Apr 10

Interview: Joseph Ari Aloi aka JK5: The artist reveals his secret for creating a great tattoo, his new book and more

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Interview: Joseph Ari Aloi aka JK5


by Hugh Hart Joseph Ari Aloi graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 1994 armed with dozens of sketchbooks, self-described ADD, a set of tattoo implements and a headful of eye-popping mythologies inspired variously by Star…

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Mar 03

Interview: Marisa Kakoulas and Margot Mifflin on Tattooing in the New Millennium: We speak with the two experts on women in the industry on the eve of their Powerhouse Arena panel discussion

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Interview: Marisa Kakoulas and Margot Mifflin on Tattooing in the New Millennium


All things counter culture reach a point of popularity where they cease to exist exclusively in the periphery—some just take longer than others to reach the tipping point. Tattooing, for example, has existed for thousands of years, yet only in the past few…

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