Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Amerikan Traditionalist

KEVIN HINTON
Occupations: Tattoo Artist & Owner, Old Glory Tattoo, Venice, CA
Preoccupations: American Traditional tattoos and Iron Man triathlons

"I got my first tattoo when I was thirteen," says Kevin Hinton.

We sit at the bar in Hama Sushi, across the street from Venice's Old Glory Tattoo Parlor, the shop Hinton has owned and operated since 2005. I wonder who, in America, tattoos thirteen-year-olds.

"I saw African tribesmen tattooing themselves with a sharpened bone on a National Geographic show," Hinton says. "So I got a sewing needle and wrapped thread near the tip to control the depth and hold the ink." Ah-ha...

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