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Bryan Burk Interview: Part 1 of 4

Bryan Burk is not your average tattooer by any stretch of the word. He has been blessed by having one of tattooing greats as a teacher. Bryan has a very impressive and relaxed style. His sense of layout is unmatched, I truly love and respect his sort of Japanese/American style. Not to mention his great fashion sense, the man has his own hatter, custom hand made for his head only. I have thought for a long time that Bryan Burk was the greatest kept secret in tattooing in LA, a town full of not

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

philly here we come.

So i'm going to the philly convention this week . I am super stoked to be on the east coast and to see some friends from out there and do some tattoos. I am gonna bring my new set of flash, and some machines to sell, and my two hands to make some tattoos. i will be working at olde city tattoo for a couple of days after. if anyone wants to get tattooed let me know i would be super stoked to do it. as long as it's not a celtic thing on your neck, thats where i draw the line. neck tattoos and celti

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

FRED CORBIN interview part one of three.

You know how when you were a kid there was always that guy a few years older who was just beginning to grow a mustache and had the sweetest feathered hair? He always had a cute girl hanging around, and had the ten speed with the handle bars flipped up? Remember how he could ride wheelies forever on that thing, up and down the block, never missing a beat, looking so cool with his feathered hair blowing in the wind? Remember how you just hoped when you were older that you could maybe be half as co

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

Nick Colella Interview Part 1 of 2

I met Nick Colella in Salt Lake City at a convention. He is childhood friends with Maya, who was our shop helper at that time. Meeting him was like meeting an old friend. We have spent time in each others towns, we have traveled to Sweden together, his wife even wrecked my car (gotta rub it in when I can.) Nick's tattooing style is traditional, dynamic, solid and distinct. I appreciate that he does not show boat in his work, it gets straight to the point. He works at Chicago tattoo, which was Cl

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

Josh Arment Interview by Cody Miller part 1 of 2

I am not really sure when I first actually met Josh Arment, but we went on a very memorable journey right before my daughter was born. He had arranged for us to go shark diving with great white sharks off the Mexico coast at Guadeloupe Islands. There were seven or eight tattooers on a boat for five days with some really, really big sharks. One of the highlights for me was when I got to high-five a 16 foot great white shark, it was pretty awesome. Unfortunately for Josh, he shared a room with a s

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

Hanky Panky's awesome new book

ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR THE ART AND HISTORY OF TATTOOING BY HENK SCHIFFMACHER, AKA HANKY PANKY I believe my first true encounter with Henk was at the last Amsterdam convention in 96. I had met him before, but never got the full experience. I had flown to Europe with Jeff Rassier, it was my first trip there and I was stoked. We got to our hotel, threw our shit in the room and headed straight to Henk's shop. The red light district was full of dirt bag tattooers roaming about, lurking on the hooker

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

what i want

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.

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

Juan Puente Video Interview by Scott Sylvia - Part 4 of 4 Bitches!

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

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

Juan Puente Video Interview by Scott Sylvia - Part 1 of 4

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

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

Tattoo Book Review: "In A World of Compromise...I Don't" by Bob Roberts

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

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

the juan

so 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

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

Hello friends and welcome to Last Sparrow Tattoo

So here it is, my first blog entry. Check me out, I'm in the 90"s now.... I will be writing a couple of book reviews on three amazing books. The first one is the Bob Roberts book, which has a pricey back bone and is well worth it. The second will be the Tattoo Encyclopedia by Hanky Panky, a true pirate. Hanky Panky takes no shit, none whatsoever. He is the greatest tattoo historian and he lives the life, as opposed to all the degree holding turds who are just hoping someone will take them serio

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

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