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The Art of Tattooing
By Josh Andrews

The Art of Tattooing is an instructional and insightful book about tattoos, how to tattoo, tattooing and the tattooing industry. It discusses tattooing concisely and candidly and is jam packed with detailed explanations, plenty of diagrams, drawings and illustrations.

The Art of Tattooing contains tattooing tricks and tips from tattoo artists from around the world, the most current medical information about tattooing safely, how to operate a tattooing business, how to make your tattooing better than it is, how to get an apprenticeship and much, much more...

The Art of Tattooing is the ideal book for professional tattoo artists and tattoo studios for teaching their apprentices.

Professional tattoo artists will also to their surprise, find many pieces of information contained in the book that they did not know before.

Tattoo studio owners will find the plethora of information contained in the book indispensable.

Tattoo fans, aspiring tattooists, students of medicine, anthropology and history and anyone else interested in tattoos, tattooing and the international tattoo world will all find the book, The Art of Tattooing to be entertaining, informative, accurate and factual.

Contents:

1. Tattoos & Tattooing - The facts
2. Ancient Tattooing - Ancient history of tattoos and tattooing
3. Modern Tattooing - Modern history of tattoos and tattooing
4. Japanese Tattooing - History of Japanese tattooing and their technique
5. Tattoo styles - The most extensive pictorial list of styles to date
6. Setting up to Tattoo - The layout of the workspace
7. The Tattooing Industry - The truth told like never before
8. Tattooing Ethics & Etiquette - How to behave and professionalism
9. Apprenticeship - How to get a good one.
10. Tattoo Flash - What is it, where it started how to make it!
11. The Skin & Pain - The facts!
12. Tattooing Colour Theory - Something every tattoo artist must know!
13. Cross contamination - What is it and how to prevent it
14. Preparation, Safety and Sterilization - The facts
15. Equipment - A comprehensive list
16. Ink - What is it and how to make it
17. Needles - How to make them
18. Electricity - What every tattoo artist must know!
19. The Tattoo Machine & Modern Tattooing - History and other facts
20. The Electro-Magnetic Machine - The Western machine
21. The Rotary Motor Machine - The Eastern machine
22. Setting up the Machine - What many tattooists don't even know
23. Machine Trouble - Problems, their causes and their solutions
24. Keeping the Machine Clean - Essential information and tips
25. Preparing the Skin & the Tattoo / Stencils & Transfers
26. The Outline
27. Shading
28. Colouring
29. Cleaning up after the Tattoo is Done
30. Grey-washing/Black & grey Tattoos -What is it and how to do it
31. Troubleshooting & Tips - What to do in various situations
32. The Aftercare Debate - How the materials used in many studios are toxic.
33. The Studio - Getting down to business and making money
34. Glossary

Copyright 2004 - 2008
All rights reserved.
B & W
Softcover
122 pages

CAD$99.99
Express Post $15.00
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