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Blood and Ink : [the art of the tattoo] / Russ Thorne.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thorne, Russ.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tattooing.
- Medical Subjects:
- Tattooing.
- Genre:
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 96 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Running Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- Introduction. About This Book; About the Tattoos; Tattoos Today
- Chapter One: Traditional. Old School; Japanese Tattooing; Sex and Love and Rock 'n' Roll; Death and All His Friends; Wild Things; Blooms and Leaves; Heavens Above; Magic and Mischief
- Chapter Two: Flat Line. Tribalism; Dotwork and Machine-Free Tattooing; More Than Words; Symbols and Secrets; Keep the Faith
- Chapter Three: Fine Line. New School; Future Shock; War and Peace; Picture Perfect; Horrorshow; Modernism; The Beat Goes On.
- Notes:
- Subtitle from cover and spine.
- "A Quintet Book"--Title page verso.
- "This book was designed and produced by Quintet Publishing Limited, 6 Blundell Street, London N7 9BH"--Title page verso.
- "Designer: Ian Ascott. Concept Designer: Zoë White. Proofreader: Liz Jones. Indexer: Asha Savjani. Photographer: Scott Forrester. Art Director: Michael Charles. Managing Editor: Donna Gregory. Publisher: James Tavendale"--Title page verso.
- Contains 8 leaves of 150 temporary tattoos.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copy is "1" printing.
- ISBN:
- 9780762441754
- 0762441755
- OCLC:
- 754518519
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