If one thing is for sure the tattoos in Home Made Tattoos Rule didn’t come from bubblegum packets. As a 96-page photographic tribute to both the art and the philosophy behind home-made inking, Jeppe’s book is an intriguing exploration into a brave, eye-watering world that few know anything about.
By looking outside the conventional notion of tattooing Home Made Tattoos Rule features all walks of life from mums to musicians, punks to painters and designers to dockers. With a page dedicated to each individual, this book captures the freedom, spontaneity and stylistic elements that bind this sub-sub-culture together. As this book will tell you, ‘home made is where the heart is’.
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Clag, ‘Pasted Youth’Clag were definitely a punk band but not one I’m sure I’d be totally digging when they first started as Brisbane high schoolers in...
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Bobby Fischer Against The WorldThat old chestnut about genius being touched with madness is a dead horse that’s been beaten to a pulp. Yet it’s hard to watch this...
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Constant Mongrel, ‘Everything...The band have developed over time both in personnel (the addition of Amy on bass) and style – moving on from punky garage to a more experimental...
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Guerrilla Girls Public LectureOf all the feminist iconography to have emerged from 20th century, the sight of a nude with a gorilla’s head is one of the most furious and...
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An interview with Anton NewcombeAnton Newcombe is bringing his musical project Brian Jonestown Massacre to Australia over the next few weeks. The notorious malcontent talked...
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The Hungry WorkshopIt seems like every other artist/designer/waiter has an antique printing press, risograph or carousel lying around their studio/loft/shed. But...