After mastering traditional American tattoos, with their simple, folk art-like motifs of hearts ... “I don’t think a lot of people that wear Ed Hardy realize the history he has in the tattoo ...

Forty years ago, Don Ed Hardy blew off a Yale fine-art fellowship to pursue the rogue art of tattoo, a timeless and ... Western tattooer to study under a traditional Japanese master, the ...

At the time, Hardy says, it was the biggest single-image tattoo in the world. "Ed really changed the overall look of the tattoo world," the renowned tattoo artist Leo Zulueta said in the ...

“Ed Hardy’s mission (was ... Hardy was also the first Western tattoo artist to study traditional Japanese tattooing abroad. When he returned stateside, Hardy blended those techniques with ...

The name sounds familiar, right? Ed Hardy is arguably the first celebrity tattoo artist, famous for the talent and inspiration of his work, his role in bringing tattoos out of the ports and back ...

The first retrospective Ed Hardy exhibit in the de Young Museum emphasizes the artist in “tattoo artist.” With over 350 objects on display, “Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin,” on view from July ...

Ed Hardy’s influence is truly difficult to measure, spanning thousands of tattoo artists across the globe ... including his own illustrative take on traditional Americana.

San Francisco Tattoo Artist Ed Hardy Star of New Art Exhibition Hardy’s images went global when he licensed them to a clothing company Published July 9, 2019 • Updated on July 25, 2019 at 8:21 pm ...

“Ed Hardy’s mission (was ... Hardy was also the first Western tattoo artist to study traditional Japanese tattooing abroad. When he returned stateside, Hardy blended those techniques with ...