Art in living colour at tattoo show
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Art in living colour at tattoo show
Monday, 03 November 2008
MAARTEN HOLL/The
NEEDLE WORK: Don McClintock, 54, who `never liked tattoos’, was named overall winner of the Lower Hutt Charity Tattoo Show yesterday.
Ittakes seven years and $70,000 to get a body like Don McClintock's. He also won the best tattooed arm, back, leg and full body sections as he stormed his way to the $1000 winner's cheque at Lower Hutt Town Hall.
The 54-year-old was named overall winner of the Lower Hutt Charity Tattoo Show yesterday.
"Then I had Lady Luck tattooed on, so our luck would change, and the whole thing just took off from there.
A family crisis seven years ago resulted in the self-employed joiner from Christchurch having the names of his children tattooed around his neck."
Mr McClintock has lost count of how many tattoos he has, or how long they took his tattooist, Steve Johnson from Downunder-Tattoo, to create. I never liked tattoos before that to be honest."The only remaining parts of his body left to cover are the backs of his feet and areas on his inner thighs. .
The 3500 people at the two-day show also had the chance to watch tattooists, in action, including Ali Reid from ALC Headquarters in Cuba St.
Sarah Munro, 20, from Karori nailed the runner-up spot with her tattoos by Manu Tattoo.
More than $1000 was raised for Life Education Trust.