Rise Tattoo goes to India
The brand new edition(#46) of Rise Tattoo, available at all good newsagents in France at present, features 16 pages on India by Laure Siegel and myself. We look at […]
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My Rumble In The Jungle – Getting Tattooed In An Iban Village in Borneo
I have just published a guest post on The Next Best Book Blog on how I got tattooed in Borneo. I was in the jungle in Borneo, somewhere, a day’s travel from Kuching – first by car, then by boat up a Conradian river, to […]
Continue ReadingThe Man with the Golden Mind reviewed at The Dorset Book Detective
“Quintessentially this exhilarating read incorporates everything from lies and deception through to sex, betrayal and death, offering the reader an exercise in edge of your seat action combined with strong storytelling and believable characterisation.” The Man with the Golden Mind, the second […]
Continue ReadingSacred Skin – Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos in Abenteuer & Reisen, Germany
Germany’s Abenteuer und Reisen Magazine ran an eight page story on Sak Yant and my book Sacred Skin – Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos – last month. Turned out pretty good. Text by myself. Photographs by Aroon Thaewchatturat.
Continue ReadingSteven Seagal loves Sak Yant…and Sacred Skin
A copy of Sacred Skin has found its way into the hands of action actor and martial arts wizard Steven Seagal, via the incredible Sak Yant master Arjanneng Onnut Sakyant!
Continue ReadingRoad Trip Sri Lanka
I have been traveling in Sri Lanka recently. it was a blast and my first time on the island. Mellow people, so long as you don’t dig into the war (and I was not there for that), luscious green hills, great food, wonderful festivals and no stress. I did a bunch of hotel reviews for […]
Continue ReadingThe Last Tattooed Chin Women of Burma – Rise Tattoo Magazine
My story on the last Chin women in Rakhine state in northwest Burma who have face tattoos is out this month in the French magazine Rise Tattoo.
Continue ReadingNepal Earthquake – One Year On
One year ago today I got caught up in the Nepal Earthquake. I was covering with 5th international Nepal tattoo convention with Laure Siegel and Dom Pichard. The first big quake took place as we were interviewing tattooists in the ballroom of the Yak and Yeti Hotel. We spent the next four days wondering through […]
Continue ReadingMohan Gurung – Nepal’s Tattooist Extraordinaire
My story on Mohan Gurung, one of Nepal’s greatest tattoo artists and an incredibly kind and generous man to boot. I interviewed Mohan both before and after the Nepal earthquake which coincided with Nepal’s fifth international tattoo convention in late April. Not a day goes by when I don’t think about the quake and the […]
Continue ReadingKota Kinabalu Tattoo Convention
Uff, the year is almost done and it’s been busy. I am still juggling several assignments and have just arrived in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, to cover the city’s first international tattoo convention here with journalists Laure Siegel and Dom Pichard for the very excellent French magazine RISE TATTOO. Really looking forward to the coming days […]
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