NEW BOOK SHOWCASES NEW ZEALAND’S HUGE PASSION FOR TATTOOING

New Zealand Tattoo features stunning photography by Chris Hoult, with text by Steve Forbes profiling leading tattoo artists around the country, revealing their styles and what makes them tick.
The large, luxurious, prolifically illustrated book features 23 tattoo artists from the South Island West Coast to the Far North, a concise history of tattooing, and a round-up of the most recent Auckland International Tattoo Convention.
It chronicles the amazing diversity of styles in New Zealand now, from the original ta moko (artists like Gordon Toi, Riki Manuel and Te Rangitu Netana) to a profusion of Pacific, Asian and European forms.
Hoult developed the book with publisher Peter Dowling, who received strong international interest in the concept at the 2011 Frankfurt Book Fair so the pair committed to publish the book in time for the 2012 Frankfurt event, where New Zealand was Country of Honour.

New Zealand Tattoo will be formally launched on 25 October at Real Groovy in Auckland – with a tattoo competition, slide shows, finger food and lots more!

The book will be shown at November’s NZ Tattoo and Art Festival in New Plymouth, and conventions in Australia and Europe. There is strong international interest following the premiere at the Frankfurt Book Fair on 10 October, and North American distribution has been secured.

Release Date: 25 October 2012 | ISBN: 978-1-877514-47-0 | RRP $75.00
Hardback, 330 x 250 mm, 176 pages colour