By Dawn Cooke
Let me tell you a little story about Jesse Stark. Jesse starting tattooing as a young man and like most of us had to struggle to learn the craft of tattooing. Jesse worked in Detroit for a while. When I say he worked in Detroit I mean in the city not the suburbs. He was shot at one too many times there and he left to work in the safer community of Ann Arbor… (more…)
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February 28, 2013 | Categories: art, entertainment, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: ann arbor, art, blog, bloggers, blogs, dawn cooke, depot town tattoo, fundraiser, Jeff zuck, jesse stark, michigan, painting, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattoo culture, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, ypsilanti | 2 Comments »
By Dawn Cooke
So I screen-shotted some of my favorite pictures from Intagram to share. My intention is to share some great work and give the artists every bit of the credit! I’m doing it to showcase what I consider to be some really great work. I hope you will all agree. One thing I want to make clear is that I am not trying to promote the idea of “stealing.” All artists are inspired by other artists. There’s a difference between being inspired and flat-out stealing. I think it’s important to know the difference. Most images in tattooing have been taken from other sources. It’s always good to know the source if you can, and try to be inspired by art outside of tattooing… and also by life and nature… (more…)
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January 21, 2013 | Categories: art, entertainment, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: art, blog, bloggers, blogs, dawn cooke, depot town tattoo, difference between, frank carter, Heather Bailey, Jackie Dunn-Smith, Jeff zuck, josh stephens, julio avila, justin shaw, krooked ken, mark cross, michigan, miss arianna, painting, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, professor falcon, Ron Wells, rose hardy, stefan johnsson, symbolism, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattoo culture, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, tim beck, Xam, ypsilanti | 1 Comment »
By Dawn Cooke
I have been thinking lately about how important it is to support the culture and community of tattooing. It seems like a no-brainer, but I noticed that it doesn’t seem like people have any real criteria for the support they do give. It’s almost like people have an odd biased that is based on a “what can I get out of this” attitude. This makes sense since we have such a capitalist environment at play… (more…)
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November 1, 2012 | Categories: art, entertainment, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: art, blog, bloggers, blogs, dawn cooke, depot town tattoo, difference between, Jeff zuck, michigan, painting, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, symbolism, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattoo culture, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, ypsilanti | 6 Comments »
By Dawn Cooke
I hear talk about freedom all of the time. As an artist, my first amendment right is pretty important. The fact that we can share our thoughts freely is something we often take for granted. It’s easy to do because we are taught to believe that we are entitled to be free and we can do or say anything we want in this country. The truth is, that’s not entirely the case. You have to go along with society’s laws and norms for the most part because if you can’t find a productive place in society for whatever reason, society will find a place for you and it might not be a place you would like to go… (more…)
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September 18, 2012 | Categories: art, entertainment, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: art, blog, bloggers, blogs, dawn cooke, depot town tattoo, difference between, Jeff zuck, michigan, painting, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, symbolism, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, ypsilanti | 3 Comments »
By Gunnar Gaylord
Last year I had the good fortune of attending two amazingly inspirational conventions, that put me on the path to a brand new year in art. I had blogged on both events at the time, those being Paradise Gathering in Massachusetts and Hell City Phoenix. And I have to say the fact that it was in Phoenix, may have a more profoundly symbolic meaning, then it was meant to. However, from these events was born a new passion in art, one that I hadn’t had in years… (more…)
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August 31, 2012 | Categories: entertainment, photos, pictures, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: art, columbus, drawing, gunnar gaylord, how to, ohio, painting, Paradise tattoo gathering, photos, pics, pictures, red tree tattoo gallery, seminar, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos | Leave A Comment »
By Dawn Cooke
In this fast paced, competitive world, how does a parent balance a career with the many other obligations of family and life? It’s not easy! It definitely requires planning and some sacrifice. There are so many things going on around any given person at any given time today in our world. It can be easy to become bombarded by media such as news, Internet and television. It can feel like the world is flying past you in fast forward while you are struggling to check things off of your list. Meanwhile your list of things to do grows and grows… But I found a few things that really help me manage all the tasks I have as mother, shop owner, artist, tattooist and wife… (more…)
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August 22, 2012 | Categories: art, entertainment, how to, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: art, blog, bloggers, blogs, dawn cooke, depot town tattoo, difference between, how to, Jeff zuck, michigan, painting, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, symbolism, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, ypsilanti | 1 Comment »
By Dawn Cooke
Leave it to me to write about the less exciting things about tattooing. This might just be one of the more important subjects I could have the honor of making you think about. With more popularity for tattooing comes more attention from the government. This means laws and money. I can talk about Michigan specifically and explain to you all what’s happening here… (more…)
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July 20, 2012 | Categories: art, entertainment, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: art, blog, bloggers, blogs, dawn cooke, depot town tattoo, difference between, Jeff zuck, michigan, painting, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, symbolism, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, ypsilanti | 2 Comments »
By Dawn Cooke
Lately, I have had some cynical views toward the state of tattoo culture and pop culture in general and I have had to apologize for affecting sensitivities. So I have been researching, writing and thinking about why I feel this way. The phenomenon of counter-culture becoming popular culture has been written about quite a lot. If you are interested in this topic the book, Nation of Rebels is a good one. What I see, is that we have an overly competitive narcissistic consumer culture that has really negative effects on individuals and on society as a whole. A person can get swept away by the tide if they aren’t careful. I have come dangerously close too many times personally… (more…)
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June 25, 2012 | Categories: art, entertainment, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: art, blog, bloggers, blogs, dawn cooke, depot town tattoo, difference between, Jeff zuck, michigan, painting, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, symbolism, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, ypsilanti | 6 Comments »
Courtesy of 1001 Art Project: We cordially invite you to the opening of a very unique, large scale art project called “One Thousand Angels and One Painting” in Prague (Czech Republic), presented by the world renown artist from Asia, Lekim Ibragimov, on July, 9, 2012… (more…)
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June 6, 2012 | Categories: art, entertainment, tattoo artist magazine | Tags: art, czech republic, LEKIM IBRAGIMOV, One Thousand and One Nights, painting, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, world's largest | Leave A Comment »
By Dawn Cooke
I just wanted to tell everyone about a really cool art show you should check out if you are in NY or if you’re going out to the Convention. This should be really fun for both guys and gals to attend…
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April 30, 2012 | Categories: tattoos, tats, tattoo, tattooing, tattoo artist magazine, art, photos, pictures, entertainment | Tags: tattoos, tattooing, tattoo, tats, tattoo artist magazine, photos, pics, pictures, TAM, tattooer, Brooklyn, painting, art, new york, tattoo art, michigan, paintings, tattoo artist magazine blog, dawn cooke, depot town tattoo, Jeff zuck, ypsilanti, blog, virginia elwood, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, bloggers, blogs, symbolism, guen douglas, Heather Bailey, Arianna Settembrino, Tamara Santibanez, Stephanie Tamez, Marina Inoue, katie davis, new york tattoo convention, difference between, nyc tat con, Tricia Allen, Carolina Angel, Rachel Ann Mina, Aoki, Becca Genne-Bacon, Nicoz Balboa, Zoe Bean, Julie Becker, Paola Robiolio Bose, Sunny Buick, Sarah Burden, Liser Burlton, Elisa Carisi, Jamy Carlton, Jen Lohrey Carmean Madame Chan, Tracy Demetriou, Esther de Miguel, Angela de Rosette, Claudia De Sabe, Federica Di Domenico, Thea Duskin, Miss Elvia, Karina Figueroa, Alix Ge Ellie, Geyer Gillian-Goldstein, Mia Graffam, Cecilia Granata, Katie Gray, Kim Graziano, Emma Griffiths, Liz Gruesome, Kate Hellenbrandt, Cezilia Hjelt, Angelique Houtkamp, Jemma Jones Karolink, Megan Kargher, Itoyo Kinoshita, Wendy Koontz, Jenny Lee, Annie Lloyd, Ashley Love, Vale Lovette, Kim Marks, Stacey Martin, Jessica Mascitti, Maya Ventura-Medina, Anna Melo, Sofia Mesisca, Jennifer Moffatt, Michele Myles, Tracy Nicole, Kim Ann Nguyen, Jelena Nikolic, Sofia Estrella Olivieri, Bryn Perrott, Leanka Platt, Sara Purr, Wendi Ramirez, Cora Raveyn, Kimberly Reed, Jaclyn Rehe, Jamie Ruth, Cyn Rudzis, Olivia Zephyr-Sanders, Rachel Schilling, Mary Joy Scott-Darlymple, Lara Scotton, Karin Schwaiger, Magie Serpica, Minka Sicklinger, Pat Sinatra, Scarlet Sinclair, Malia Sioux, Angela Smisek, Jackie Dunn-Smith, Naomi Smith, Lina Stigsson, Michelle Tarantelli-Tron, Claire Vuillemot, Amanda Wachob, Hillary Fischer-White, Megan Wilson, debra yarian, Betty Rose | 1 Comment »
By Dawn Cooke
My tolerance for suffering and a small amount of self-loathing has always made me able to stand sometimes-intolerable environments. Also a drive and fight against resistance has always been fueled by passion to do my work. To everyday people some of the happenings and things said in the tattoo shop are not PC to say the least, in fact some people might be down right disgusted and offended at most of the things that are said and topics discussed within the shop atmosphere… (more…)
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March 22, 2012 | Categories: art, entertainment, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: art, blog, bloggers, blogs, dawn cooke, depot town tattoo, difference between, Jeff zuck, michigan, painting, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, symbolism, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, ypsilanti | 3 Comments »
By Gunnar Gaylord
I recently posted a short list of rules on Instagram that I found to be helpful with my art. I received a lot of positive feedback and it seemed like something that people wanted to hear… Maybe even needed to hear. I know personally that after 15-plus years making a living with art, I have had major lulls in creativity, growth and confidence… (more…)
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March 14, 2012 | Categories: entertainment, photos, pictures, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: art, columbus, drawing, gunnar gaylord, high street tattoo, how to, ohio, painting, photos, pics, pictures, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos | 2 Comments »
By Dawn Cooke
This is actually a simple concept really, it’s because they are completely different mediums, if you even consider tattooing an artistic medium. The same way a sculpture isn’t a painting, a drawing isn’t a sculpture, needlepoint isn’t furniture making, a tattoo is not a painting and a painting is not a tattoo.
Many tattoo artists have attempted to combine or blur the lines between the two forms of expression. While these attempts are very impressive to people who know little or care nothing about the tradition and history of tattooing, they can sometimes go against the spirit of the trade or craft of tattooing… (more…)
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February 9, 2012 | Categories: art, entertainment, photos, pictures, tats, tattoo, tattoo artist magazine, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: art, blog, bloggers, blogs, dawn cooke, depot town tattoo, difference between, Jeff zuck, michigan, painting, paintings, photos, pics, pictures, symbolism, TAM, TAM BLOG, TAMBLOG, tats, tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo artist magazine, tattoo artist magazine blog, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, ypsilanti | 16 Comments »
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February 2, 2011 | Categories: tats, tattoo, tattooing, tattoos | Tags: egg head, oregon, painting, portland, Scott Harrison, tats, tattoo, tattooer, tattooing, tattoos, watercolor, Welt | Leave A Comment »
By Dawn Cooke
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Courtesy of 1001 Art Project: We cordially invite you to the opening of a very unique, large scale art project called “One Thousand Angels and One Painting” in Prague (Czech Republic), presented by the world renown artist from Asia, Lekim Ibragimov, on July, 9, 2012… (more…)
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