HOMEWARD BOUND

My summer project was contributing the bio section to Homeward Bound, a gorgeous coffee table book about tattoo legend Sailor Jerry. I just got the first copies and it looks amazing! The book serves as a companion piece to the documentary Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry: The Life and Times of Norman Keith Collins, directed by Erich Weiss. (Weiss also put together the Black Dogs trailer you see on my home page. It turned out killer if I do say so myself!) Both the movie and the book do a great job of detailing the birth of American tattooing and the importance WWII played in it's evolution. It's an interesting look at a moment in time whether you're heavily tattooed, an art nerd or a History Channel buff. (I'm sorta all of the above.)

Between Homeward Bound, the history of Epitaph Records article I put together for Spin magazine and the Black Dogs screenplay, 2010 was filled with some of the best projects I've ever worked on. Charmed life!