Ed Hardy is the most impactful tattooer of our time. Now that he no longer working, does his influence end?[Watch this episode on <a href="https://youtu.be/ymhQiZHQIWk" target="_blank">YOUTUBE]</a>Ed's legendary San Francisco shop, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/tattoo_city" target="_blank">Tattoo City</a>, closed its doors for good yesterday. His publishing company, Hardy Marks no longer has him at the helm. Does his influence end now that these two huge vehicles for how he performed and shared his work are in his past?While the shop is now gone, sadly, Ed handed the book publishing torch to a very capable team, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/stateofgracetaki" target="_blank">Taki</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/knivesandneedles" target="_blank">Molly</a> Kitamura. With the experience of making amazing books of their own, documenting and sharing pieces of tattoo culture and history (in a way reminiscent of Ed himself), I can't imagine Hardy Marks landing in the care of anyone better.One of their first projects is reintroducing the Tattoo Time series, with new issues to come soon. Taki wanted to introduce their new editor, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/ethangregorydodge" target="_blank">Ethan Dodge</a>, a great writer among many other things. Check out more about <a href="http://www.hardymarks.com" target="_blank">HARDY MARKS PUBLICATIONS</a>Find Taki and Molly at <a href="http://www.instagram.com/stateofgracetattoo" target="_blank">STATE OF GRACE TATTOO</a> in San Jose, CABOOKS CLOSED Podcast is made by <a href="http://www.instagram.com/andrewstortz" target="_blank">Andrew Stortz</a>Find Andrew in Portsmouth, NH at <a href="http://www.worshiptattoo.com" target="_blank">Worship Tattoo</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Ed Hardy is the most impactful tattooer of our time. Now that he no longer working, does his influence end?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[Watch this episode on &lt;a href="https://youtu.be/ymhQiZHQIWk" target="_blank"&gt;YOUTUBE]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ed's legendary San Francisco shop, &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/tattoo_city" target="_blank"&gt;Tattoo City&lt;/a&gt;, closed its doors for good yesterday. His publishing company, Hardy Marks no longer has him at the helm. Does his influence end now that these two huge vehicles for how he performed and shared his work are in his past?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While the shop is now gone, sadly, Ed handed the book publishing torch to a very capable team, &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/stateofgracetaki" target="_blank"&gt;Taki&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/knivesandneedles" target="_blank"&gt;Molly&lt;/a&gt; Kitamura. With the experience of making amazing books of their own, documenting and sharing pieces of tattoo culture and history (in a way reminiscent of Ed himself), I can't imagine Hardy Marks landing in the care of anyone better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of their first projects is reintroducing the Tattoo Time series, with new issues to come soon. Taki wanted to introduce their new editor, &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/ethangregorydodge" target="_blank"&gt;Ethan Dodge&lt;/a&gt;, a great writer among many other things.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check out more about &lt;a href="http://www.hardymarks.com" target="_blank"&gt;HARDY MARKS PUBLICATIONS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Taki and Molly at &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/stateofgracetattoo" target="_blank"&gt;STATE OF GRACE TATTOO&lt;/a&gt; in San Jose, CA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOOKS CLOSED Podcast is made by &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/andrewstortz" target="_blank"&gt;Andrew Stortz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Andrew in Portsmouth, NH at &lt;a href="http://www.worshiptattoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;Worship Tattoo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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Ed Hardy is the most impactful tattooer of our time. Now that he no longer working, does his influence end?

059 - Who Can Carry the Torch for ED HARDY? ft. Taki & Molly Kitamura, Ethan Dodge

Andrew catches up with tattooer and musician, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/dansmithism" target="_blank">Dan Smith</a>, backstage in Boston before Dan takes the stage with Eighteen Visions.They talk about the way music and tattooing can feed each other, Dan's experience with being featured on reality TV, and why he is enjoying slowing things down now.Find Dan at <a href="https://www.capturedtattoo.com/" target="_blank">Captured Tattoo</a> in Tustin, CA THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY:<a href="http://www.afterlifepress.com" target="_blank">Afterlife Press</a>Afterlife Press has just released <a href="https://www.afterlifepress.com/afterlife-vol4" target="_blank">Volume 4</a> of their flagship Afterlife Volumes series. Volume 4 features powerhouse tattooers <a href="https://www.afterlifepress.com/afterlife-vol4" target="_blank">Henning Jorgensen and Mike Rubendall</a>.Subscribers to Afterlife's email newsletter receive early access to ALL new releases as well as exclusive offers for discounts and other goodies. Make sure to head over to <a href="http://www.afterlifepress.com" target="_blank">afterlifepress.com</a> and sign up now to stay ahead of the game!Right now, Afterlife is offering an awesome promo for issues of Disintegration: 50% off if you buy all three issues at once! ****************************************************BOOKS CLOSED Podcast is made by <a href="http://www.instagram.com/andrewstortz" target="_blank">Andrew Stortz</a>Find Andrew in Portsmouth, NH at <a href="http://www.worshiptattoo.com" target="_blank">Worship Tattoo</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Andrew catches up with tattooer and musician, &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/dansmithism" target="_blank"&gt;Dan Smith&lt;/a&gt;, backstage in Boston before Dan takes the stage with Eighteen Visions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They talk about the way music and tattooing can feed each other, Dan's experience with being featured on reality TV, and why he is enjoying slowing things down now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Dan at &lt;a href="https://www.capturedtattoo.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Captured Tattoo&lt;/a&gt; in Tustin, CA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.afterlifepress.com" target="_blank"&gt;Afterlife Press&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Afterlife Press has just released &lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.afterlifepress.com/afterlife-vol4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volume 4&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt; of their flagship &lt;strong&gt;Afterlife Volumes series&lt;/strong&gt;. Volume 4 features powerhouse tattooers &lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.afterlifepress.com/afterlife-vol4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Henning Jorgensen and Mike Rubendall&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribers to Afterlife's email newsletter receive early access to ALL new releases as well as exclusive offers for discounts and other goodies. Make sure to head over to &lt;a href="http://www.afterlifepress.com" target="_blank"&gt;afterlifepress.com&lt;/a&gt; and sign up now to stay ahead of the game!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Right now, Afterlife is offering an awesome promo for issues of Disintegration: 50% off if you buy all three issues at once! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;****************************************************&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOOKS CLOSED Podcast is made by &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/andrewstortz" target="_blank"&gt;Andrew Stortz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Andrew in Portsmouth, NH at &lt;a href="http://www.worshiptattoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;Worship Tattoo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Andrew catches up with tattooer and musician, Dan Smith, backstage in Boston before Dan takes the stage with Eighteen Visions.

058 - Dan Smith

The legendary king of tribal tattooing, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/leo.zulueta" target="_blank">Leo Zulueta</a>, was tricked into becoming a tattooer by Ed Hardy. Is there another tattooer with an origin story as crazy as that?![This episode has a huge visual component, <a href="https://youtu.be/nfvaSRAN6r4" target="_blank">watch here on YouTube</a>]Leo talks about how the high contrast punk rock show posters he made in his younger years set the stage for the heavy black tribal tattoo style that he hugely brought into the visual vocabulary of western tattooing. Tattooing as we know it today would simply not be the same without Leo's contributions over his decades long career.His influence and encouragement has been felt by many, and we also hear some anecdotes from <a href="http://www.instagram.com/jaredleathers" target="_blank">Jared Leathers</a>, <a href="http://www.instagram.com/apshrewsbury" target="_blank">Adam Shrewsbury</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/julianbast" target="_blank">Julian Bast</a>.Leo's new book, The Black Wave, can be ordered now through:<a href="https://belzel.com/collections/blackwork/products/leo-zulueta-the-black-wave" target="_blank">Belzel Books</a> (US)<a href="https://coenen-publishing.com/en/collections/books/products/the-black-wave-by-leo-zulueta-pre-order" target="_blank">Coenen Publishing</a> (EU)<a href="https://www.sydneytattooclub.com.au/products/leo-zulueta-black-wave" target="_blank">Sydney Tattoo Club</a> (AUS)<a href="https://yokozunashoten.bigcartel.com/category/hardy-marks-publication" target="_blank">Yokozuna Shoten</a>**************************************************THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY:<a href="http://www.afterlifepress.com" target="_blank">Afterlife Press</a>Afterlife Press has just released <a href="https://www.afterlifepress.com/afterlife-vol4" target="_blank">Volume 4</a> of their flagship Afterlife Volumes series. Volume 4 features powerhouse tattooers <a href="https://www.afterlifepress.com/afterlife-vol4" target="_blank">Henning Jorgensen and Mike Rubendall</a>.Subscribers to Afterlife's email newsletter receive early access to ALL new releases as well as exclusive offers for discounts and other goodies. Make sure to head over to <a href="http://www.afterlifepress.com" target="_blank">afterlifepress.com</a> and sign up now to stay ahead of the game!Right now, Afterlife is offering an awesome promo for issues of Disintegration: 50% off if you buy all three issues at once! ****************************************************BOOKS CLOSED Podcast is made by <a href="http://www.instagram.com/andrewstortz" target="_blank">Andrew Stortz</a>Find Andrew in Portsmouth, NH at <a href="http://www.worshiptattoo.com" target="_blank">Worship Tattoo</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;The legendary king of tribal tattooing, &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/leo.zulueta" target="_blank"&gt;Leo Zulueta&lt;/a&gt;, was tricked into becoming a tattooer by Ed Hardy. Is there another tattooer with an origin story as crazy as that?!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;[This episode has a huge visual component, &lt;a href="https://youtu.be/nfvaSRAN6r4" target="_blank"&gt;watch here on YouTube&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leo talks about how the high contrast punk rock show posters he made in his younger years set the stage for the heavy black tribal tattoo style that he hugely brought into the visual vocabulary of western tattooing. Tattooing as we know it today would simply not be the same without Leo's contributions over his decades long career.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;His influence and encouragement has been felt by many, and we also hear some anecdotes from &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/jaredleathers" target="_blank"&gt;Jared Leathers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/apshrewsbury" target="_blank"&gt;Adam Shrewsbury&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/julianbast" target="_blank"&gt;Julian Bast&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leo's new book, &lt;i&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Black Wave&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, can be ordered now through:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://belzel.com/collections/blackwork/products/leo-zulueta-the-black-wave" target="_blank"&gt;Belzel Books&lt;/a&gt; (US)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://coenen-publishing.com/en/collections/books/products/the-black-wave-by-leo-zulueta-pre-order" target="_blank"&gt;Coenen Publishing&lt;/a&gt; (EU)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.sydneytattooclub.com.au/products/leo-zulueta-black-wave" target="_blank"&gt;Sydney Tattoo Club&lt;/a&gt; (AUS)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://yokozunashoten.bigcartel.com/category/hardy-marks-publication" target="_blank"&gt;Yokozuna Shoten&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;**************************************************&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.afterlifepress.com" target="_blank"&gt;Afterlife Press&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Afterlife Press has just released &lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.afterlifepress.com/afterlife-vol4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Volume 4&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt; of their flagship &lt;strong&gt;Afterlife Volumes series&lt;/strong&gt;. Volume 4 features powerhouse tattooers &lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.afterlifepress.com/afterlife-vol4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Henning Jorgensen and Mike Rubendall&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribers to Afterlife's email newsletter receive early access to ALL new releases as well as exclusive offers for discounts and other goodies. Make sure to head over to &lt;a href="http://www.afterlifepress.com" target="_blank"&gt;afterlifepress.com&lt;/a&gt; and sign up now to stay ahead of the game!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Right now, Afterlife is offering an awesome promo for issues of Disintegration: 50% off if you buy all three issues at once! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;****************************************************&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOOKS CLOSED Podcast is made by &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/andrewstortz" target="_blank"&gt;Andrew Stortz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Andrew in Portsmouth, NH at &lt;a href="http://www.worshiptattoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;Worship Tattoo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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The legendary king of tribal tattooing, Leo Zulueta, was tricked into becoming a tattooer by Ed Hardy. Is there another tattooer with an origin story as crazy as that?!

057 - Leo Zulueta

<a href="http://www.instagram.com/apshrewsbury" target="_blank">Adam Shrewsbury</a> went all-in on pottery after a hiatus from tattooing, and has never looked back. Andrew visits Adam's pottery studio to see what he has been working on and what's next. Also, Adam discusses the clarity he has gained for his tattooing through taking a break, how tattooing suffers from a lack of outside influence, and a story about the time he got to pick up Thom DeVita from the airport.See more of Adam's work <a href="https://www.apshrewsbury.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>(You can WATCH this video on YOUTUBE) BOOKS CLOSED is produced by <a href="http://www.instagram.com/andrewstortz" target="_blank">Andrew Stortz</a>Find Andrew at <a href="http://www.worshiptattoo.com" target="_blank">Worship Tattoo</a> in Portsmouth, NH

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/apshrewsbury" target="_blank"&gt;Adam Shrewsbury&lt;/a&gt; went all-in on pottery after a hiatus from tattooing, and has never looked back. Andrew visits Adam's pottery studio to see what he has been working on and what's next. Also, Adam discusses the clarity he has gained for his tattooing through taking a break, how tattooing suffers from a lack of outside influence, and a story about the time he got to pick up Thom DeVita from the airport.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See more of Adam's work &lt;a href="https://www.apshrewsbury.com/" target="_blank"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(You can WATCH this video on YOUTUBE)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOOKS CLOSED is produced by &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/andrewstortz" target="_blank"&gt;Andrew Stortz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Andrew at &lt;a href="http://www.worshiptattoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;Worship Tattoo&lt;/a&gt; in Portsmouth, NH&lt;/p&gt;
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Adam Shrewsbury went all-in on pottery after a hiatus from tattooing, and has never looked back. Andrew visits Adam's pottery studio.

056 - Adam Shrewsbury

Hold on tight, you are about to enter the mind of <a href="http://www.instagram.com/julianbast" target="_blank">Julian Bast</a>, and I don't think you are ready.(You can <a href="https://youtu.be/TuagIS4Lp-E" target="_blank">WATCH this video on YOUTUBE)</a>Julian is a tattooer and artist who is focused on letting an unstructured process steer the ship. Modeling his approach after the freedom he saw his children have when making art, he keeps the idea of "play" at the forefront. I have admired everything he does for years, and was excited to finally meet him and spend some time getting tattooed and having the conversations you will see in this episode. We talk about how family and work have started to blend more seamlessly for him, the benefits of automatic drawing, and he tells a story about how he almost lost his mind while painting a mural...but just for a split second.Julian works at <a href="http://www.instagram.com/namebrandtattoo" target="_blank">Name Brand Tattoo</a> in Ann Arbor, MI. BOOKS CLOSED is produced by <a href="http://www.instagram.com/andrewstortz" target="_blank">Andrew Stortz</a>Find Andrew at <a href="http://www.worshiptattoo.com" target="_blank">Worship Tattoo</a> in Portsmouth, NH

<description>&lt;p&gt;Hold on tight, you are about to enter the mind of &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/julianbast" target="_blank"&gt;Julian Bast&lt;/a&gt;, and I don't think you are ready.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(You can &lt;a href="https://youtu.be/TuagIS4Lp-E" target="_blank"&gt;WATCH this video on YOUTUBE)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Julian is a tattooer and artist who is focused on letting an unstructured process steer the ship. Modeling his approach after the freedom he saw his children have when making art, he keeps the idea of "play" at the forefront. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have admired everything he does for years, and was excited to finally meet him and spend some time getting tattooed and having the conversations you will see in this episode. We talk about how family and work have started to blend more seamlessly for him, the benefits of automatic drawing, and he tells a story about how he almost lost his mind while painting a mural...but just for a split second.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Julian works at &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/namebrandtattoo" target="_blank"&gt;Name Brand Tattoo&lt;/a&gt; in Ann Arbor, MI.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BOOKS CLOSED is produced by &lt;a href="http://www.instagram.com/andrewstortz" target="_blank"&gt;Andrew Stortz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find Andrew at &lt;a href="http://www.worshiptattoo.com" target="_blank"&gt;Worship Tattoo&lt;/a&gt; in Portsmouth, NH&lt;/p&gt;
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Hold on tight, you are about to enter the mind of Julian Bast, and I don't think you are ready.

055 - Julian Bast

Tattoo artists will be quick to tell you that things aren't the way they used to be. We sit down with a different tattooer on each episode to discuss how technology, social media and the internet in general have totally changed the way we approach the job.

Books Closed: Tattoos and the Internet Collide, Hosted by Andrew Stortz

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