Re: In a different aspect...
Posted by Kim on July 31, 2003 at 15:26:18:
In reply to: In a different aspect... posted by Nick on July 31, 2003 at 14:39:53:
:: But is henna work that mimics tattoos *always* trash? I am working
in
My short answer is 'no'. I think there are some stunning needlework
out there and from the sounds of what your doing, it's art. I think
that there is plenty of room for true art. I myself am
an 'illistrated woman' and love my tats. But I think what most have
a problem with (IMHO) is the 'trashy' 'jailhouse' stuff. You know
the difference between a professional tattoo done in an ancient
tradition, or that is a beautiful art piece...and someone wearing the
teltale blue smudgy lines of jail work or pen ink and needle, right?
Same call I'm guessing. Traditional art, contemporary art, or
crap. Sometimes we are all forced to do the playboy bunny tat, or
whatever...but if that's all your doing on purpose and only into it
for the pure $$ and have sucked all the joy out of the artform....or
giving it a bad name...I think that's what is raising hackles. The
money grabbers who don't care AT ALL.
Ink artists have to suffer that way we do too. "Not ANOTHER rose/taz
devil/barbed wire" Many even charge clients extra for the bordom
factor.
I could be wrong....but that's just my take.
Kimmy
I dunno....
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