BLOODWORK: BROOKLYN

Compiled and placed here for your exclusive visual and auditory consumption, footage from the BloodWork Brooklyn undertaking back in November.  On our last evening in town we were most fortunate to come upon a man of many years playing violin and kick drum on the platform.  Made for a pleasant soundtrack to the following...

Capture: adrian Lee
After Effects: Sibel Girini

THE PATH: DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS: PETE: DAY 4

Audio: Sun 0))) & Boris, The Sinking Belle
Tattoo & Capture: adrian Lee

THE PATH: DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS: PETE: DAY 3

Audio: Charles Mingus, Pithecanthropus Erectus
Tattoo & Capture: adrian Lee

BLOODWORK: 2582 MILES

East Coast portion of the BloodWork project is complete...
Departing the sleet for the sun...
Expressions of gratitude to Lori, Thomas, Jon at Brooklyn Adorned for offering space to shoot and erasing obstacles...
Jon below keeping the machine well oiled.

Photo: Max Dolberg

THE PATH: JACQIE

Jacqie also came in to share some time.

Life events often (always) parallel alongside

and reveal themsleves in the tattoos I do for others.

A process for tattooer and collector alike (together)

The mirror image is fitting...

Photos: Max Dolberg

THE PATH: PETE M

Two days of tattooing after the photo shoot at Brooklyn Adorned.
Pete came to meet me here.
Time lapse soon.

Photos: Max Dolberg

BLOODWORK: HORIZAKURA

The eclipse of Horizakura casts an umbra so deep that an event horizon forms in the blackening from where no soul can ever return... look away or forever will you shed tears in the wake of its beauty.

BLOODWORK: HOGTIE

Momma said there'd be days like this...

Photo: Max Dolberg

BLOODWORK: CIV

Civ... cant wait one minute more.

BLOODWORK: RUBENDALL

With grace and beauty Rubendall always makes his point crystal clear.

BLOODWORK: HOOPER

Hooper... the blackening beauty of his markings ensorcelled them all.

BLOODWORK: BODIES: BROOKLYN

Three days of shooting for BloodWork: Bodies at Brooklyn Adorned.  They say its a state of mind.  Agreed. 

Photo: Max Dolberg

NYC

Made the jump to NYC where I met with various comrades in the craft to discuss another project we'll soon be undertaking (keep your eyes peeled for details). 

Stayed with friend Albrigo who's canine companions quietly stole my blankets at night. Daniel's been working on a series of oil paintings for the last year and is due to reveal the body of work during a coming exhibition.

Tattooed with Ruby & Co. for a day.  Actually half a day, as I spent the early part of Earth's rotation lost amongst the subway maze.  Jacqie... even though I was forced to reconcile my life the moment you got behind the wheel, I'm grateful for the late night ride back to Brooklyn.

Being in the East Coast megalopolis during the dead of winter leads one to appreciate the harsh unforgiving California winters.  Much my blood has been watered down over the years.