Aaron's tattoos are more awesome than yours
Aaron emailed me today to share these photos of his new incredibly awesome tattoos (and is kind enough to let me share them with you!):
These were drawn by tattoo artist Dave Wallin at Tattoo Culture in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Aaron says, "I was attempting the old-school woodcut look. The daikon radish has just a hint of asian influence....Both Alton Brown (who has an apis mellifera, or honeybee, on his shoulder) and Tony Bourdain really dug my new ink."
Aaron, A Full Belly salutes you and your passion for food! Thanks for representin'.
OK. When I saw the post, I was going to reply "Nuh-uh" because I have a tattoo that is the chinese symbol for the word tattoo. But, I give. The pig is far more awesomer than mine.
Posted by: L | July 28, 2006 at 12:27 AM
I met this chef, John Stewart, last year. I photographed his arm after he let me taste his housemade salume.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2005/09/21/FDGOTENM1G1.DTL&o=0
Posted by: Tana | July 28, 2006 at 02:41 PM
....woah! awesome
Posted by: Cristina | July 29, 2006 at 09:56 AM
@ Tana
Wow! Just when I think I'm starting a trend... His looks pretty cool too. Quite a bit cuter than mine.
I first took this idea into my head in Cremona, Lombardia when butchering a pig, two novembers ago. At a small, fog-hidden agriturismo, we raised organic pigs, slaughtered them on site, butchered them, and made salami cremonese and cotechini.
Perhaps I'll send alaina some pictures in the future.
Posted by: Foster | July 29, 2006 at 04:52 PM
As a tattoo lover and major foodie, I gotta say that these are pretty cool. I especially like the pig one. I have 4 tats but none of them are food-related (yet).
Posted by: Chubby Hubby | July 30, 2006 at 10:52 AM
Ink is rad!
Posted by: Sandi Vegan | August 01, 2006 at 09:43 PM
Fantastic tattoos!
Makes me wish I'd put mine in a more (ehem) public place suitable for photography. Not food-related though. Just a happy Winnie-the-Pooh.
Posted by: Deb | August 07, 2006 at 03:56 PM
Aaron, you're never going to believe me, but for my first tattoo I was going to get an onion on my right forearm, presumably at the exact studio you went to (I have friends who say it's quality, quality). Now I see how dope your new ones look and I am both pissed off that I forced myself to wait until december to think about it and glad because now I know to try it in a woodcut style. Bravo!
Posted by: jake | August 25, 2006 at 02:09 PM
I'm a bit late to this party, but did you see these? Chef tattoos in the NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2005/03/24/magazine/20050327_TATTOO_SLIDESHOW_1.html
Posted by: jared | August 31, 2006 at 08:49 PM
You stole my idea! No, not really, as this post was written before mine. It is amazing how great minds think alike, and I love this tattoo.
http://finarelli.com/blog/2007/01/05/kitchen-ink/
Anyway, I tried to get the tattoo, but the artist discouraged it since he said the writing was too fine. Perhaps these nubers are the way to go...
Posted by: Matt | February 26, 2007 at 11:20 AM
Hey there, it has been a while, but I see that people are still reading this thread. Anyway, I finally went through with the tattoo, though slightly modified... Let me know what you think!
http://finarelli.com/blog/2007/06/26/kitchen-inked/
Posted by: Matt | June 26, 2007 at 08:37 PM