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Sacred Skin – Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos, photographed last week at Suvarnaphumi International Airport in Bangkok, where it is still selling very well, has had another couple of positive mentions in the media. Books about Thailand had this to say: An interesting read is this book about the sak yant, Thailand’s religious tattoo tradition. Besides describing […]
Continue ReadingI have been interviewed by Marco Ferrarese about my book Sacred Skin on the website of travel writer Rolf Potts. Read the full interview here. In July 2010, Rolf Potts interviewed me about the craft of writing. I talk about how I managed to get into the writing business – read that full text here. […]
Continue ReadingSacred Skin, my book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, for sale at Phnom Penh Airport, Monument Books. But who’s the dodgy looking guy on the left?
Continue ReadingYesterday, Achan Neng Onnut, a Sak Yant tattoo master who supported the research of my new book Sacred Skin, the first English language publication on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, celebrated Wai Khru Day. During the course of the day, hundreds of his devotees visited his home in Bangkok to pay their respects to the master and […]
Continue ReadingA Bangkok Post review of my new book Sacred Skin – Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos, co-authored with photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat, has just been reposted on the Awesome Tattoos blog. The review includes an interview with Aroon. Photo taken at Bangkok International Airport.
Continue ReadingAchan Neng Onnut, one of several tattoo masters featured in my recent book Sacred Skin, the first English language publication on Thailand’s spirit tattoos, Sak Yant, has posted a number of images of the shoot for two documentaries on the book. Check out the images here. Director Marc Eberle shot an 8 minute docu on […]
Continue ReadingRegional news round-up publication AsiaViews republishes a great review by Ezra Kyrill Erker, of my new book Sacred Skin, which originally ran in the Bangkok Post in July 2011.
Continue Reading2011 proved to be a mad, mad year for me and I’d like to thank all the people who supported me over the past twelve months. Living it all was almost too much. Here’s to the great times this year. The publication of Sacred Skin, the first book on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, was a major […]
Continue ReadingSacred Skin has been reviewed by Scott Rothstein at the Art Found Out Blog. “… Sacred Skin is an equal collaboration between author Tom Vater and photographer Aroon Thaewchatturat. The seductive and intimate images are as important to this book as the text. While Vater writes about Sak Yant, Thaewchatturat’s portraits show the complexity of […]
Continue ReadingVery nice to see my new book Sacred Skin, the first English language publication on Thailand’s sacred tattoos, known as Sak Yant, got a mention of a dermatological site in the US. Sacred Skin was photographed by Aroon Thaewchatturat, designed by NEW and published by Visionary World. I wrote the text. Check out this brief […]
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