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19th century suite of tortoiseshell jewellery (via).

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Life & Death, late 18th century or early 19th century

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If you see this

You were visited by the magic kitten of rest. Reblog to have a good night’s sleep.

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Ella Wesner, male impersonator, 1880.

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(Don) Ed Hardy

Raised in California and graduated from San Francisco Art Institute with a degree in printmaking, he became a student of Sailor Jerry and then went on to learn tattooing from a master in Japan. He is known for his brand, and owns a lot of accessories and clothing with his flash drawings and tattoo designs. He is retired from tattooing, but oversees his tattoo shop Tattoo City, and works on his brand.

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Classic Sailor Jerry designs

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About Sailor Jerry from the official website.

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Traditional Tattooing

Traditional tattooing was started by the sailors and American bikers in the 20′s. It was only men who were tattooed, with the occasional wife or girlfriend of a tattooer, and was very cartoon like and it’s main themes were around the sea and sailors as the clientele to be tattooed were people from the Navy!

Especially with Sailor Jerry, who was a tattooer in the 40′s and 50′s, tattooing from Hawaii, and having all the American sailors pass through - they relied on these people to make a living!

Traditional tattooing was modern tattooing then, but this style that was around in these decades is now known as a traditional style, as modern tattooing (now) came from these roots. People still work in traditional styles, and learning to do traditional style tattoo art is really fun and interesting, as you are starting to learn the shapes and styles that these people used. Traditional tattooing is really the foundation of modern tattooing today as we know it!

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Documentary about Mike Rubendall

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Work by Mike Rubendall

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Mike Rubendall

I watched another documentary about a guy called Mike Rubendall, he is a tattooer that started off by just walking into a shop and being told to come back with x amount of drawings. He came back with them and the shop told him to come back with another amount, and eventually after bothering them so much, became an apprentice working there. He eventually got more and more into Japanese style tattooing after seeing work from overseas in Switzerland and travelling to be tattooed. His work ethic is wonderful, and he takes so much care over his art. I love his art so much, it is beautiful and colourful and is delicate but also intense and frames the body beautifully. 

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Freddy Corbin’s work.

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Freddy Corbin

I LOVE Freddy Corbin! He is so nice and sweet, I watched a documentary about him (which I will link) and as well as having amazing grey work and script, his art is so delicate and precious with it’s lines, and he also went to India and tattooed lots of people just because he is an awesome person!! And I love his spiritual outlook on life. So nice, I really want to be like him one day, I hope I even get to be tattooed by him! He’s on my tattoo list. I want one of his roses and a sacred heart on the sides of my neck. Hopefully I will be lucky enough to travel to San Francisco one day to get it done!! I will attach my favourite works by him as well.