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[[File:Cohen.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Tony Cohen in his studio "The Illustrated Man"]]
[[File:Tatau.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Tatau: Everyone is doing it.]]
[[File:Angryanderson.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Angry Anderson's sleeve tattoo's by Cohen.]]
A small group of islands in the South Pacific.


Tradition has it that [[Raiatea]] is the cradle of Polynesian Civilization. In ancient times it was called 'Havai'i fanau'arefenu', meaning 'Havai'i the cradle of all lands'. According to tales collected by ethnologist [[Peter Buck]], Tahiti and the little islands of the Windward group were created from an earth-fish that drifted from Havai'i in southwesterly direction, splitting itself along the way to become those islands existing today.
'''Tony Cohen''', owner of the studio '''The Illustrated Man''' and tattooing since 1969, is one of Australia's modern [[Tattoo|tattooing]] fathers. Cohen has traveled all over the world and collected and given tattoos to some of the most well known tattooists of their day such as [[Rusty_Skuse (page does not exist)|Rusty Skuse]] ([[Les Skuse|Les Skuse]]'s wife) and [[George Bone (page does not exist)|George Bone]] in England, [[Lyle Tuttle|Lyle Tuttle]], [[Ed Hardy|Ed Hardy]] and [[Cliff Raven|Cliff Raven]] in America.


'''''Tatau''''', or ''ta-tatau'' is the Tahitian reference to tattooing with traditional tools. It is believed it originates from the sound the instruments make while being used. Before the ta-tau though, the initiate purifies themseves by walking on hot lava rocks in the '''''Umuti''''' ceremony. To not do this would make the tattoo taboo and it would never be right.
Cohen is firmly entrenched in the Old School of tattooing bold outlines and bright colour, but can and will tattoo almost any style one could wish. Cohen has tattooed many of Australia's celebrities with musician/activist Angry Anderson wearing full sleeves and more of Cohen's work.


One of the inks used in Tahiti is '''''Tiairi''''', which is the ashes of Bancoul nuts used to make [[Tattoo ink]]. Mixed with a liquid substance it is initially black under the [[Skin|skin]] but soon heals to a bluish color.
An avid collector of tattoo memorabilia, Cohen helped compile "[[The Tattoo|The Tattoo]]" in 1994 to share and show what he had collected over the years.
 
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Latest revision as of 20:47, 25 September 2023

Tony Cohen in his studio "The Illustrated Man"
Angry Anderson's sleeve tattoo's by Cohen.

Tony Cohen, owner of the studio The Illustrated Man and tattooing since 1969, is one of Australia's modern tattooing fathers. Cohen has traveled all over the world and collected and given tattoos to some of the most well known tattooists of their day such as Rusty Skuse (Les Skuse's wife) and George Bone in England, Lyle Tuttle, Ed Hardy and Cliff Raven in America.

Cohen is firmly entrenched in the Old School of tattooing bold outlines and bright colour, but can and will tattoo almost any style one could wish. Cohen has tattooed many of Australia's celebrities with musician/activist Angry Anderson wearing full sleeves and more of Cohen's work.

An avid collector of tattoo memorabilia, Cohen helped compile "The Tattoo" in 1994 to share and show what he had collected over the years.

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