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Needled This Week
Tattooed bikers and burlesque beauties started off the week in Needled with a look at the work of renowned photographer Lisa Kereszi, whose fine art photography has been described as "visual poetry". Visual poetry could also describe the tattoo art of Jon Clue, Needle's artist profile of the week, and one of the best tattooists in the US. For tattoo art without the commitment,...

Needled this Week
This week in Needled was filled with tattoo news, from the former president of the Philippines missing a meeting on account of body art to a staff sergeant in Iraq whose after-hours job is tattooing his plattoon to a look at Sport's Illustrated's tattooed athletes pictorial. In fine art, Needled explored the ongoing photo project, Exactitudes, particularly looking at its Sleeves grid of tattooed...

This Week in Needled
This week in Needled started with a look at tattoo conventions with the expert Bob Baxter, editor of Skin & Ink magazine. Marisa also picks her favorite upcoming convention: this February's Milan, Italy show. Tuesday took a look at a tattoo artist to the stars who takes a spiritual approach to the art, Roni Zulu. Wednesday was all about tattoos and tassles with the...

Needled this Week
This week in Needled began saintly and ended shamelessly. Sacred Heart Ex Votos were Marisa's ultimate shopping find, with their imagery ever-present in Western tattooing. Looking at tattoo traditions throughout the world, Ancient Marks, the gorgeous photography hardcover by Chris Rainier, is featured in Needle's books section, while the artist profile of the week is on California wunderkind Mike DeVries and his photo-realism tattoos....