Show Time

Show Time is a true story which found its roots in the answer to the question, ‘how did the author get into tattooing’, which she fielded from almost every person that she met. The book travels the backroads of Europe in the 1980s and 90s as a young woman chronicles her relentless determination to find scraps of information, loopholes, and chinks in the armor of the male dominated secret world of tattooing, where females were not welcome. Eventually, she takes her place on the wild and colorful rollercoaster that was the evolution of tattooing as an art form during that time and becomes one of Europe’s trailblazing award-winning female tattoo artists. The book follows the rise of the popularity of tattoo art and its transition from the shadows into the mainstream of modern culture pre internet and social media.