Friday the 13th Tattoos - Monkey Paw Tattoo Parlour - updated

Friday the 13th may strike fear into some people, but tattoo artists love it. They revel in the fun that surrounds the mythos of Friday the 13th...

So Michelle Taylor of Monkey Paw Tattoo Parlour

(Los Furias Tiki)

is offering to tattoo people for £13 of the designs 

shown below. From 9:30 am onwards, just walk 

in and get your original design!

Look at the Facebook Page

All pieces size as shown only, no necks or chests. See you on Friday! X

Monkey Paw Tattoo Parlour

Unit 3, Britannia Enterprise Centre

(Next to Morrisons) 

Waterworks Road

Hastings

East Sussex

Tel: 07423 059706

www.monkeypawtattooparlour.com

Two people got their tattoos done today

I wonder who their dolls represent...Happy Friday the 13th!

and

Exquisite Corpse Panel 7

Kerry Bennett, in preparation for her exhibition that opens on Wednesday at The Ridge Club at Hastings Court in Hastings (East Sussex), has completed her panel for the Exquisite Corpse theme of the Blackwing. 

My inspiration came from looking at all of the drawings before on the panel. The hole in the other images, I chose to change it to a crystal ball to see into the future. The black wings, something other than a bird, the interior of my brain with synapses pulsing came up with the above image and then needing something more human. I came up with the idea of human with the cocoon, and then I felt the need for the odd black feather or two. As if the winged creature had just flown away. So I guess, it bring the past, present and the future all together. 

She followed on from Daniel Newbury's panel. 

Kerry's Art Exhibition starts on the 4th of March 2015

Hastings Court "The Ridge Club" within the Care Home

Viewing from 11 am - 4 pm.

On for a couple of months

Solo Exhibition.

Opposite the Church, 

Just before the Crematorium.

Evil Musicians not that all musicians are evil

After suggesting that we do drawings based on evil musicians as Peter is in a production of The Ladykillers at The Stables Theatre in Hastings, we bring you the following:

Peter Elliott

Giuseppe Lama's Progress

Giuseppe Lama

Giuseppe Lama

Bartosz Jekiel

Kerry Bennett

Daniel Newbury

Our Chosen Instrument - #6 - Kerry Bennett

Kerry Bennett is an artist that lives in the South East of England, near to where the Battle of Hastings once took part whoever you listen to, and has a passionate and deep appreciation for flora, fauna and the natural world. She was born in Argentina and grew up in Brazil where she became enchanted with the nature on her doorstep.

Painting from an early age, she strove to capture the sub-tropical essence of her surroundings, with works combining both colour and nature. Kerry's itinerant lifestyle continued when she moved to the United States to study fine art and ceramics at Palomar College, California. Having successfully completed her studies she made one more move to settle in the United Kingdom, her ancestral home, where she comes continues to paint the natural world as she sees it.

She now lives near to the coast in Battle, East Sussex from where, drawing on her unique life experiences, she paints an eclectic mix of nature, plants and animals. She can be followed on her blog and her email

Our Chosen Instrument - #3 - Michelle Taylor

Michelle Taylor is a lovely tattoo artist who resides in Hastings. She has recently opened up her own tattoo parlour in central Hastings after working with other studios for four years.  The parlour was originally a hayloft for the horses in the stables below. Is it the only working tattoo parlour with its own winching wheel? Have a look at the Monkey Paw Tattoo Parlour or better yet, use it.

instrument of choice

Michelle has worked in many sectors including the production and selling of clothes, furnishings and jewellery; worked in the homelessness sector; completed her Fine Art degree in 2007 which majored in Installations. this then laid the path for art markets, exhibitions, open submissions and a shop in Hastings called i-Candy Arts - its ethos being to make art practised involvement to all. Michelle is a multi-tasker, she worked on i-Candy at the same time as working in her own studio, running club nights. She has now settled down to produce her own nature, Japanese, cover-up, rework and bespoke drawings and tattoos. 

lace pattern for a tatto drawn by Michelle 

She counts Louise Bourgeois, Vivienne Westwood, Paula Rego, Freaks and Circus Folk, Old Photos of New York to name but a few as inspirations. She has recently finished working with Jake and Dinos Chapman in Hastings, her work can be seen here. She can be contacted for work at +44 (0) 7423059706 or through the feedback form on her website or through Twitter.