User:Danibanaani

Making is connecting project

• To find my work and research for my main course: [My Tumblr | http://daan-finearts.tumblr.com]
• Theory for this course: Making is connecting

Printing and Drawing

At the first lesson I was placed in the group printing and drawing, we had to choose a method to research. Me and my big mouth said 'Tattooing' since I love tattoo's I wish to research this method, luckily I have access to a great tattoo artist and a apprentice who can teach me the know and hows of tattooing. These fantastic people are Abigail Eijsbroek (the apprentice)and Pim de Rijk (the artist) Portfolio of Pim who both work at Art of Ethernity Their site under Stefan who specializes in realism. (I will come back to the different styles of tattooing later) I went there to learn the theory basics, see tattooing with an other perception and experience how this culture works in a tattoo shop.

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Tattooing basics

First of all you need to know the basics of tattooing

• On a stencil you retrace your image so you can stick it temporarily on the skin, wen it's placed you can retrace it with the machine.

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  first steps with the machine

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  Shapes of needles

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  Purpose/difference of needles

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  Purpose/difference of needles

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  Purpose/difference of needles

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  How to use a stencil

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  Which movements to make for what kinds of lines or effects

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  Which movements to make for what kinds of lines or effects

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  Which movements to make for what kinds of lines or effects

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  The 'flow' to make a tattoo look good it needs to flow with the body

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  The 'flow' to make a tattoo look good it needs to flow with the body

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  The 'flow' to make a tattoo look good it needs to flow with the body

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  The 'flow' to make a tattoo look good it needs to flow with the body

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  The 'flow' to make a tattoo look good it needs to flow with the body

The history of tattooing

For the history of tattooing please see the video's. Documentry about tattooing is a very broad documentary about different ways of tattooing, throughout history and gives loads of information. Short history of tattooing is a very short summary of the history of tattooing.

Stick and poke

Stick and poke is the 'analog version' of tattooing. Instead of working with a machine you use pressure, needles to penetrate the skin and push ink into the skin. This method has been around for ages (see documentary) plus done by a 'thuisprikker' (couldn't find the english word for it; someone who tattoos at home) and is a big part of the DIY culture an instructables about stick and poke

Tattooing with a machine

Tattooing with a tattoo machine is very different than it looks. (I still need to experience that which i will hopefully next Wednesday so I can proper update this page) A link which shows how the machine works in slowmotion. When tattooing with a machine you work with needles, which come in different shapes and sizes for different purposes. Also with a machine you can shade, without not (I'll come back to that later under Stick and poke) This link shows how to setup a tattoo machine.

Tattooing styles

There are a lot of different styles to tattoo, loads and loads. Here I will list with links the most important styles of tattooing and in tattooing history.

Japanese (Yakuza) Documentary with somewhat bad voice over Background info

Old school (American traditional) Rick Walters one of the better old school artists background info

New school (Neo traditional) Background info

Biomechanical Background info

Tribal (many different cultures made these see the documentary in history) Again a little history lesson about tattooing

Photo realism Some advise Black&gray Color realism

Prison tattoo (single needle) great documentary about Russian prison tattoos Background info

How to be a tattoo artist

If you want to tattoo there isn't a school available to help you get there, it's years of training and being an apprentice. This job still goes by old methods, with a guild like system. At first you need to work at a shop, by cleaning or being bossed around for chores. However this part isn't easy to get into most people need to almost beg to get in even there, and already have some tattoos to prove your determination. Then when you clean you'll need to study, draw endlessly and study and draw even more. You need to buy supplies this without getting paid and being at the shop 24/7 mostly so it's hard to get by. This process usually takes years also, at one point you will have to start learning on skin, mostly this is a fake skin, pigskin or your own skin. Then when after years of training, learning you might finally get the chance to tattoo, usually tattoo artist are at youngest 20 something or end 20's. You need to have mad drawing skills and loads of patient and determination to get in.

However there are people who don't and study at home and work from home, these are called 'thuisprikkers' they don't apply the rules of tattoo shops mostly and who's to say what's better? The quality is main concern which most thuisprikkers don't have unfortunately, but it is interesting to see (some you can call) artists who make tattoos breaking the conventions of the shop. Also some background information about 'thuisprikkers' Vice made a documentary in dutch though link to docu

Test print

After the first few tries on pigskin with some advise I found a way to visualize my techniques in a more clear and logical way. I had to make a test print. I came to the tesprint a printer makes to shows it's working as a format sort of, however every technique asked for it's own design sort of I tried to make it unified. These are my test sheets.

Tattooing the pigskin

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  Preps burning pigskin with hotliner

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  Burned pigskin

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  Preps on stick&poke DIY style

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  Stick&poke DIY tools

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  Stick&poke DIY tattoo

Skin as medium

Skin has been used for ages as a medium. For clothing, paper, rugs, shelter, musical interments, all kinds of furniture even as light cover. Hide extra info Vellum a sort parchment about Parchment Parchment is limed, which is a way different technique than tanning. Both however are ways to preserve the skin. Process of tanning An other link about tanning (Weird enough the word looien is tanning in english) About human skin used as medium Industrial way of tanning (A bit of a bad American commercial but informative) Tanning a hide at home with hair

Statement

Not here jet will be soon! 22:51, 17 April 2015 (CEST)DanibanaaniDRAFT22:51, 17 April 2015 (CEST)~~ So at the first lesson we started brainstorming about printing and drawing techniques. As I mentioned before I said tattooing since it's got my interrest and fits unconventionally the technique. My father works at the printers and is a bookbinder I rather research something more interesting to me. Since I love tattoos and am so lucky to have a friend who is an apprentice I have some easy access to loads of information about the tattoo world. I learned tattoo artist are very secretive about techniques and not open to outsiders, it's one of the few professions who still works with a guild like education. (see how to be a tattoo artist) So instead of just focussing on tattooing itself which is broad and interesting I focussed on skin as material more so, in printing techniques. Skin is about the oldest material used, not just for tattooing or printing and drawing but also for clothing. Also I wanted to learn more about the craft tattooing therefore I did loads of research. Since there are many aspects on skin as material to styles and techniques in which to tattoo. Traditionally tattoos have meanings in different cultures for example the Ainu indians women tattooed their upper lip as a sign of futility, ancient tattoos are supposed to heal the wounds or the Mauri to show their heritage. Tattoos are supposed to tell stories, they are a way of marking your life on certain events, or your journey (referring to Sailor tattoo's). Nowadays tattoos are a way of decorating or memo rating more than something els, old traditions start to die off and new ones emerge. Before tattoos were part of freakshow and unacceptable in the community, this is changing to the trend hipster, tattoos aren't terrifying anymore, it's not just for freaks, sailors or prisoners but for everyone now. It's more common. Also the DIY culture is influenced by tattooing, more and more tattooing is done home and not at certified shops anymore. Which could be seen as bad, since it's a health hazard and the quality usually sucks but it's also a new way of unconventional tattooing. Shops have rules in which you have to apply (resistance is futile) so new ways don't really evolve fast. It's positive but negative at the same time.

Describe in around 300 words what the broader cultural or historical > context is of the technique/craft/process/tool/material you've focused > on? Example: how does it relate to how that > technique/craft/process/tool/material has been traditionally used? or: > What meaning in culture does your technique/craft/process/tool/material > have? or: How does your technique/craft/process/tool/material relate to > the what we've read about in Making Is Connecting? > > Describe in around 100 words how can the > technique/craft/process/tool/material you've worked impact your > practice? Example: doe you now consider working with different > materials? or: do you think the technique/craft/process/tool/material > will allow you to explore new visual languages within your practice? > > Look back on what you've written so far (around 900 words!) and write a > 100 word statement on why you make. This can be a conclusion to your > text, a short manifesto or perhaps the text to use for those who are > making a booklet as their practical project?