I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Paul Booth back in 2000 for a site I ran called ‘Where The Wild Things Are’. Some of you may remember that one… most of you won’t! Unfortunately I have lost my archives which contained (what I thought) was an awesome interview with Paul… easily the world’s finest tattooist. Hands down! These days, there’s hardly a Metal band that doesn’t feature some of Paul’s stylings- he clearly is a talent that no one can match. Check out the above clip for a small sampling of the genius of Paul Booth!
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Definitely an interesting video, but I wouldn’t go as far as to call Paul Booth the finest tattoo artist in the world, or even close to it. He’s mostly a big name because of his over the top persona. If anything I think he does more of a disservice to tattoo culture as a whole, reinforcing all the negative stereotypes other artists are working so hard to break down. And collaborative pieces, while very chic at the moment are usually a bad idea, both because of sterilization concerns, and consistency.
Hmmm, whilst you wouldn’t go as far as calling him ‘world’s finest’ - I would. I’m a little unsure on where your negative bent towards the guy is stemmed from, but that’s ok… dig your blog by the way and have linked you here amongst other Dogmatic droogs!