Flash Your Tattoo

John Lynch, also known as Prince “John” Albert”,  is quite a unique character whose story is just as interesting as his visible appearance. He is known for having the most piercings of anyone in the UK where he resides. You may recognize him from tattoo and piercing sites, tattoo conventions, and magazines.  I’ve seen his picture in the media but never thought much about the man behind the metal. Until I read an interesting interview with him.

He worked in the banking industry for over 30 years and didn’t start getting tattoos and piercings until after he left this long running career.  He was married for over 20 years and has a daughter and two grandchildren.  He eventually admitted he was gay and left his marriage. He went from a banking career to managing a gay porn book shop.  You might say this was the turning point of John’s life as well as a major career change. (continue reading…)

Wakes are not the most pleasant of times, but they can be a bit entertaining when your family decides to do an unusual and odd thing.  Shake things up a bit if you will.  When a Puerto Rican family made the arrangements for their 22 year old relative, who was murdered this past Thursday, they wanted to send him off by honoring the man’s passion. He loved to ride his motorcycle.   So after the funeral home embalmed his body, they dressed him in his jeans, propped some shades on his head and posed him on his Honda for the entire 3 day wake.  (continue reading…)

Maybe you’ve heard of painted cats – but have you heard of tattooed fish? Singapore exports tattooed fish to interested stores although animal rights activists do not condone this strange practice. (continue reading…)

Some of the pictures are very interesting photos of trees that have grown around various objects – a volkswagon, a bike, and other fairly large objects. In addition, there are many pictures of the artist displayed here – intentionally creating art from trees. Peter Cook and Becky Northey are Australian artists and tree shapers. (continue reading…)

I love shoes and I love art – if you are into obscure art findings, click on the title of this post. You’ll find examples of real shoes turned into works of art as well as this unique motorcycle design. (continue reading…)

Robert Bradford is an artist from the UK who is producing attractive pieces of work from recycled materials. His sculptures utilize plastic toys as their main modeling material. (continue reading…)