beckwith and Fisher create an iridescent record of the continent’s skin art: body painting, tattoos and scarification.” ~ American Photo“..this beautiful book offers up large and colorful photos en masse...I paged through this volume transfixed, amazed at the simple beauty of the patterns and color utilized by the tribal artists documented with great respect for its subjects. This large coffee table-sized book takes great care to not only document the different body-painting styles of numerous tribes, but also to describe in chapter prefaces, the processes and cultural significance of the techniques.” ~Tattoosday“Leafing through Painted Bodies, the eye-popping book...is a joyful experience. The vivid photos of painted and adorned bodies—some daintily dabbed with dots of paint, others lashed with bold streaks of color—mesmerize and uplift.” ~Professional Photographer"Best known documenting African cultures, Beckwith and Fisher create an iridescent record of the continent's skin art: body painting, tattoos and scarification." ~American Photo“It wrings one’s heart, however, when one realizes that these images may well be among the last records of this art that is at the dawn of all art. This book may be romantic and carries the authors’ knowledge very lightly, but if one images is worth 10,000 words, these pictures eloquently plead for the protection of the Omo Valley.” ~The Art Newspaper"Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher’s unabashedly spectacular color photographs have nothing to do with art world fashions and trends. In their latest book, they document modern versions of practices thought to have continued for tens of thousands of years... Pictures—intensely colored images that fill page after page with dramatically decorated faces and bodies—are the photographers’ primary achievement. Anyone who leafs through the pages of this book can see stunning evidence of ancient customs that seem to thrive, as well as survive.” ~Los Angeles Review of Books
£50.00
Orion Publishing Co Tattoo Wonderlands
Book SynopsisOpen the door into new worlds ready to complete and colour with the first colouring book from international tattoo artist Cally-Jo. Each spread in this original and surprising colouring book takes you into a different world or scene, from tropical floral glasshouses to mystical owls and whimsical lions, underwater treasures to ancient Japanese masks. Escape into your imagination as you complete and colour these beautiful pages.
£11.69
Orion Publishing Co Tattoo Playing Cards
Book SynopsisILLUSTRATED PLAYING CARDS from Oliver Munden, creator of Tattoo TarotA FULL DECK OF 54 CARDS means you can play all your favourite games with easeDISCOVER THE MEANINGS behind popular tattoos through time, from a sailor''s sea creature to a spider woman, in the accompanying bookletLEARN ABOUT THE ARTISTS behind some of the most popular tattoo designs of the 20th centuryGive your favourite card games a stylish new look with Tattoo Playing Cards. Featuring illustrations of 54 tattoo symbols from around the world, the deck is accompanied by a booklet giving information on the meanings, history and cultural significance of the images. The perfect gift for fans of the Tattoo Colouring Book and Tattoo Tarot.
£13.25
Last Gasp,U.S. Suits Made To Fit
Book SynopsisHighly collectible first combined body of work by members of the NewSkool Tattoo Kolectiv.
£23.96
Last Gasp,U.S. China Tattoo
Book SynopsisA unique and stimulating book on the elusive and secretive Chinese world of permanent body illustration.
£25.46
Last Gasp,U.S. Full Coverage
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£64.00
Last Gasp,U.S. Memoir
Book SynopsisStunning oil painting of contemporary tattoos and their artists.
£30.59
Last Gasp,U.S. The Big Book of Bode Tattoos
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£25.46
Hardy Marks Publications Drawings for Tattoos Volume 4
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£42.50
FUEL Publishing Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume II
Book SynopsisWorking as a prison guard in St Petersburgs notorious Kresty Prison, the author diligently recorded over 3,000 criminal tattoos, documenting their meanings within this closed society. This title explores the extremes of this collection.
£19.96
Psylon Press Cross Tattoos
£15.09
Union Square & Co. Tattoo Johnny
Book SynopsisTattoos are very popular. This book can help readers find a suitable one for them. Taken from one of the world's leading tattoo website, it offers more than 1,000 designs in a wide range of styles such as: angels, flowers, stars, and zodiac signs.
£11.69
Orion Publishing Co The Embalmer
Book SynopsisInternational bestselling author Alison Belsham returns with a gripping new thriller in the Sullivan and Mullins series, which has been optioned for television.
£11.24
Orion Publishing Co The Embalmer
Book SynopsisHas the ancient Egyptian cult of immortality resurfaced in Brighton?When a freshly-mummified body is discovered at the Brighton Museum of Natural History, Detective Francis Sullivan is at a loss to identify the desiccated woman. But as Egyptian burial jars of body parts with cryptic messages attached start appearing, he realises he has a serial killer on his hands. Revenge, obsession and an ancient religion form a potent mix, unleashing a wave of terror throughout the city. Caught in a race against time while battling his own demons, Francis must fight to uncover the true identity of the Embalmer before it''s too late...Trade ReviewDeliciously creepy, The Embalmer grabs you from the beginning, the contrast of modern Brighton working perfectly against the eerie inner world of an Egyptian-obsessed serial killer. Hold on tight as grisly kills mount up across the city, for an ending that won't disappoint. * Louisa de Lange *The Embalmer is an excellent, fast-paced and well written and plotted novel! I did not want to put it down. Prepare to lose sleep * Rebecca Kelly, author of MONSTROUS SOULS *The Embalmer is another creepy and compulsive tale from Alison Belsham, author of the brilliantly terrifying The Tattoo Thief. Lock the doors and keep the lights on because we're back in Brighton with Marni Mullins and DI Sullivan, chasing down a serial killer with a penchant for mummification and ancient Egyptian immortality rites. Beautifully crafted and with writing so visual it leaps off the page, The Embalmer will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. * Amy McLellan, author of REMEMBER ME *An engrossing, fast-paced serial killer story with multiple plots as tightly interwoven as the linen strips around a mummy! * Heleen Kist *Intriguing, compelling and chilling, I was hooked on The Embalmer from the first page. A brilliant mix of gothic and police procedural. * Sarah Ward, author of THE QUICKENING *Pacy, cinematic, dark - a much needed dose of escapism. * Daniel Cole, author of RAGDOLL *
£8.54
Chronicle Books Film Listography
Book SynopsisNow fans of the smash-hit Listography journal series (over a quarter of a million copies sold!) can list all their favorite movie picks. Featuring the colorful illustrations of artist Jon Stich throughout, Film Listography boasts over 70 list topics ranging from the classic (favorite films of all time, favorite actors, directors, and soundtracks) to the lovably idiosyncratic (top so-bad-it''s-good movies, scenes that made you cringe, characters you are most like). A celebration of celluloid that''s sure to entertain, this is the ultimate fill-in journal for film fanatics, list lovers, and anyone who appreciates an alternative approach to journaling.
£21.92
CreateSpace Tattoo Machine Builder The Bulldog Frame
£17.11
University of Texas Press Drawing with Great Needles
Book Synopsis For thousands of years, Native Americans throughout the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains used the physical act and visual language of tattooing to construct and reinforce the identity of individuals and their place within society and the cosmos. The act of tattooing served as a rite of passage and supplication, while the composition and use of ancestral tattoo bundles was intimately related to group identity. The resulting symbols and imagery inscribed on the body held important social, civil, military, and ritual connotations within Native American society. Yet despite the cultural importance that tattooing held for prehistoric and early historic Native Americans, modern scholars have only recently begun to consider the implications of ancient Native American tattooing and assign tattooed symbols the same significance as imagery inscribed on pottery, shell, copper, and stone. Drawing with Great Needles is the first book-length scholarly examination into the antiquity, Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction (Carol Diaz-Granados and Aaron Deter-Wolf) 1. Native American Tattooing in the Protohistoric Southeast (Antoinette B. Wallace) 2. Needle in a Haystack: Examining the Archaeological Evidence for Prehistoric Tattooing (Aaron Deter-Wolf) 3. Swift Creek Paddle Designs as Tattoos: Ethnographic Insights on Prehistoric Body Decoration and Material Culture (Benjamin A. Steere) 4. Tattoos, Totem Marks, and War Clubs: Projecting Power through Visual Symbolism in Northern Woodlands Culture (Lars Krutak) 5. The Art of Enchantment: Corporeal Marking and Tattooing Bundles of the Great Plains (Lars Krutak) 6. Identifying the Face of the Sacred: Tattooing the Images of Gods and Heroes in the Art of the Mississippian Period (F. Kent Reilly III) 7. Dhegihan Tattoos: Markings That Consecrate, Empower, and Designate Lineage (James R. Duncan) 8. Snaring Life from the Stars and the Sun: Mississippian Tattooing and the Enduring Cycle of Life and Death (David H. Dye) References Contributors Index
£21.59
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The Complete Art of Tattooing Volume 1
£22.37
Stanford University Press Blood and Lightning: On Becoming a Tattooer
Book SynopsisAny tattoo is the outcome of an intimate, often hidden process. The people, bodies, and money that make tattooing what it is blend together and form a heady cocktail, something described by Matt, the owner of Oakland's Premium Tattoo, as "blood and lightning." Faced with the client's anticipation of pain and excitement, the tattooer must carefully perform calm authority to obscure a world of preparation and vigilance. "Blood and lightning, my dude"—the mysterious and intoxicating effect of tattooing done right. Dustin Kiskaddon draws on his own apprenticeship with Matt and takes us behind the scenes into the complex world of professional tattooers. We join people who must routinely manage a messy and carnal type of work. Blood and Lightning brings us through the tattoo shop, where the smell of sterilizing agents, the hum of machines, and the sound of music spill out onto the back patio. It is here that Matt, along with his comrades, reviews the day's wins, bemoans its losses, and prepares for the future. Having tattooed more than five hundred people, Kiskaddon is able to freshly articulate the physical, mental, emotional, and moral life of tattooers. His captivating account explores the challenges they face on the job, including the crushing fear of making mistakes on someone else's body, the role of masculinity in evolving tattoo worlds, appropriate and inappropriate intimacy, and the task of navigating conversations about color and race. Ultimately, the stories in this book teach us about the roles our bodies play in the social world. Both mediums and objects of art, our bodies are purveyors of sociocultural significance, sites of capitalist negotiation, and vivid encapsulations of the human condition. Kiskaddon guides us through a strangely familiar world, inviting each of us to become a tattooer along the way. Trade Review"Blood and Lightning is a stellar and vivid depiction of an industry that has long been mythologized in popular culture. Kiskaddon's memoir offers a candid perspective on both the business and creative sides of tattooing. As it dives into a cultural rite of passage, Kiskaddon's work also excels as a character study."—Booklist"In Blood and Lightning, we don't just enter the silent and physical spaces within the world of tattooing, instead the spaces are lived, examined, and connected to our humanity. Kiskaddon shows how tattoos, like history and storytelling itself, can evolve depending on the body or the world they occupy."—Devin Katayama, Senior Produce for NPR's Throughline"Written in an easygoing style, Kiskaddon's narrative ends up as much a workplace memoir as an anthropological study, where the work being documented is both tattooing and ethnography itself, with frequent references to taking field notes and finding ways to get interviews (paying for a tattoo turns out to be the best way to get a tattoo artist to talk for two hours). It's a charming and thoughtful slice of life."—Publishers Weekly"Blood and Lightning is an illuminating peek behind the doors of a tattoo shop, digging into the realities, ethics, and philosophy of altering the bodies of strangers."—Ashley Holstrom, Foreword Reviews"Kiskaddon's sensuous ethnography takes us behind the scenes in the mecca of tattooing—Oakland, California. His richly detailed prose sings as he describes his apprenticeship: learning the right touch, both needle-to-skin and with other members of this 'cool' shop. More than any other ethnography I've read, this one breathes on the page: we inhale the sharp snap of isopropyl alcohol and the tang of sweat, while early Black Flag pumps out the speakers, thumping over the hum of machines, phone calls, and pain-filled exhalations of the clients. "—Jennifer C. Lena, author of Entitled: Discriminating Tastes and the Expansion of the Arts"In this book, Kiskaddon covers ground that few researchers have been willing to traverse. Moreover, he is a scholar/tattooist, a combination rarely seen in the serious literature about tattooing."—David C. Lane, author of The Other End of the Needle"Very thoughtful and knowledgeable; pulled me in right from the start."—Stephanie Tamez, Tattoo Artist and co-owner ofThis Time Tmrwprivate studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn NYC"Blood and Lightning is a landmark study of the craft of tattooing that is consistently compelling and rewarding."—Michael Welch, Chicago Review of Books
£21.59
Adams Media Corporation DIY Temporary Tattoo Art
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£12.34
Manchester University Press Tattoos in Crime and Detective Narratives
Book SynopsisTattoos in crime and detective narratives: Marking and remarking examines representations of the tattoo and tattooing in literature, television and film, from two periods of tattoo renaissance (1851-1914, and c1955 to present). -- .
£23.75
Simon And Schuster Group USA Bodies of Subversion
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£39.96
Sasquatch Books Tattoo Design Workbook
Book SynopsisFor everyone thinking about getting a tattoo (and who isn't?), this gorgeous guided journal offers thoughtful prompts and plenty of blank space to hold all your tattoo inspirations! Let noted tattoo artist Emma Grace Larkin's prompts guide you to come up with meaningful tattoo ideas for body art you'll be happy to show off forever. A brief history of tattooing, notes on the emotional and spiritual aspects of getting a tattoo, and descriptions of the different styles of tattoos set you up to follow the prompts to figure out what kind of imagery would make the most meaningful ttattoo for you. Favorite places, cherished memories, beloved people and pets; symbols, equations, and quotes; works of art and original sketches--use the blank spaces to develop your ideas. This innovative guided journal leads to greater self-understanding and helps you and your chosen artist to create a tattoo (or more than one) that is a genuine reflection of your true self. Design the perfect tattoo for you!
£15.19
Workman Publishing Maia Tolls Wild Wisdom Tattoos
Book SynopsisEnjoy 60 richly colored temporary tattoos featuring mystical images of plants, animals, and crystals, adapted from Maia Toll's best-selling Wild Wisdom books and illustrated by Kate O'Hara, along with 10 guided-ritual cards for tapping into the symbolic power and magic of key images. Maia Toll's Wild Wisdom collection—The Illustrated Herbiary, The Illustrated Bestiary, The Illustrated Crystallary, and The Wild Wisdom Companion—has garnered fans around the world, from herb and plant lovers to fans of the mystical and occult. Maia Toll's Wild Wisdom Tattoos transforms 60 of Kate O'Hara's magical images from the books into wearable art. The set of intricate, richly colored images of plants, animals, and crystals also includes 10 collectible guided-ritual cards offering insight into the symbolism and power of some of the key images.
£12.74
Rockridge Press Vintage Tattoo Designs: Coloring Book for Adults
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£8.99
States Academic Press Body Art: Body Painting, Tattoos, Piercing, Hair
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£105.70
Laurence King The Tattoo Coloring Book
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£12.13
Octopus Publishing Group The Tattoo Dictionary
Book SynopsisAn essential A-Z guide to the secret language of tattoos. Discover the true meanings behind over 200 popular tattoos with this comprehensive book, illustrated with over 100 tattoo designs. From sailors' swallows and Mexican skulls to prisoners' barbed wire and intricate Maori patterns, tattoos have been used as a means of communication by cultures all over the world for thousands of years. Through meticulous research, The Tattoo Dictionary uncovers the history of the most popular symbols in tattoo history, revealing their hidden meanings and the long-forgotten stories behind them in this beautifully packaged book.
£20.27
