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Sacred Skin, the first English language book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, is now available at the excellent Backstreet Books in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. Why is this remarkable? Well, Backstreet Books and its owner, bookmaster George O’Brian, have been a source for much of my reading matter in the past decade – the selection, especially […]
Continue ReadingCo-writer, major collaborator and photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat has been posting some of the proofs from Sacred Skin, the first English language book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos.
Continue ReadingSacred Skin, the first English language book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, got excellent coverage recently in the newsletter of the Pha Tad Ke Botanical Garden in Laos. Besides the obvious flowery news there are always a few pages dedicated to books with regional topics. Thanks to Pha Tad Ke for featuring us. It’s the first […]
Continue ReadingAroon Thaewchatturat‘s post on Sacred Skin‘s anniversary…
Continue ReadingSacred Skin, the first English language book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, Sak Yant, published by Visionary World, is one year old today! It took photographer and co-author Aroon Thaewchatturat and me more than a year to put Sacred Skin together and it remains our most successful illustrated book publication. Happy anniversary and many thanks to […]
Continue ReadingHm. Producer Api Sritakae has just remixed the soundtrack to our little Sacred Skin movie. Sacred Skin is the first English language book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos. Photographed by Aroon Thaewchatturat and written by me, published by Visionary World and designed by the NEW Studio in London. Song called Itchy Skin by Pussy & The […]
Continue ReadingSacred Skin, the first English language book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, photographed by Aroon Thaewchatturat and written by me, has been reviewed by journalist Syno Nym in this week’s issue of Dichan, one of Thailand’s longest running and bestselling magazines. The two page review also covers Sacred Tattoos of Thailand by Joe Cummings and Dan […]
Continue ReadingPhotographer Michael LaPalme, publisher Hans Kemp, writer Tom Vater and painter Chris Coles at Wordplay, Bangkok’s second literary festival in March 2012, before the presentation of Sacred Skin (with co-author and photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat). Photograph by Aroon Thaewchatturat.
Continue ReadingPatrick Leyrer hat eine unglaublich positive und großartige Rezension über Sacred Skin, meinem neuen Buch über Thailands heilige Tättowierungen geschrieben und auf der Amazon.de Seite plaziert. Die dritte Rezension mit 5 Sternen. Danke, Patrick. Tom Vater hat es geschafft ein Buch zu machen mit dem er über eine der wichtigsten Säulen der thailändischen Kultur informiert, […]
Continue ReadingJust heard from our publisher Visionary World, that Sacred Skin will be reprinted in August. Photo by Andy Jones.
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