Just got back a roll, lots of different stuff. I love doing these full-figure plants, the weather vane was a really fun one, the black ribon... Thanks for looking. Thanks all you great clients. Some day I'm going to get a good website... some day.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Dandy lion.
Just got back a roll, lots of different stuff. I love doing these full-figure plants, the weather vane was a really fun one, the black ribon... Thanks for looking. Thanks all you great clients. Some day I'm going to get a good website... some day.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
May to June, Twenty twelve.
Thanks for visiting my weblog. This is a bit of a longer post than usual, all i can say is thank you so much to all my great clients. It's rolls of film like this that make me feel lucky to be where I am already in tattooing. Enjoy.
Swallows, any way I wanted.
This was a fixer-upper, but I'm actually really satisfied with the results. The linework was not done by me.
Another really fun one.
I don't go crazy tattooing hands and necks all day, but on this roll I went there a bit.
I'd love to do more work like this.
A trim little boat.
Come cogs and chainrings on a great client of mine.
It's been a while since I did one of these..
A fifth hand, again, I'd love to get more work like this coming through.
After Kelsey's fifth hand we whipped up this little coffee cup. I've been waiting for the right opportunity to bust these birds out for a while.
A doe, a deer...
Another great client. Ian came in for this snake skeleton.
I got this healed photo of his drum.
A crow for Scott. I also put the black band on his wrist.
Thanks for looking,
Bram
Monday, May 21, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
Bluebird and Bumblebee
Here are a couple new tattoos. I was really happy to place this bluebird on a sternum, such a bold but intimate spot, I'd love to do more work like this. The bumblebee was really exciting too, really detailed, but I think it will age well.
It's been a fun spring so far. I've been doing mostly black and grey pieces, really line and dot based designs. Thanks to all my clients (goes without saying) for their openness.
Bram Adey
R.W.T.
W.P.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Good Sparrow, Bad Sparrow
Last month along Eighth Avenue, I spotted Phillip, who had a ton of traditional ink. In fact, he had just had work done on his neck, rocking these two tattoos:
These two sparrows combine to represent a take on the good versus bad consciences that people have.
Phillip says he has "hundreds" of tattoos, and he credits Baz at New York Hardcore Tattoo with these pieces.
Thanks to Phillip for sharing these tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.
If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit http://tattoosday.blogspot.com and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.
These two sparrows combine to represent a take on the good versus bad consciences that people have.
Phillip says he has "hundreds" of tattoos, and he credits Baz at New York Hardcore Tattoo with these pieces.
Thanks to Phillip for sharing these tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!
This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.
If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit http://tattoosday.blogspot.com and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Wrapping Up The Tattooed Poets Project, Volume 4
Well, it’s May, which can only mean one thing here on Tattoosday - I’m exhausted.
Every year, I put together the Tattooed Poets Project in the month of April and it’s a labor of love. Toward the end of the month, however, it’s more labor and less love, and I am relieved when another National Poetry Month has passed.
So, I’m going to take a deep breath, and pause briefly, before we resume our normal programming here on Tattoosday.
However, before doing so, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who helped out with this year’s installment.
First and foremost, I’d like to thank all of the poets for their contributions. For a list of this (and previous) year’s inked scribes, you can visit the index at www.tattooedpoets.com.
Next, I’d like to thank David Lehman and Stacey Harwood from the Best American Poetry blog. They’ve been supporters of the project since its inception, they help publicize it every year and, in 2012, they helped even more by re-tweeting several of my posts.
Part of my process is to reach out to poets in the literary world, soliciting their submissions. Often, poets may not be tattooed, but they certainly know some who are. For that reason, I want to thank Tony Barnstone, Amy Newman, and Tim Donnelly, three un-inked poets who tipped me off to other poets who ended up in this year’s group of 35 contributors.
And of course, I want to thank the readers of Tattoosday, who continue to support the site through their appreciation of the site. In four years, we’ve featured 123 different poets, eight of whom have submitted work in multiple years. If no one visited, we’d be lonely indeed, and Tattoosday scored a record for April with 50,000 hits and a monthly high 89,643 page views (but who’s counting?). I am humbled by your interest and am motivated to make next year bigger and better for lovers of poetry and tattoos, everywhere.
Thank you again,
Bill Cohen
Every year, I put together the Tattooed Poets Project in the month of April and it’s a labor of love. Toward the end of the month, however, it’s more labor and less love, and I am relieved when another National Poetry Month has passed.
So, I’m going to take a deep breath, and pause briefly, before we resume our normal programming here on Tattoosday.
However, before doing so, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who helped out with this year’s installment.
First and foremost, I’d like to thank all of the poets for their contributions. For a list of this (and previous) year’s inked scribes, you can visit the index at www.tattooedpoets.com.
Next, I’d like to thank David Lehman and Stacey Harwood from the Best American Poetry blog. They’ve been supporters of the project since its inception, they help publicize it every year and, in 2012, they helped even more by re-tweeting several of my posts.
Part of my process is to reach out to poets in the literary world, soliciting their submissions. Often, poets may not be tattooed, but they certainly know some who are. For that reason, I want to thank Tony Barnstone, Amy Newman, and Tim Donnelly, three un-inked poets who tipped me off to other poets who ended up in this year’s group of 35 contributors.
And of course, I want to thank the readers of Tattoosday, who continue to support the site through their appreciation of the site. In four years, we’ve featured 123 different poets, eight of whom have submitted work in multiple years. If no one visited, we’d be lonely indeed, and Tattoosday scored a record for April with 50,000 hits and a monthly high 89,643 page views (but who’s counting?). I am humbled by your interest and am motivated to make next year bigger and better for lovers of poetry and tattoos, everywhere.
Thank you again,
Bill Cohen
Monday, April 30, 2012
The Tattooed Poets Project: Puma Perl
Our final installment of the fourth annual Tattooed Poets Project is from a repeat contributor, Puma Perl.
Puma graced us last year with this contribution.
Puma wanted to share her newest tattoo with us, and I couldn't possibly turn her down after I saw it:
Puma explains:
As I live in south Brooklyn, near Coney Island in Bay Ridge, I can't help but be partial to Coney Island-themed tattoos.
Puma sent us a Coney Island-themed poem, to boot:
CONEY ISLAND FEBRUARY
He leaves,
the sounds
of a concrete
boardwalk
trailing behind him
and I dream
of bass players
and Coney Island,
broken benches
and Coney Island
and I dream
of warm peaches
and Coney Island
burlesque babes
and Coney Island
I dream
I dream of
Coney Island
and I wake,
hands filled
with pussy,
unsatisfying,
but I go on
because
progress
must continue.
~ ~ ~
Puma Perl is a NYC-based writer, performance artist, and curator. Her poetry and fiction have been published in over 100 print and online journals and anthologies.
She is the author of the award-winning chapbook, Belinda and Her Friends, and a full length collection, knuckle tattoos.
She lives and writes on the Lower East Side and has facilitated writing workshops in community based agencies and at Riker’s Island, a NYC prison. She is a founding member of DDAY Productions, which presents poetry and performance events. Link to her blog for info about book purchases and events: http://pumaperl.blogspot.com/.
Thanks to Puma Perl for her contribution and for rounding out this year's Tattooed Poets Project!
This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday. The poem and tattoo are reprinted with the poet's permission.
If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit http://tattoosday.blogspot.com and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.
Puma graced us last year with this contribution.
Puma wanted to share her newest tattoo with us, and I couldn't possibly turn her down after I saw it:
Puma explains:
"This tattoo was just finished ... on Saturday 2/18/12. It is a companion piece to the mermaid with the Wonder Wheel on my back, which I sent you last year. I guess the Coney Island Theme will continue as Coney Island is torn down, or 'redeveloped.' Both pieces were done by Emma Griffiths, who now works out of Tattoo Culture."
As I live in south Brooklyn, near Coney Island in Bay Ridge, I can't help but be partial to Coney Island-themed tattoos.
Puma sent us a Coney Island-themed poem, to boot:
CONEY ISLAND FEBRUARY
He leaves,
the sounds
of a concrete
boardwalk
trailing behind him
and I dream
of bass players
and Coney Island,
broken benches
and Coney Island
and I dream
of warm peaches
and Coney Island
burlesque babes
and Coney Island
I dream
I dream of
Coney Island
and I wake,
hands filled
with pussy,
unsatisfying,
but I go on
because
progress
must continue.
~ ~ ~
Puma Perl is a NYC-based writer, performance artist, and curator. Her poetry and fiction have been published in over 100 print and online journals and anthologies.
She is the author of the award-winning chapbook, Belinda and Her Friends, and a full length collection, knuckle tattoos.
She lives and writes on the Lower East Side and has facilitated writing workshops in community based agencies and at Riker’s Island, a NYC prison. She is a founding member of DDAY Productions, which presents poetry and performance events. Link to her blog for info about book purchases and events: http://pumaperl.blogspot.com/.
Thanks to Puma Perl for her contribution and for rounding out this year's Tattooed Poets Project!
This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday. The poem and tattoo are reprinted with the poet's permission.
If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit http://tattoosday.blogspot.com and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.
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