The Clayton Patterson Show

Recorded 9.10.18

Clayton is joined by Baba Austin of Vintage Tattoo Art Parlor in Highland Park, Northeast Los Angeles. Baba is tattooer with 29 years of experience, apprenticed under Jonathan Shaw in New York in 1989, and remains one of the last of tattooers keeping that era of tattooing alive. The two and a half hour interview proves to be one of the most intriguing and informative episodes of The Clayton Patterson Show. For anyone interested in tattooing and tattoo history -- this is a great one.

Baba's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/babaxx11/

Listen on itunes podcasts:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-clayton-patterson-show/id1435824761?mt=2

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is live Mondays @ 6pm on 8ball Radio online at 8ballradio.nyc

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is produced by Weston Priest & Adam Oyunge

Recorded 9.10.18

Clayton is joined by Baba Austin of Vintage Tattoo Art Parlor in Highland Park, Northeast Los Angeles. Baba is tattooer with 29 years of experience, apprenticed under Jonathan Shaw in New York in 1989, and remains one of the last of tattooers keeping that era of tattooing alive. The two and a half hour interview proves to be one of the most intriguing and informative episodes of The Clayton Patterson Show. For anyone interested in tattooing and tattoo history -- this is a great one.

Baba's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/babaxx11/

Listen on itunes podcasts:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-clayton-patterson-show/id1435824761?mt=2

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is live Mondays @ 6pm on 8ball Radio online at 8ballradio.nyc

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is produced by Weston Priest & Adam Oyunge

9.4.18

Clayton is joined via phone call by Nick Bubash to discuss Nick's fascinating background in tattooing, from having Thom DeVita as a mentor, to opening his own tattoo shop in Pittsburgh.

Nick Bubash lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a fine artist and a tattoo artist. He opened Route 60 Tattoo in 2008. He was educated in fine art at Penn State University for several years before he moved to New York. In New York City, he worked for Peter Max before he met Thom DeVita, with whom he spent five years studying and tattooing. Bubash was strongly encouraged by DeVita to return to his formal art education. He attended The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia in the 80's and graduated with the highest honors and multiple awards, including the Scheidt Traveling Grant, which allowed him to study abroad. He chose India as his destiny, being most interested, very specifically, in 9th - 12th century Indian sculpture. These sculptures mixed human and animal forms and provided an infinite combinations. His time spent in India has been an incredible influence on his work and he continues to visit as often as possible.

Nick Bubash's fine art and tattooing processes are not confined by any particular style. He strives to continually evolve his work by being fluent in many mediums. This approach keeps his work fresh and meaningful. His voluminous output ranges from drawings, paintings, sculptures, collages, assemblages, etching and print making. His inspiration comes from many sources. When asked about the creation of his assemblages, he discusses the human desire to naturally reorder objects. There are times in which a found object might lead to an idea and other times when the found objects seem to come together in a natural reordering.

"My father is Croatian, probably Turkish, my mother is Sicilian, a descendant of Sephardics, my family is Irish, my brother is Italian and Spanish and my sisters married a Pole, a German, and a Hungarian (one each.) My neighbors are African and Icelandic, my dog is a Maltese, my cats are from Siam and I am reincarnated from India. My food is Algerian with bread from France, nuts from Brazil, tea from China and coffee from Kenya, my watch and cheese are Swiss and my caviar is Russian. My car is Japanese, my shoes Bolivian, my shirt Pakistani, my carpets are Persian, my dishes and radio are from Mexico. My silverware and language are English. The children's toys are from Taiwan, my didgeridoo is Aboriginal.

I am extremist by nature, my religion is fundamentalist by choice and my rabbi is Baptist. I wear the skin of a Maori and my art is at least, in part, if not completely, a result of the criss cross of the above." -- Nick Bubash

Text from http://www.nickbubash.com/about.html

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is live Mondays @ 6pm on 8ball Radio online at 8ballradio.nyc

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is produced by Weston Priest & Adam Oyunge

9.4.18

Clayton is joined via phone call by Nick Bubash to discuss Nick's fascinating background in tattooing, from having Thom DeVita as a mentor, to opening his own tattoo shop in Pittsburgh.

Nick Bubash lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a fine artist and a tattoo artist. He opened Route 60 Tattoo in 2008. He was educated in fine art at Penn State University for several years before he moved to New York. In New York City, he worked for Peter Max before he met Thom DeVita, with whom he spent five years studying and tattooing. Bubash was strongly encouraged by DeVita to return to his formal art education. He attended The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia in the 80's and graduated with the highest honors and multiple awards, including the Scheidt Traveling Grant, which allowed him to study abroad. He chose India as his destiny, being most interested, very specifically, in 9th - 12th century Indian sculpture. These sculptures mixed human and animal forms and provided an infinite combinations. His time spent in India has been an incredible influence on his work and he continues to visit as often as possible.

Nick Bubash's fine art and tattooing processes are not confined by any particular style. He strives to continually evolve his work by being fluent in many mediums. This approach keeps his work fresh and meaningful. His voluminous output ranges from drawings, paintings, sculptures, collages, assemblages, etching and print making. His inspiration comes from many sources. When asked about the creation of his assemblages, he discusses the human desire to naturally reorder objects. There are times in which a found object might lead to an idea and other times when the found objects seem to come together in a natural reordering.

"My father is Croatian, probably Turkish, my mother is Sicilian, a descendant of Sephardics, my family is Irish, my brother is Italian and Spanish and my sisters married a Pole, a German, and a Hungarian (one each.) My neighbors are African and Icelandic, my dog is a Maltese, my cats are from Siam and I am reincarnated from India. My food is Algerian with bread from France, nuts from Brazil, tea from China and coffee from Kenya, my watch and cheese are Swiss and my caviar is Russian. My car is Japanese, my shoes Bolivian, my shirt Pakistani, my carpets are Persian, my dishes and radio are from Mexico. My silverware and language are English. The children's toys are from Taiwan, my didgeridoo is Aboriginal.

I am extremist by nature, my religion is fundamentalist by choice and my rabbi is Baptist. I wear the skin of a Maori and my art is at least, in part, if not completely, a result of the criss cross of the above." -- Nick Bubash

Text from http://www.nickbubash.com/about.html

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is live Mondays @ 6pm on 8ball Radio online at 8ballradio.nyc

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is produced by Weston Priest & Adam Oyunge

9.4.18

Clayton is joined via phone call by Nick Bubash to discuss Nick's fascinating background in tattooing, from having Thom DeVita as a mentor, to opening his own tattoo shop in Pittsburgh.

Nick Bubash lives and works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a fine artist and a tattoo artist. He opened Route 60 Tattoo in 2008. He was educated in fine art at Penn State University for several years before he moved to New York. In New York City, he worked for Peter Max before he met Thom DeVita, with whom he spent five years studying and tattooing. Bubash was strongly encouraged by DeVita to return to his formal art education. He attended The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia in the 80's and graduated with the highest honors and multiple awards, including the Scheidt Traveling Grant, which allowed him to study abroad. He chose India as his destiny, being most interested, very specifically, in 9th - 12th century Indian sculpture. These sculptures mixed human and animal forms and provided an infinite combinations. His time spent in India has been an incredible influence on his work and he continues to visit as often as possible.

Nick Bubash's fine art and tattooing processes are not confined by any particular style. He strives to continually evolve his work by being fluent in many mediums. This approach keeps his work fresh and meaningful. His voluminous output ranges from drawings, paintings, sculptures, collages, assemblages, etching and print making. His inspiration comes from many sources. When asked about the creation of his assemblages, he discusses the human desire to naturally reorder objects. There are times in which a found object might lead to an idea and other times when the found objects seem to come together in a natural reordering.

"My father is Croatian, probably Turkish, my mother is Sicilian, a descendant of Sephardics, my family is Irish, my brother is Italian and Spanish and my sisters married a Pole, a German, and a Hungarian (one each.) My neighbors are African and Icelandic, my dog is a Maltese, my cats are from Siam and I am reincarnated from India. My food is Algerian with bread from France, nuts from Brazil, tea from China and coffee from Kenya, my watch and cheese are Swiss and my caviar is Russian. My car is Japanese, my shoes Bolivian, my shirt Pakistani, my carpets are Persian, my dishes and radio are from Mexico. My silverware and language are English. The children's toys are from Taiwan, my didgeridoo is Aboriginal.

I am extremist by nature, my religion is fundamentalist by choice and my rabbi is Baptist. I wear the skin of a Maori and my art is at least, in part, if not completely, a result of the criss cross of the above." -- Nick Bubash

Text from http://www.nickbubash.com/about.html

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is live Mondays @ 6pm on 8ball Radio online at 8ballradio.nyc

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is produced by Weston Priest & Adam Oyunge

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is live Mondays @ 6pm on 8ball Radio online at 8ballradio.nyc

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is produced by Weston Priest & Adam Oyunge

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is live Mondays @ 6pm on 8ball Radio online at 8ballradio.nyc

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is produced by Weston Priest & Adam Oyunge

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is live Mondays @ 6pm on 8ball Radio online at 8ballradio.nyc

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is produced by Weston Priest & Adam Oyunge

8.27.18

This week Clayton is joined by Wes Wood -- a pivotal figure in the history of tattooing, particularly in New York City.

"When New York City repealed the ban on tattooing, they looked to Wes Wood to help lay the foundation for the new health codes. As owner of Unimax Supply Company, an international provider of all things body art, Wes is well versed in mechanics, sterilization procedures and wound healing. Thirty-six years had passed since the city falsely claimed that there had been a hepatitis outbreak linked to tattooing.

Growing up on Long Island in the ’50s, Wes went to school, participated in two sports a year, learned an instrument (he played the tenor sax with the Emeralds on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand in 1959) and joined a couple of clubs. “Things were very structured then,” explains Wes. “It was a different kind of life.” After earning a degree in English, a brief stint as a Merchant Marine and a few years as co-owner of a successful printing business, Wes caught tattoo fever. After learning to tattoo, he became quite interested in how the equipment was made. Though he had little prior experience as a machinist, he was quite comfortable making things by hand. Learning the basics of machine-building, tube- and needle-making from a friend, creating Unimax was a natural transition. Supplies were difficult to come by and Wes saw a great opportunity to fill the need. “We were the first that I know of to offer pre-sterilized needles and equipment,” he recalls. Unimax quickly grew beyond its humble beginnings in Wes’ apartment. Following a brief stay in a basement on the Lower East Side, the company found its home at 503 Broadway, where the core of the business still operates today.

In 1990, Wes decided to open a shop, Canal Street Tattoo, in an office space on the second floor at 365 Canal Street. “I wanted a place to demonstrate that the machines and needles we made were of good quality” says Wes. He was tattooing occasionally, until Anil Gupta, who was just beginning his career, joined the team. However, once Anil was ready to work on his own, Wes no longer needed to tattoo. Canal Street soon became Kaleidoscope, to better represent Anil’s fine-art contributions to the studio. The shop, by the way, operated openly even though it was still illegal to tattoo within the city limits.

In 1997, Wes entered his next venture with Sean Vasquez, who was working at Kaleidoscope, and opened Sacred Body Art Emporium on Broadway in SoHo. Sacred was a true emporium offering everything imaginable related to all forms of body art. Just a few months later, Sacred moved to 365 Canal Street just downstairs from Kaleidoscope. Occupying the street level, second floor and even the basement, Sacred became what might have been the largest tattoo parlor in history. It was so grand it even spawned a sister shop, Bowery Tattoo.

Wes also played an important role in the organization of the first New York City Tattoo Convention. Steve Bonge, Clayton Patterson and Butch Garcia, the convention organizers, found Wes to be their liaison with the Health Department. He worked with the agency to create a temporary licensing for visiting artists and guaranteed safe practices and proper sterilization."

TEXT FROM : https://misterroadtripper.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/who-is-wes-wood/

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is live Mondays @ 6pm on 8ball Radio online at 8ballradio.nyc

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is produced by Weston Priest & Adam Oyunge

8.27.18

This week Clayton is joined by Wes Wood -- a pivotal figure in the history of tattooing, particularly in New York City.

"When New York City repealed the ban on tattooing, they looked to Wes Wood to help lay the foundation for the new health codes. As owner of Unimax Supply Company, an international provider of all things body art, Wes is well versed in mechanics, sterilization procedures and wound healing. Thirty-six years had passed since the city falsely claimed that there had been a hepatitis outbreak linked to tattooing.

Growing up on Long Island in the ’50s, Wes went to school, participated in two sports a year, learned an instrument (he played the tenor sax with the Emeralds on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand in 1959) and joined a couple of clubs. “Things were very structured then,” explains Wes. “It was a different kind of life.” After earning a degree in English, a brief stint as a Merchant Marine and a few years as co-owner of a successful printing business, Wes caught tattoo fever. After learning to tattoo, he became quite interested in how the equipment was made. Though he had little prior experience as a machinist, he was quite comfortable making things by hand. Learning the basics of machine-building, tube- and needle-making from a friend, creating Unimax was a natural transition. Supplies were difficult to come by and Wes saw a great opportunity to fill the need. “We were the first that I know of to offer pre-sterilized needles and equipment,” he recalls. Unimax quickly grew beyond its humble beginnings in Wes’ apartment. Following a brief stay in a basement on the Lower East Side, the company found its home at 503 Broadway, where the core of the business still operates today.

In 1990, Wes decided to open a shop, Canal Street Tattoo, in an office space on the second floor at 365 Canal Street. “I wanted a place to demonstrate that the machines and needles we made were of good quality” says Wes. He was tattooing occasionally, until Anil Gupta, who was just beginning his career, joined the team. However, once Anil was ready to work on his own, Wes no longer needed to tattoo. Canal Street soon became Kaleidoscope, to better represent Anil’s fine-art contributions to the studio. The shop, by the way, operated openly even though it was still illegal to tattoo within the city limits.

In 1997, Wes entered his next venture with Sean Vasquez, who was working at Kaleidoscope, and opened Sacred Body Art Emporium on Broadway in SoHo. Sacred was a true emporium offering everything imaginable related to all forms of body art. Just a few months later, Sacred moved to 365 Canal Street just downstairs from Kaleidoscope. Occupying the street level, second floor and even the basement, Sacred became what might have been the largest tattoo parlor in history. It was so grand it even spawned a sister shop, Bowery Tattoo.

Wes also played an important role in the organization of the first New York City Tattoo Convention. Steve Bonge, Clayton Patterson and Butch Garcia, the convention organizers, found Wes to be their liaison with the Health Department. He worked with the agency to create a temporary licensing for visiting artists and guaranteed safe practices and proper sterilization."

TEXT FROM : https://misterroadtripper.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/who-is-wes-wood/

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is live Mondays @ 6pm on 8ball Radio online at 8ballradio.nyc

"The Clayton Patterson Show" is produced by Weston Priest & Adam Oyunge