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Saturday Jun 25, 2005
Every BODY Has A Story - Ira Sperling
"I've known Shotsie Gorman for almost 15 years and have sleeves by him as well as the Hendrix piece. I had been wanting to do a large format back piece for some time (a sort of grand finale since I wasn't interested in inking my lower body) and the Hendrix lithograph the piece is based on caught in my brain and wouldn't let go. I have been a Hendrix fan since 1973 and while I'm not obsessed by him, I do consider him to be the foundation upon which all modern rock sounds have been constructed since. I presented the idea to Shotsie, he was enthusiastic about it and almost a year (and a good amount of pain)later, it was done. It represents everything I always wanted out of a tattoo image - it's unique, it makes a statement about something deeply important to me and it looks amazing."... Ira
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