Sydney Tattoo & Body Art Expo
Nuno Leiria attended the Sydney Tattoo & Body Art Expo this year for the first time. Asked about the experience, he replied:
“Being my first convention, I chose to perv as if a fly on the wall… an un-assuming civilian scoping everybody’s techniques and habits. Impressed and inspired. A lot of information to process and I’ m satisfied with what I learned. Big scene growing all over! Love it. I’ve been tattooing for a while now, but still learned a lot from watching the old timers at the convention. I’ve been reminded, repeatedly, you have to keep growing and expanding as an artist in this field and strive to out-do yourself on each and every new tattoo.”
“The convention was a great inspiration, all in all… it revitalised my spirit to create in many ways. Just walking around I ran into a lot of old friends and new opportunities, seeing so many pros in one place and watching them work opened up a lot of new ideas. It was good to catch up with old friends, and I will hope to be setting up a booth next year. In fact, when the time is right, I will be traveling abroad to other conventions to keep learning and doing full body work on the international scene.”
For those who are looking for more details on the Sydney convention, here is the promo from the flier:
“Following on from the huge success of the inaugural Sydney Tattoo Expo 2009 with over 12,000 visitors, we are proud to announce the Sydney Tattoo & Body Art Expo 2010 6 – 8 March, which promises to deliver everything you have been waiting for. Our aim is to make Sydney one of the worlds ‘must attend‘ Tattoo Conventions.”"Totally independent of any club, organisation, magazine or studio, This Expo will highlight the best of the best Aussie grown artists and introduce International artists, to the ever expanding wildly under-estimated Australian Tattoo Scene.”
Source: http://www.tattooexpo.com.au/newpages/Expo/expoinfo.html
