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BURNING BRIDGES AND BREAKING HEARTS
Art Show at All Or Nothing Tattoo
by Clint Liquor
From the March 2005 issue of Prick Magazine.
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 Joshua Carlton, Brandon Bond, Albie Rock. |
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After weeks of emails and phone calls, the artwork started to
arrive. Boxes of paintings from all over the world including
Hawaii, Australia, Europe, and all over America overflowed
the All or Nothing gallery. The show entitled "Burning Bridges and
Breaking Hearts," a Valentine's eve celebration, was the fourth art installment
at the All or Nothing gallery and the largest to date.
Just days before the shows opening, the All or Nothing crew were
busy making trips to the airport picking up artists and clients who had
flown from as far west as California to as far north as New Hampshire
and everywhere in between.
Throughout the week, guests
were getting heavily tattooed
before the event.
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Albie Rock flew in and
immediately began work on
collaborations with Brandon
Bond which had been booked
months prior. The duo
tattooed 14 hours a
day for five days
straight, sometimes
on the same person
and other times tattooing separate clients and switching booths using
each other's tattoo machines. One of the collaboration clients was Scott
McCool from the Art Intensity Network who got the entire outside of
his leg, from knee to foot, tattooed in only 7 hours by the dynamic duo.
In the middle of all the tattoo chaos Joshua Carlton flew in, relocating
his family to Atlanta from Arizona to work at the All or Nothing
Studio. He immediately set up and started tattooing. The studio overflowed
with clients and artists well before the event even began.
By 5 p.m. on Sunday, the event was already standing room only as patrons gathered outside the
studio and lined the entire front of South Cobb Drive. Shuttles brought people from the airport
throughout the afternoon.The Smyrna Police Department was in attendance at the request of the
studio, as the entire swat team are clients of Brandon Bond's, so safety and crowd control was
effortless.As the oceans of hungry art enthusiasts began to arrive, so did the food.Amazing Italian
food from Bellas Italian Restaurant lined the banquet tables for the completely catered event.
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Collaboration tattoos by Brandon Bond, Albie Rock and Joshua carlton. |
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The evening climaxed with a huge raffle in which gallery attendees lined up to buy $5, $10
and $20 raffle tickets. Different raffles were held for each level and the staff made sure that everyone
who bought tickets won something. Droves of Valentine’s gifts, hundreds of sex toys, free body
piercings, adult novelties, body jewelry, candy, art prints and original framed paintings were given to
the chanting crowd. Albie Rock instructed everyone to scream "WU-TANG" upon having their
number called in memory of ODB (ole dirty bastard) and the crowd began screaming and chanting
"poon tang,” "wu-tang,” and "odb rip.” The staff called out numbers as fast as they could and the
crowd began to win piles of awesome gifts. The more sought after prizes included tattoo time with
any of the staff. Brandon Bond, Dave Tedder, Joshua Carlton, and Albie Rock all tattoo with completely
different and distinctive styles, so each winning patron was allowed to select the artist he/she
preferred and set up future appointments. The absolute grand prize of the gala were two collaborative
tattoos valued at thousands of dollars each – one from Dave Tedder and Albie Rock and
another from Brandon Bond and Joshua Carlton. The entire swarm of people remained completely
silent while the last two numbers were called and the two winners came screaming and clawing
their way to the front with their magic tickets. The music came back up and everyone got busy to
some "Ole Dirty Bastard."
The evening was a resounding success. Over 500 people were in attendance throughout the
evening. The food was amazing, the prizes were out of control, the guests were overflowing and the
artwork was spectacular.
If you missed out on this event, there will be a new collection of art and another art show mid April.
Check out www.allornothingtattoo.com and join the mailing list to receive your personal invitation to the next
blowout.
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