Showdevils Live at Texas Body Art this week

TUESDAY MARCH 9,2010 at 7 pm
Come see the Showdevils perform LIVE at the studio. This will be a
free show and donations will be encouraged. See the thrills and
chills of the Enigma and Serana Rose exhibiting their amazing stunts.
As seen on Ripleys and the X files. Sure to make your jaws drop!

Kid friendly so bring the
little ones and oh dont forget your cameras as they will be having a
meet and greet after the show. Our way of showing Houston
appreciation for helping us be the Best Tattoo Studio in Houston 2
years and running by the USBA..

EVENT SCHEDULE FOR SHOWDEVILS
3-9-2010

It is against the law to tattoo Minors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess some people have to learn the hard way...
Heres the story and links..

Tattoo artist arrested, accused of providing service to juveniles

by Jeff McShan / 11 News

Posted on March 1, 2010 at 11:42 PM

Updated yesterday at 11:43 PM

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In Texas, it is illegal for an artist to give a juvenile a tattoo without parental consent, so when a Houston-area father heard his 16-year-old daughter allegedly got a butterfly tattoo from City Boyz tattoo parlor, he wasn't happy.

“This location is known by multiple juveniles in the area to be the place to go get a tattoo if you are underage because they wouldn’t ask for any identification,” Lt. Kenneth Key said.

Armed with a warrant, it took Precinct-4 deputy constables less than a minute to find Fernando Sanchez inside City Boyz tattoo parlor. Sanchez' nickname is "monster." In his police mug shot you can see that he has the word name tattooed right below his nose.

He also has tattoos all over his face, on one side you can see the word “murder” in bold letters with a picture of an assault rifle located right under it, near his cheek.

“And knowing his criminal background and his gang association; it was just horrible. My wife and I were just terrified,” the girl’s parent told 11 News.

Hoping to protect their daughter, the parents asked us not to reveal their identities.

11 News learned Sanchez is documented by law enforcement authorities as a member of the Houstones. It's a gang you can only join behind bars.

Searching court records, we discovered that he has a lengthy criminal history, serving time for burglary and felony assault.

Now Sanchez has been charged with giving a minor a tattoo at City Boyz, which at the moment is still open.

“The officer said they were going to shut the place down because there were several health code violations,” the father said.
And because of his daughter's new butterfly tattoo he says he is concerned.

“We're going to have to have her blood checked, which is a real concern for us right now to make sure she doesn't have any HIV or hepatitis,” said the parent.

11 News was unable to reach the owners of City Boyz to get a comment but, the juvenile told detectives that many of her high school classmates got their tattoos there.

That's why her father said he sent a letter to the school's principal hoping other parents will know what is going on.

“Students were putting themselves at risk each time they entered that store," he said.

He says parents should check their kids for hidden tattoos.

“You know we talk about drugs and alcohol with our children, but we forget to talk with them about tattoos,” the parent said.

http://www.khou.com/news/Tattoo-artist-arrested-accused-of-providing-service-to-juveniles-85928647.html

News and events Texas Body Art

This years Slinging Ink will be held in SanAntonio on Feb.19-21st. Johnny Jackson ,AJ,Russ Bagwell will be sharing booths there and are now accepting appointments for the weekend.
Feel free to see their work and schedule an appointment by visiting the website at http://www.texasbodyart.com/TATTOO.HTML
Mizuz Inkaholik will be there as well so come see her and get your photo taken with her.
They we also be at San Antonio Moto Expo as well....

COME CHECK OUT THE BIGGEST MOTORCYCLE, MUSIC, MODELS AND MAYHEIM EVENT OF THE YEAR. THE 6TH ANNUAL SOUTH TEXAS MOTORCYCLE BIKE SHOW @ JOE FREEMAN COLISEUM MARCH 20-22.

THERE WILL BE LIVE REMOTES FROOM 99.5 KISS, KZEP 104.5 CLASSIC ROCK, AND THE BEAT 98.5. SAN ANTONIO'S BEST ACTS SHARE THE STAGE IN 3 ACTION PACKED DAYS.
THERE WILL BE LIVE BANDS, EXTREME STREET SCENE, $10,000.00 STUNT COMPETITION, SWAP MEET, AND OVER 250 VENDORS, AND MUCH MUCH MORE.
DON'T MISS IT!!!!!!!!

BREAKING NEWS!!!!

WE WELCOME IN OUR NEWEST ARTIST TO THE TEAM WHO HAS HAD A REPUTATION IN HOUSTON FOR OVER 12 YEARS AS A GREAT TATTOO ARTIST. ONCE A MONTH ON THE 3rd WEEKEND OF EVERY MONTH SEAN OZZ WILL BE AT THE SHOP. HE WILL BE TATTOOING BY APPOINTMENT ONLY SO MAKE SURE TO SET UP SOMETHING NOW FOR HIM TO DO HIS BEAUTIFUL WORK ON YOU.

COMING TO TEXAS BODY ART IN MARCH WILL BE THE FAMOUS ENIGMA

Enigma is a good friend and we welcome him to the
shop and always try to show him a warm welcome when he is here.
You can meet him and/or get tattooed by him at the studio.
Book your appointment now as it is first come first serve...
If your not familiar with him check it out at these sites.
http://www.electricacidtheatre.com/home.html

http://www.showdevils.com/

ALSO FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!!!!!!!
FREE TICKETS FREE TICKETS FREE TICKETS FREE TICKETS FREE TICKETS

BE SURE TO SWING BY TEXAS BODY ART TO REGISTER FOR FREE TICKETS TO SEE THE DROPKICK MURPHS COMING TO WAREHOUSE LIVE.
There is a box inside the studio and while your getting your new tattoo you can register to win. Winner gets 2 tickets to the show on March 2, 2010.

Upcoming events and dates
Feb.19-21st Slinging Ink in San Antonio
http://www.slinginginktattooexpo.com
Feb.19-21st Guest Artist Sean Oliver will be at Texas Body Art tattooing View his work at
http://www.worldofozz.com/
March 6-7 th The Enigma will be Guest Artist at Texas Body Art
http://www.enigmalive.com
March 19-20-21st Tattoo Moto Expo in San Antonio special guests will be Texas Body Art
http://www.txbikeshow.com

Thanks very much for all the support.
Make this the year to get your new INK!

Texas Body Art is now on twitter and Facebook so feel free to add them today and stay on top of the latest news.

Johnny Jackson Texas Body Art
http://www.inkaholik.com

World FamousTexas Tattoo studio in Houston

For the second consecutive year, I am pleased to announce that Texas Body Art has been selected for the 2009 Houston Award in the Tattoo Studios category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).

Nationwide, only 1 in 70 (1.4%) 2008 Award recipients qualified as 2009 Award Winners. I'm sure that your selection as a 2009 Award Winner is a reflection of the hard work of not only yourself, but of many people that have supported your business and contributed to the subsequent success of your organization. Congratulations on your selection to such an elite group of small businesses.

In recognition of your achievement, a special 2009 Houston Award has been designed for display at your place of business. You may arrange to have your award sent directly to Texas Body Art by following the simple steps on the 2008 Houston Award order form. Simply copy and paste this link into your browser to access the order form:
http://www.uslocalbusinessassociation.com/AQ9N2U4GJ

The USLBA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Also, a copy of the press release publicizing the two-time selection of Texas Body Art is posted on the USLBA website. USLBA hereby grants Texas Body Art a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, distribute, and display this press release in any media formats and through any media channels.

In order to provide you with the best possible service, you have been assigned an award code that can be used on our website for quick access to your award information and press release. If you have any questions or comments, please include this code with your correspondence.

Your award code is: Q9N2U4GJ

Sincerely,

Ashley Carter
Selection Committee Chair
U.S. Local Business Association

p.s. If the links are not working in this email please copy and paste the following URLs into your browser:
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The intended recipient of this notification is the Marketing Director for Texas Body Art . If you have received this email in error please forward it to the intended recipient. If you do not wish to receive further advertisements from USLBA, please mail a written request to: US Local Business Association, 2020 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite #742, Washington, DC 20006 or simply click to opt-out.

HELP CATCH A KILLER........

HELP CATCH THESE LOW LIFES PLEASE !


Tattoo parlor owner shot and killed while protecting customers

10:35 AM CDT on Thursday, April 9, 2009

By Courtney Zubowski / 11 News

HOUSTON -- Police say armed robbers shot and killed the owner of the Black Widow Tattoo Parlor in northwest Houston Wednesday morning. Investigators believe the owner was protecting his customers from the suspects when he was killed.
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Now friends and family are remembering the man who sacrificed his life to defend others.

“I'm wearing him on the insides of both arms," said victim’s friend Bart Stewart, while showing his tattoos. "His dream was to always open the shop and he was relentless in getting this shop open."

But early Wednesday morning, the shop turned into a crime scene.

Investigators say three men, dressed in dark clothes and wearing bandanas to cover their faces, tried to rob customers at the Black Widow Tattoo Parlor. Friends say Steve Robbins got in the middle of the robbery and paid for his actions with his life. He was shot several times.

"It didn't shock me at all that he put himself at risk to protect his customers. He did not have a fearful bone in his body," Stewart said.

Friends say that Robbins wasn’t only brave, but also generous.

"If they would have came to Steve and asked him for whatever, he would have gladly, and all of us agree, taken his shirt off his back," one friend said.

Friends say by no means was Robbins a perfect angel, but he didn't deserve to die like this.

Police are looking for three suspects who left in a white four door Cadillac with dark tinted windows and chrome wheels.

If you have any information on this incident, contact police.

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Tattoo history and facts.

Check out this incredible historical Haida tattoo find!!


Amazing Discovery of Early Haida "Tattooing Kit" at Smithsonian Institution

Socializing Bodies: A History of the Tattoo
- An excellent article the covers the history of tattoos and their
significance in the culture of today.

Historically, all Amazonian tribes were identified by unique
facial tattoos.

The Matsés have accentuated lines tattooed on their faces to
identify them as members of their tribe. The

Movement in the
Amazon for Tribal Subsistence and Economic Sustainability (MATSES)
is an organization of the Matsés tribe offering assistance to the
Matsés people. The non-profit organization was formed so that this
native Amazonian tribe can conserve their native culture and
indigenous communal reserve in a sustainable and autonomous manner. 
 

Amazon
Indians Native Tribe Photos | Videos - Introduction to
Amazon native tribes of the Rainforest. Source for photos and videos
of Amazon Indian tribes and indigenous people of the Amazon,
including photo gallery and images.

Smithsonian Magazine - TATTOOS - The Ancient and Mysterious History 
Humans have marked their bodies with tattoos for thousands of
years. These permanent designs—sometimes plain, sometimes elaborate,
always personal—have served as amulets, status symbols, declarations
of love, signs of religious beliefs, adornments and even forms of
punishment.

Mummy of Tattooed Woman Discovered in Peru Pyramid - An exquisitely
preserved and elaborately tattooed mummy of a young woman has been
discovered deep inside a mud-brick pyramid in northern Peru,
archaeologists from Peru and the U.S. announced... (See

photos of the mummy from National Geographic magazine.)

Tattooed mummy, baptized the Lady of Cao, discovered in Peru


May 16, 2006. Source: MSN News, AP, National
Geographic

Tattooed mummy puzzles scientists in Peru. They say items found
alongside female hint that she was a warrior...

Tribal Tattoo History - a
sampling of early tribal tattoo designs from around the world
starting in Egypt 2000BC

Tribalsite
-- A forum for traditional tribal cultures, ethnographic art, and alternative
natural remedies, from around the world.

tribalphoto.com
-- tribalphoto.com is a photographic resource that supports tribal survival, the defense of human rights and cultural autonomy of indigenous people.

Tribaltrappings - Specializes in the artifacts of the world's tribal cultures especially those in SE Asia, Indonesia, Central Asia and the Middle East.
Check tattoo items in Antiques/Tools & Weapons.

Australian
Museum's - Body Art -- about universality, diversity and antiquity: concepts of beauty: identity and transformation: meaning and significance of symbols: and pain, endurance and rites of passage.

Early
Archaeological Evidence of Tattoos in Neolithic Europe -- An ancient clay figure of the lower half of a male body believed to date back to the Stone Age has been discovered in eastern Germany,
archaeologists said... The statue, dubbed the Adonis of Zschernitz, details a male body from the waist to the calves, and is the first such representation of a man to be found in the area, believed to date from 5,000 BC.
The Adonis also has deliberate cuts along its bottom, which, Miss Oexle said, are not indications of clothing but probably represent tattoos...

Skin
Stories - The Art and Culture of Polynesian Tattoo --  Skin Stories is an anthology of stories and stunning images gathered from the hot spots of Pacific tattoo: from the steaming landscape of Rotorua in New Zealand to the vibrant gathering of the first international tattoo convention in Apia, Samoa; from the terraced, lush taro fields of Maui to the golden beaches of O’ahu and California.

Samoa
- Tattoos -- Some basic information about the tattooing procedure in Samoa. Drawings of tattoos from Samoa, a photograph of the implements used in Samoa for tattooing and the traditional song sung in Samoa
while men are receiving the pe'a

TATAU:
THE TAHITIAN REVIVAL -- Tricia Allen's 1998 article on the revival
of the Tahitian tattoo

Tongan
Tatatau tradition -- Dedicated to preserving a once important
part of Tongan culture, in an area that is usually associated with
Samoan or Tahitian traditions.

Easter
Island Tattoos -- Some of the traditional designs and bit of
history

History-induced Stigma: The Role of Tattoos in Japanese Society
-- Excellent overview of the history of tattooing in Japan, the
current feelings about having a tattoo and much more! Well written and
researched -- recommended reading!

The
Art of the Japanese Tattoo -- The
Japanese tattoo is an ancient art. Haniwa, small clay figurines, some
bearing facial tattoos, have been found in tombs that date from the
fourth or fifth century. It is thought that the tattoo signified social
rank or warded off evil spirits and wild animals. Over time, the custom
faded and it became the fate of criminals, in the old Chinese manner, to
be tattooed on the face as a form of punishment.

Tattoo
History and Culture in early Japan -- The most comprehensive record of early Japan that remains was written by the Chinese some time before A.D. 300. It portrays the Japanese as law-abiding people, fond of drink, concerned with divination and ritual purity, familiar with agriculture (including wet-rice cultivation), expert at fishing and weaving, and living in a society where social differences were expressed through the use of tattooing or other bodily markings.

Ancient
Egyptian Tattoos -- Written records, physical remains, and works
of art relevant to Egyptian tattoo have virtually been ignored by
earlier Egyptologists influenced by prevailing social attitudes toward
the medium.

Beauty
Secrets of the Egyptians -- Tattoos in Ancient Egypt, this
article is devoted to ancient and permanent body adornment.

Body Piercing,
Tattoos and the Image of God -- Sermon given April 24, 1998, by Rabbi Barry H. Block

Christians,
Tattoos and Piercings
-- Can a Christian have a Tattoo?

Religion
and Spirituality -- I
started my search by looking for the word “tattoo” in the Bible. The
King James Version never mentions it, and the New International Version
and the New King James Version mention it only once, in Leviticus
19:28...

Tattoos
in India -- Tattooing is widely practiced among the Adivasis of
Madhya Pradesh

Tattoo
in Chinese history -- tattoo is called "Wen Shen" or
"Ci Shen" in Chinese. The term means literally "puncture
the body".

Tattooed Royalty -- An 1898
article titled "Queer Stories of a Queer Craze" by R. J. Stephen
published in The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine.

Tattoo
History Source Book -- Steve Gilbert's extensively
researched site has a lot of info

A
Unique Part of History -- At one time tattoos were only accepted among sailors, bikers or freaks.
Today it seems like almost everyone has a tattoo. Hell, your mom's probably got one in a place you don't want to know about...

North
America's Wichita Tribe -- Historical overview of the Wichita
people that includes mention of their tattooing practices

NOVA
Online -- Ice Mummies: Siberian Ice Maiden -- Some of the
earliest examples of tattooing

NOVA Online
-- Transcripts | Ice Mummies: Return of the Iceman

Nationalgeographic.com -- Resource for scientific discovery, travel, exploration, photography, maps, and news, featuring multimedia applications, live webcams, educational tools, and an online store from the National Geographic Society.

American
Museum of Modern History -- Body Art: Marks of Identity 
Lots of facts and resources

The
National Museum of Natural History -- Smithsonian Institution

The Museum of Anthropology at
U.B.C. -- information about and access to cultural objects from around the world, with emphasis on the achievements and concerns of the First Peoples and British Columbia's cultural communities

History of tattoos.

found this and thought I would share...
Check out these great tattoo history articles by
Lars Krutak.

Tattooing Among Japan's Ainu People



The Tattooed Headhunters of Taiwan



Tattooing in the Gran Chaco of South America


Many Stitches for Life: The Antiquity of Thread
& Needle Tattooing

Tattoos
of the early hunter-gatherers
of the Arctic!

Piercing
and Penetration in the Arctic


The Last Tattoos
of St. Lawrence Island


North America’s Tattooed Indian Kings



Tribal
tattoos of Papua New Guinea



Sacred skin -
tattoos of Easter Island

Crest Tattoos of the Tlingit and Haida of the Northwest Coast