Jeff Johnson Books
Words from the author of Tattoo Machine

Monsters of Ink: Tattoo Machine Reviewed in Portland Mercury

January 29th 2010 in Reviews, Tattoo Machine

In his new book Tattoo Machine, Jeff Johnson does something I wouldn’t have thought possible in a town as ink-saturated as Portland: He makes tattoos seem cool again. Johnson is co-owner of the Sea Tramp, the oldest tattoo parlor in Oregon, and his behind-the-scenes account of life in the industry is a swaggering, gossipy read.

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Radio Interview: Jeff on New Hampshire Public Radio – 8-3-09

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In “Tattoo Machine,” Jeff Johnson gives a salty tour of the shops that nervous mothers once forbade their sons and daughters from visiting. As the co-owner of Sea Tramp Tattoo Company in Portland, Oregon, and a practicing artist who has wielded an ink-and-needle gun that “smacks the skin between 60 and 120 times per second” [...]

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