Description: George "Professor" Burchett was arguably the most famous tattoo artist in the UK and Europe throughout the first half of the twentieth century. With a career spanning over fifty years he tattooed everyone from servicemen to royalty and earning himself the title of 'King of Tattooists'. Finding an early love for the art of tattooing he was expelled from school at age 12 for tattooing his classmates and joined the Royal Navy at age 13. He developed his tattooing skills while traveling overseas in the Navy. He constantly designed new tattoos from his worldwide travel, incorporating African, Japanese and Southeast Asian motifs into his work. In the 1930s, he developed cosmetic tattooing with such techniques as permanently darkening eyebrows. He continued tattooing until his death in 1953 at the age of 80.
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EAN: 9781958425329
UPC: 9781958425329
ISBN: 9781958425329
MPN: N/A
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
Author: Burchett, George
Book Title: Memoirs of a Tattooist by Burchett, George
Item Height: 1.4 cm
Item Length: 21.6 cm
Item Weight: 0.29 kg
Item Width: 14 cm
Language: Eng
Publisher: Chosho Publishing
