Tattoos at the Royal Exhibition Building

Original Source - MCV Gay News Network

Rites of Passage is a combined tattoo, music and arts event coming to the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens


One of the tattoo artists at Rites of Passage is Mick Squires (that's his work pictured), and we'll be interviewing Mick just before the event to find out how he got into tattoos, what he's into in terms of art and his fascination with the human skull.

Confronting art turning heads

Origianl Source - Daily Mercury

SHE'S almost naked, wearing only a brassiere and a pair of briefs so it's little wonder she is turning heads at the Mackay City Library.

Library users can't help but stop and look at Johanna Reilly's creation – an impressive large drawing of a scantily-clad woman.

“Wow” and “how long has it taken” are among the comments passed as Ms Reilly sprawls out on the library floor and puts pencil to paper.

But the woman she has created will soon be wearing more than underwear. Soon she will don an array of tattoos, including Mexican cartel insignia, Polynesian facial tattoos and Chinese mafia tattoos.

Rites of Passage Tattoo Convention and Arts Festival

Original Source - LiveGuide

Dallas Frasca, Bomba, Tijuana Cartel, Snowdroppers, Spencer P Jones, Abby Dobson, Immigrant Union, Mihirangi, Abbie Cardwell, Rapskallion, Optamus, Kylie Sambo, The Peep Tempel @ Royal Exhibition Building

28 Jan 2011