For our Digital Media unit we are making artist books and the idea for my book was to combined old tattooing with new tattooing. Above is an image that i photocopied from a vintage tattooing book then using a citrus spray, transferred the image onto a piece of Stonehenge paper that i stained with tea and coffee. For the front side of my pages i used the photos that i took at the tattoo studio that i am an apprentice at, stained them, ironed them and basically destroyed them to make them look old but with modern tattooing practices as the images. On the back of the pages i transferred old pictures that i photocopied and made them look aged by not rubbing them too hard. The overall affect of the new and the old images on either sides of the page turned out much better then i ever thought and i am really happy with the outcome. To present my artist book i have bought a cigar box and collaged it to make it look like a old school tattoo trinket box with a Sailor Jerry quote and a quote of my own.
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