This past weekend was the 24th Annual AM-JAM TATTOO EXPO in Syracuse/Liverpool NY, where Winky Dink Ink‘s Bobby Ciffone and Matt Truiano participated in the festivities. It was an impressive convention that I expect to attend every year from now on. So many talented artists from all over set up shop at the Holiday Inn with tattoo enthusiasts mingling and getting tattooed everywhere you turned.
I’ll be showing my ever expanding series of birds with the newest fuzzy little guys and prints available for purchase! Check it out at Mr. Smalls Jazz Club in Pittsburgh, PA.
February 20, 2010; 7pm.
Here’s a photo from the last show, which was a blast.
Featuring New & Rising Artists along side the Great & Legendary
The AM-JAM Family proudly presents the 24th Annual
Tattoo Expo
Featuring The Lizardman / Shows Daily
January 29th-31, 2010
Fri: 6pm-12M
Sat: 12noon-midnight
Sun: 12noon-6pm
continuous entertainment
live music
over 75 working international artists
piercing artists & assorted vendors
Our friends at Winky Dink Ink will be having their own booth so come join the fun and support these great artists! Read More…
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*Bobby Ciffone and Matt Truiano
