Tattoo
& Piercing Books & Reviews
The Vanishing Tattoo is proud
to bring you the following tattoo and piercing books and reviews. These fine books are recommended
reading by the Crew@VanishingTattoo.
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THE WORLD OF TATTOO - AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
By Maarten Hesselt van Dinter
Travel around the world of tattoo and explore the personal and collective
acts of human transformation through the tradition of tattooing among
indigenous peoples and other tattoo communities, past and present.
Read
the review here
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TATTOOED MOUNTAIN WOMEN AND SPOON BOXES OF DAGHESTAN: MAGIC MEDICINE SYMBOLS IN SILK,
STONE, WOOD AND FLESH
by Robert Chenciner, Gabib Ismailov & Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov
Amidst the high peaks of the Great Caucasus
Mountains, Daghestan is a place that has bore witness to the legendary likes
of Jason and the Argonauts, the Amazons, and contemporary tattooed mountain
women who have left their own indelible mark on the region.
Read
the review here
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TATTOO ROAD TRIP - THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
by Bob Baxter
Travel along behind the scenes
with Skin & Ink editor
Bob Baxter on his two-week solo journey
through the
small towns and big cites of America's Pacific Northwest.
Read
the review here
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BEYOND THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE
by Pauline Clarke
This book presents piercing placements,
multiple piercings
and stretched piercings. From facial to nipple, navel to genital.
It features the various groups of people that are all part of the
fraternity of "Body Piercing Enthusiasts"
portraying its
significance as a part of their lives.
Read the review here
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SPHERES OF ADORNMENT
by Pauline Clarke
While exploring the fascinating realm of body
decoration,
this book highlights full page photos of decorated people
of alternative
facets, showing body jewellery, tattoo styles,
provocative PVC and leather
wear.
Read the review here
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