But the idea immediately appealed very strongly to him. They made an appointment at a grungy local shop for the following week, during which time Guy played around with drawings for the piece.
And he had dreams: Dreams of getting tattooed. Of doing tattoos. Of teaching tattooing He knew right away that he had found his calling. After several years as a struggling freelance illustrator, focused mainly on painting album cover designs for low-budget punk and metal bands, Guy finally landed a tattoo apprenticeship at Bob Oslon's Custom Tattooing in October of The tattoo profession was very closed at the time, with only a tiny handful of shops operating in the entire Chicago metropolitan area.
There were ads for tattoo equipment in a few magazines at the time, but Guy was not at all comfortable with the idea of teaching himself something that is in fact a quasi-medical procedure.
Being offered that apprenticeship felt to him like being accepted into Harvard, and he embraced the opportunity with all of his energy.
He quickly found that tattooing is an artistic medium with a great deal of flexibility for technical experimentation and personal expression. This ran contrary to what he'd been told by the established tattooers he'd been collecting from, but it made sense, and he was not the only young tattooist arriving on the scene at that moment who was discovering this. After only a year at Bob Oslon's shop, Guy was offered his first magazine article, and from that point on made an effort to keep his work in front of the public eye.
In two and a half decades he has had countless magazine features and dozens of appearances in fine art books, along with a handful of TV and radio appearances. Currently his efforts are focused mainly online, and in publishing educational and fine art books for the tattoo industry such as Scratch Art , Organica and Innerstate.
You can see more of his published material at our online store. The educational side of Guy's career fell together very naturally, starting with being offered a chance to teach a seminar at one of Dennis Dwyer and J. Crowe's Tattoo Tour conventions, which at the time were the gold standard of tattoo expositions. The idea of presenting educational material in a seminar format was revolutionary; previously, tattooists had always protected their information with great suspicion, since the industry was so small and so closed.
With the blossoming of tattooing and the influx of new artists, there was room for everyone to grow without stepping on each other's toes. Guy's seminar that weekend was about doing coverup tattoos, and he handed out illustrated 30 page booklets to everyone that attended. As he did different seminars from time to time, he created different new booklets, and inevitably was asked by people who couldn't attend the seminars if they could just buy the books.
To see more of their works on skin, canvas and other media, check out the Hyperspace gallery pages. There's also a page of magazine articles going back to , along with some short documentary videos and other media, plus links for enquiring about appointments from Michele or Guy and for making inquiries about products and original art we have available.
We use cookies to improve our web services. If you continue browsing, we consider that you agree to its use. Learn more about Cookie Policy. Tattoos Artists Studios Events Locations blog login. Share share. Artists featured on Tattoofilter. Guy Aitchison done. One the right is its companion piece, Ribbons. The ribbons are threads of energy. It's symbolic of change and resolve, as we continue to unfold and usher in the new year.
Both prints can be purchased together as a set, and are also available individually. The prints are 6x12" each plus a 1" border for mounting purposes, signed by the artist. He had planned on co-hosting a convention in Rockford Illinois this year, but since conventions are temporarily on hold he and Rockford tattooer Rob Schaal have built a unique lining machine instead.
Guy carved the frame to reduce its weight while at the same time shaping it in such a way to provide the greatest structure for its weight. Each frame is precision milled and hand polished, then signed and numbered by Guy. Coils are 8 wrap; some other hardware may vary slightly from photos as Guy and Rob continue to refine the details prior to shipment which will happen in the third week of December. Please let us know if this machine is meant as a Christmas gift so we can expedite shipping.
Also available in aluminum.
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