Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Contextual Research: Jun Cha

At the moment my biggest influence in tattooing is Jun Cha. I love the concept behind is work, he works alot with sculpture and chicano style. I love traditional sculpture and tattooing, I think its important as an artist to find someone you can relate your work to and aspire to be like, to push your boundaries. 
Jun Cha's work is strictly black and grey, using his skill he manages to pull off some of the best sculpture inspired tattoos i've ever seen. He worked with another favourite artist of mine, Jose Lopez at Low Rider Tattoos, you can see the influence Jose has had on Jun Cha's work.
Jun Cha travels to get reference material he can use within his work, something I also want to do. 



Here's a link to a interview with Jun Cha:
http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/06/17/introducing-jun-cha-la-artist-talks-the-come-up-mentors-rise-as-a-tattoo-artist/