Art&DesignSpring2025

Sailor Jerry’s Tattoo Stencils II Kate Hellenbrand. Celebrate “Sailor Jerry” Collins of Honolulu, Hawaii, in a second volume with hundreds of his line works • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 338 tattoo stencils • 80 pp. • 978- 0-7643-1655-5 • PB • $25.00 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD Tattooed Women Spider Webb. This book exposes a culture that even in 1982, when it was first released, was totally shocking. Now it returns as a tribute to the pioneers, the visionaries who saw their bodies as works of art and were brave enough to share them with the rest of us • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 127 photos • 144 pp. • 978-0-7643- 1540-4 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / $28.95 CAD Tattoos from Paradise: Traditional Polynesian Patterns Mark Blackburn. Traditional tattoo designs from the exotic Polynesian cultures of Easter Island, Hawaii, the Marquesas, New Zealand, Samoa, Tahiti, and Tonga. Actual 19th century photographs as well as early exploration art, paintings, drawings, engravings, and artifacts • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 250 photos • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643-0941-0 • HC • $69.99 / £63.99 / $105.00 CAD Traditional American Tattoo Design: Where It Came From and Its Evolution Jerry Swallow. With 265 original tattoo flash sheets, and text written by a working tattoo artist, this book takes readers through the evolution of tattoo art in America. Military, religious, figural, animal, and nature themes are displayed among the many hundred designs. Individual artists are listed, along with others who altered designs. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 265 b/w photos • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643- 2913-5 • PB • $25.00 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD Basic Tattooing Techniques Brian Johnson. The basic techniques of electric tattooing in an easy-to- follow, step-by-step way. This is the perfect book to accompany the hands-on training the apprentice tat- tooer receives, and will be a welcomed reference book in every tattooer’s library. It covers sanitation concerns, preparation of the site, outlining, shading, and coloration. Bandaging and after care is also discussed • 8 1/2 x 11 (215 x 279mm) • 154 color photos • 80 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3226-5 • PB • $25.00 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD Permanent Makeup and Reconstructive Tattoo- ing Eleonora Habnit. Provides detailed information on what permanent makeup can do, who benefits, finding the right professional, practitioner certification, state regulations, and professional associations. A must for practitioners, cosmetic surgeons, tattoo artists, and those who want to improve their self-image, poise, and appearance once and for all • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 179 photos, 46 b/w illustrations • 160 pp. • 978-0- 7643-1833-7 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD Pushing Ink: The Fine Art of Tattooing Spider Webb. A classic reborn, here is a book that opened new territory in 1979, revealing the bodies of those who patronized underground artists. This is a celebra- tion of tattoo art, the artists, and the bold canvases. It is the story of the fight to legalize and legitimize an art • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 200+ photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-1539-8 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / $28.95 CAD Sailor Jerry’s Tattoo Stencils Kate Hellenbrand. A sizeable portion of American tattoo master Sailor Jerry Collins of Hawaii’s stencils, spanning from the 1940s to the 1970s. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304mm) • 100s of imag- es • 80 pp. • 978-0-7643-1562-6 • PB • $25.00 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD Classic Tattoo Stencils 2: More Designs in Acetate Cliff White. The unearthing of authen- tic celluloid acetate stencils, a project undertak- en by Long Island tattoo shop owner and mem- orabilia collector Cliff White, continues. In this compilation, thousands more artifacts emerge from “deeper inside the trunk” and expose a sprawling collection from the late ’50s and ear- ly ’60s • 12"x9" (304x228mm) •4000+designs •448pp. •978-0-7643-5184- 6 • HC • $99.99 / £90.99 / $140.00 CAD Flash from the Bowery: Classic American Tattoos, 1900-1950 Cliff White. Images of the original acetate rubbings from Charlie Wag- ner’s turn of the 20th century tattoo shop, The Black Eye Barbershop, in the Bowery at Chatham Square in New York. The imagery of this classic flash preserves the origins of American tattoos, when tattoo art was transferred to the client from these templates via an acetate stencil • 11 3/4" x 9" (298 x 229 mm) • 900+ b/w images • 400 pp. • 978-0-7643-3928-8 • HC • $99.99 / £90.99 / $140.00 CAD The Great Book of Tattoo Spider Webb. Vintage photographs display hundreds of people decorated with thousands of tattoos from the 1800s through the 1980s, and includes images of love, military, religious, and tribal markings. Sailor boys, circus performers, and love- ly, daring women • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 510 b/w photos • 512 pp. • 978-0-7643-1604-3 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / $34.95 CAD Heavily Tattooed Men & Women Spider Webb. Images of over a hundred heavily tattooed people from the early decades of the 20th century show proud carni- val and circus performers, sailors, entertainers, and may- be the girl next door! An opportunity for today’s tattoo enthusiasts to see how the earlier generations did it • 7" x 10" (177 x 254 mm) • 100 b/w photos • 112 pp. • 978-0- 7643-1605-0 • PB • $14.95 / £13.99 / $19.95 CAD Lexicon of Tribal Tattoos: Motifs, Meanings, and Origins Radomir Fiksa. Ideal for the tattoo artist, an- thropologist, or tattoo fan, this visual lexicon covers tattoos from hundreds of different cultures and lists meanings, reasons for wearing, and rites of passage, and indicates placement for thousands of individual tattoos • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 640 b/w illustrations • 240 pp. • 978-0-7643-5565-3 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD The Big Book of Tattoo Spider Webb. Historic tattoo photography from the invention of the camera through the 1970s. Includes tribal, military, religious, and every other imaginable tattoo design. Shown are circus per- formers, Navy boys, and daring young women who defied convention • 6" x 9" (152 x 228 mm) • 512 b/w photos • 512 pp. • 978-0-7643-1560-2 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / $34.95 CAD Classic Tattoo Stencils: Designs in Acetate Cliff White. This is a staggering volume of thou- sands of examples of the celluloid acetate sten- cil, an essential tool in the history of tattooing. A worthy companion to Flash from the Bowery: Classic American Tattoos, 1900–1950, this volume continues to ignite the curiosity of American history and tattoo buffs. • 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) • 2,000+designs • 440 pp. • 978-0-7643-4999-7 •HC • $99.99 / £90.99 / $140.00 CAD Stoney Knows How: Life as a Sideshow Tattoo Artist, 3rd Edition Alan Govenar. In this updated edition, the extraordinary life of Stoney St. Clair—circus performer turned tattoo artist, a true American tattoo icon—comes to life in his own words, photos, and tattoo flash. • 8 1/2" x 11" (218 x 279 mm) • 302 color and b/w images • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643-6400-6 • HC • $45.00/£40.99 / $64.00 CAD Street Shop Tattoo Stencils: Creating New Designs for Skin Art Brian Johnson & Chris Alex- ander. Learn step-by-step how to create and apply tattoo stencils. A gallery of contemporary tattoo design of Old School, New School, and New Old School styles have driven tattoo design to a new level. The authors are professional tattoo artists who live in Southeastern Pennsylvania. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 284 color photos•144pp. •978-0-7643-3059-9•PB•$24.99 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD Tattoo Lettering & Banners: Classic and Modern Script Designs Britt Johansson. This book of script and banner lettering in a wide range of styles is the tattoo artist’s ideal cheat sheet. Beginning with tradi- tional handwriting, it moves into more complex script styles. Customers can choose from the samples to write a loved one’s name and bring this book to the shop • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 154 color images and draw- ings•128pp. •978-0-7643-5215-7•PB•$24.99 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD Art of the Beard David and Angie Sacks. Comb through his collection of over 200 portraits and see for yourself how beautifully weird the beard can be • 7" x 10" (177 x 254 mm) • 201 color and b&w images • 192 pp. • 978-0- 7643-5773-2 • PB • $26.99 / £24.99 / $37.99 CAD Cannabis: Marijuana under the Microscope Ted Kinsman. A unique mix of art and science, featuring 140 of the most beautiful and never-be- fore-seen images of the world’s most controver- sial plant: Cannabis sativa • 7" x 7" (177 x 177 mm) • 140 color images • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643- 5505-9 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / $23.99 CAD Gus Wagner: Globe Trotter and Hand Tat- too Artist Alan Govenar. Explore Augustus "Gus" Wagner's early life as a merchant seaman and hand tattoo artist and his 40-year career as a traveling tattooist, tattooed man, and circus performer. Includes more than 100 examples of Wagner's tattoo flash as well as photos of his life and work and excerpts from interviews with Gus. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 110 color and black-and-white photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-6728-1 • HC • $34.99 US / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD BODY ART & TATTOO TECHNIQUES HISTORICAL BODY ART & TATTOO GENERAL POP CULTURE 118 | Historical Body Art & Tattoo • BODY ART & TATTOO TECHNIQUES • GENERAL POP CULTURE