It's a Small World: Steve Shares Some Amazing Tim Kern Handiwork

Last June (yes, you read that correctly - I've been sitting on this post a while!), I attended a <a href="http://www.needlesandsins.com/2011/06/reminder-book-release-party-tonight-sacred-gallery.html">book release party</a> at <a href="http://www.sacredgallerynyc.com/gallery">Sacred Gallery</a> in Manhattan.<br /><br />While perusing the art hanging on the walls, I noticed a fellow attendee who had a lot of tattoos. To be honest, that pretty much described everyone in attendance, but what jumped out at me was a familiar-looking piece on this gentleman's leg:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlJWHHH6_W-_MH3a_n0ntTc-mnsA5UJXbqZ2Pdy4tQTKq825QrLixVc0BdYRO7w7mLO2sCr51qQUmuKyevrTNCDKg3fVWRmhVeTz0ZCepNUJpYIA8rO00FV_T0bF2CjbtR0qZyZcQYsI/s320/Pam_Can_Tattoo_20090515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlJWHHH6_W-_MH3a_n0ntTc-mnsA5UJXbqZ2Pdy4tQTKq825QrLixVc0BdYRO7w7mLO2sCr51qQUmuKyevrTNCDKg3fVWRmhVeTz0ZCepNUJpYIA8rO00FV_T0bF2CjbtR0qZyZcQYsI/s320/Pam_Can_Tattoo_20090515.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Janet Loder-Berthelon</td></tr></tbody></table>What was surprising about this tattoo is that I had seen it before - just not in person. It had, however, appeared on Tattoosday, two years earlier in <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/05/janet-presents-non-stick-tattoo-that-is.html">this post</a>, courtesy of my friend Janet, who spotted the host on the subway and unwittingly submitted one of the few "guest spots" we have ever had.<br /><br />I introduced myself and learned that the gentleman's name is <a href="http://www.teamrockstarimages.com/">Steve Prue</a>, a very talented photographer (click through his name to see some amazing work). Needless to say, he remembered meeting Janet, and offered up to me some of his amazing work on his left sleeve:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOEP2cZb7XmwYG5ha0S0lcidYYzKAXG5nTkHUhnk-USoyLg0ScfhsUzQqYrZ7uQJJFfKCs7VwBUOkOyKzHbMrPMO29HNDe7BtWv_-zQp1RirccDHo3R7zsR4UJvbRQWx3jPagQS7VQtw/s0-d/108_1277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfOEP2cZb7XmwYG5ha0S0lcidYYzKAXG5nTkHUhnk-USoyLg0ScfhsUzQqYrZ7uQJJFfKCs7VwBUOkOyKzHbMrPMO29HNDe7BtWv_-zQp1RirccDHo3R7zsR4UJvbRQWx3jPagQS7VQtw/s0-d/108_1277.JPG" width="290" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYObHQ-PUWmfV3Glw40A0vMn6dZcsEQJQs5ZDTJmzz2wc4LY9jwMKixaeCu-sUufojIDqMb9GKQOFYiyV8DRhWqtXOHPpYwWvhpfxtnKxlc76oPHgdX6QrsfPMG3J4_CWQMUtHV24WHZs/s0-d/108_1278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYObHQ-PUWmfV3Glw40A0vMn6dZcsEQJQs5ZDTJmzz2wc4LY9jwMKixaeCu-sUufojIDqMb9GKQOFYiyV8DRhWqtXOHPpYwWvhpfxtnKxlc76oPHgdX6QrsfPMG3J4_CWQMUtHV24WHZs/s0-d/108_1278.JPG" width="326" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>These wonderful tattoos are the handiwork of <a href="http://www.tribulationtattoo.com/artist.aspx?id=1">Tim Kern</a> of <a href="http://www.tribulationtattoo.com/home.aspx">Tribulation Tattoo</a>. The robot face (above) and what Steve called his "robo-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali">Kali</a>" (below) are truly phenomenal and it is almost criminal that I have been sitting on these photos for so long.<br /><br />This "small world" story ended up letting us experience segments of  two "out of this world" tattoos.<br /><br />Thanks to Steve for sharing them with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><b id="internal-source-marker_0.45952231367118657"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. 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