![]() On the artistic side, more tattoo artists are shifting away from sketch pads in favor of computer screens, said expo spokeswoman Lindsey von Busch.ĭigital tattoo sketching on platforms like the Japan-based Wacom tablet allows artists to simulate design and placement of a tattoo on a client’s body, von Busch said. “And obviously not everybody is dying tomorrow.” “We really want this to happen,” he said. Families of NAPSA members who participate in the project receive a $2,000 “final wish benefit” for saving one of the person’s tattoos. The project, called “Save My Ink,” is coordinated with local mortuaries and funeral homes, Hamm said. “But these have meaning, and I want to keep them.” “I’m going to die someday and could get cremated like it never happened.” “I’ve spent about 150 hours at $200 an hour getting tattooed,” Hamm said. Hamm, 60, an accountant, said the idea came to him a couple years ago while discussing the value of his body art with friends. Edward Cornett, proudly displayed the Cleveland-based organization’s signature innovation: framed cut-outs of tattooed human skin.Ĭutting out and preserving tattoos allows families of lost loved ones to “save their story,” Hamm said. Hamm, who manned a large booth Saturday with physician Dr. ![]() The event served as the official launch for the National Association for the Preservation of Skin Art, an industry organization in the making since 2014, said association chairman Charles Hamm. “If you only take the best, how much better can you get? The newcomers will probably be better 10 years from now than the best today, anyway.”įor the first time in the expo’s 14 year history, the tattoo industry’s preservation and digital sides were also on display. “We check their work when they’re applying, so we know their potential,” Barth said of the novice artists. ![]() The public expo, which kicked off Friday and concluded Sunday, also featured two days of training and seminars, taught by the veteran tattoo artists for aspiring convention newcomers. “This week is as much about showcasing your work as it is learning.”Īfter a two-year absence, the annual tattoo expo and education conference hit the Las Vegas Convention Center with about 825 tattoo artists and roughly 55,000 convention participants from around the world. “It doesn’t matter if you started a year ago or if you started 30 years ago,” said Expo founder Mario Barth. With dozens of the world’s top tattoo artists and hundreds more up-and-comers slinging ink, the Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth made a resounding return to the Las Vegas Valley this weekend with a record number of artists and participants. ![]() Charles Hamm, owner of Save My Ink poses at the Nation Association for the Preservation of Skin Art booth at the "Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth" at the Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas Sunday, Sept. ![]()
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