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My not so recent obsession with tattooing has led me to acquire a collection of vintage photographs of tattooed sailors, some are dated from the 1920's and others seem to be before then and on up until the 1940's.... i am still perusing through the 100's of images and I thought I would share some of them with you... Even in black and white the ink patterns are beautiful

This form of art has long since been an inspiration to me and other designers (as well as a myriad of Chefs) and I have been impressed by the different techniques used in attaining this type of inked perfection....

Reddish Studios from Israel uses a digital inking method right on to the wood as you can see on the table below what an amazing affect it is. Ted Nemeth who has created the tables and benches below uses many different tooling techniques to the leather to make the tattoo designs pop with such intensity. Then there is the chair from Mama Tried Studio and the leather they use is tattooed as if it is skin, the result is nothing short of beautiful....