ok, what i want
you to be a part.
your pictures
your ideas
your input
your intentions to be pure and not driven from jealousy
to vioce your opinion
to be righteous
to be positive and constructive the world is full of haters, leave them there.
draw something new today with no intention of ever using it
mail someone a hand written letter. they are awsome.
i want your story
tell someone.
- saving a bird who hit a window
- getting hugged by a schizophrenic, homeless dude
- getting tattooed twice in one day (thanks Mario and Nick!)
- having the best vegan ruben (earwax was awesome!)
- seeing articles of faith and less than jake twice, both in a club that only held 150 people
- eating a snack two seats away from keith morris at skewerz
- seeing john josephs just chillin’ against a benz
- watching a two year old demand to get tattooed
- meeting El Brad who is my dead uncle’s
Here is part 4 of 4 of the interview with Juan Puente.
If you missed the first 3 videos or would like to read the back story, here is:
Juan Puente Video Interview: Part 1 of 4
Juan Puente Video Interview: Part 2 of 4
Juan Puente Video Interview: Part 3 of 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6rGU4Qq0-I&rel=0
Here is part 3 of 4 of the interview with Juan Puente.
If you missed the first 2 videso or would like to read the back story, here is Juan Puente Video Interview: Part 1 of 4
and Juan Puente Video Interview: Part 2 of 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ME87IGUeko&rel=0
Here is part 2 of 4 of the interview with Juan Puente. If you missed the first video or would like to read the back story, here is Juan Puente Video Interview: Part 1 of 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVQh95HF8Xw&rel=0
I first met Juan Puente in 19-something-or-other at the San Diego convention at the Bahia. The convention was righteous, I believe that it was the one Zeke Owens rode his bike cross country to attend. It was the first time Juan and I ever hung out, and we have been comrades ever since. We have worked together at two shops and have traveled the world together, including Japan, Italy, France, England, Holland, Bali, Mexico, even the cultural mecca of Long Beach. Juan and I have a brotherly bond a
we saw the wish list, now who have you been tattooed by?? here's my list, i think it's complete...
this might be a bit off topic, or the opposite, but here's who HAS tattooed me...
-adrian luna
-adam siehr
-dan trocchio (multiple)
-jon reiter (multiple)
-jeremy tupta
-poohbear
-mike bruce
-myself
-dan gilsdorf
-jerry ware
-seth ciferri (multiple)
-scott sylvia
-jeff zuck
-tim biedron
-harlan thompson
-tomas garcia
-adam shrewsbury
-dave cavalcante
-jeremy swed
-nick colella
so with all this social networking Facebook, Shop Blogs,Twitter and all the other crap i had let me website fall to the way side, but recently i updated it and added a little tattoo history photo section I still need to tweak it a little more but for now its up and actually has some newer(within the last 2 years) photos.
I think this LST thing kinda lite a fire for me to rework it
http://www.lostsoul.com
any input would be appreciated
i've been a song lyric fanatic for years. if a song has good lyrics, but the music's just meh, i'll still love it for the lyrics. here's a list of what i hope to get done so far:
- "times are hard it's true. i'll cope" - GB of course
- "be open hearted!"- GB
- "we all know, that soul is hard to find" - Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
- "hearing that noise was my first ever feeling" - the Clash
- "i'm not down!"- the Clash
- "as in heaven, as in hell" - the Clash
- "just look to the clou
With a finite amount of available real estate, I have compiled a list of tattooers I want work from before I run out of space.
Who else has a similar list? Let's see it!
Anyways, here's mine:
Steve Byrne
Danny Reed
Erick Lynch
Aaron Coleman
Scott Sylvia
El Monga
Grez
Steve Boltz
Eli Quinters
Jay Cavna
I just got my second tattoo from Juan. This one is a raven which stretches from shoulder blade to shoulder blade. The other is an old open book wrapped in vines being torn open by an eagle's claw on the left shoulder/upper arm. Both tattoos are beautifully shaded and perfectly done. Juan is an excellent artist, very thorough and a super sweet guy. He has been in the biz for a long while and it shows in his craft and demeanor. I get so many compliments on my tattoos he has done from every kind of
It's almost here folks...
Less than a month away...
San Jose's Convention of the Tattoo Arts is now at the Hyatt Regency by the San Francisco Airport and we are now calling it the SFO Convention. We at State of Grace are working tirelessly to get this thing together and the list of artists that are coming this year is INSANE, you cancheck it out here. The convention is taking place in the host hotel so this year will undoubtedly be a blast, I will be blogging about all of the exciting book rel
Published by State of Grace
My first experience with Bob Roberts was in 1989. I had just moved from Monterey, a nice quiet place, to this mega asphalt hell called southern California. I was 17 and working as a union apprentice butcher. I had been tattooed a few times by my high school friend Aaron Cain. He had told me where to find Bob Roberts, who was know to me as the guy in the "tattoo times" who tattooed all the punk rock folks, so away I went. I drove from West Covina to Hollywood, w
My name is Jill Bonny, Horiyuki and Jill Mandelbaum. I tattoo, I write for tattoo magazines and I write and publish books on the subject of tattooing. I am a die hard idealist and live to preserve and defend tattooing as I know it. I work at State of Grace Tattoo in San Jose and live in San Francisco. I look forward to sharing all of the comedy and tragedy that this great industry has to offer with all of you out there in the interweb...
"Sabbatical" is a word I like to use a lot because it seems like such a nice set up for artists that tattooers don't really exploit. We have been offering the shop for some time as a place like this, taking a set of tattooers during the summer who can work as much or as little as they like for a minimal, cost-covering daily rent. This summer was the first attempt, I feel like it was a big success.
I tried pretty hard to find a nice location for my shop and actually got my dream spot: Harbor
I'm intrstd in what people feel are the qualities they see most often in their mentors or respected peers in the industry; and similarly the qualities that sem to lead to successful business across the board.
Skill obviously will play a part in my idea of a good tattooer, so that's a given.
Sammy Winston has contributed to the Bay Area Hardcore and Punk scenes since he was a teenager from being in bands (All Bets Off then Grace Alley), promoting shows, producing albums, writing articles for various magazine & zines to now owning and running Spiderghost. He's a man of many trades and I gurantee you what he has done for our scene out here has trickled into your scene at some point in some way cause he is just that in love with music and bands that his reach is endless.
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tonight i did the juan puente interview. i think it went very well for my first one, now i just have to figure out how to down load the damn thing to the computer..totally retarded..supose to do freddy corbin tomorrow if it all works out, that will be awsome he has been a huge influence in my life as a friend and a tattooer i hope i can get this stuff up soon so you can all see it. cody is in florida and is going to interview mike wilson, jeremy swed, and josh arment for me. lots going on h
Ive talked to Scott and to Chad about this a bunch but I would like to hear how others find ways to handle family time, kid time, wife/husband time, and do all the things needed to try to keep up on painting and doing decent tattoos and handling shop BS all the while not losing your shit.
It’s a rough go and with our families and careers are not getting any smaller I would like to know what others do to balance it all out.
Start planning ur next tattoo to compliment this one
