Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Hi Adam Potts! So tell us, what's your short story?
I do tattoos at Acme Ink in Louisville, KY. I do them as clean and nice as I can and I do them very fast. I also paint a little.
How long, and with whom, did you apprentice before coming into your own?
I apprenticed under Tattoo Charlie Wheeler for around fourteen months before I started tattooing for money in November of 2001. I don't feel like I came into my own until a year or two ago, but that's not to say I'm finished learning or moving forward. That's one of the things I love about my ...
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
"Buzzzzzzz"
Little more than this sound could better describe the glory of the Philadelphia Tattoo Convention held this past weekend in the city of brotherly love.
As you approached the Sheraton Hotel on the corner of 17th and Race Street, nothing seemed out of place. The hotel entrance seemed to be as cold and dead as the March air I was sucking down with every drag off my cigarette on the walk from the train station.
The doors open to reveal a semi-packed, plush hotel bar, and a circulating line of punks, metal heads, goths, and many more useless classifications of my fellow ink addicts. Two single line escalators revolve a massive moving underground art gallery either to grab a back door smoke or up to one of Philly's best kept multi-level secrets.
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
REVOLVER Magazine will release their first-ever tattoo issue this spring, featuring a striking cover image of Slayer’s Kerry King and his legendary Paul Booth-inked head tattoo. King is pictured with blood dripping from his head onto his shoulders, an homage to Slayer’s “Raining Blood.” The March/April 2010 issue of Revolver will also feature “The History Of Tattoos In Hard Rock,” an in-depth feature by writer Christopher R. Weingarten exploring when tattoos first became rock staples, how they have evolved, and their future. Interview subjects include Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington, L.A. Ink’s Kat Von D, Slayer’s Kerry King, Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee, tattoo artist Paul Booth, original rock star tattooist Lyle Tuttle and many ...
Hi Adam Potts! So tell us, what's your short story?
I do tattoos at Acme Ink in Louisville, KY. I do them as clean and nice as I can and I do them very fast. I also paint a little.
How long, and with whom, did you apprentice before coming into your own?
I apprenticed under Tattoo Charlie Wheeler for around fourteen months before I started tattooing for money in November of 2001. I don't feel like I came into my own until a year or two ago, but that's not to say I'm finished learning or moving forward. That's one of the things I love about my ...
