La Belle Irene
by Sunny | April 4, 2020 | Blog, Tattoo History | 0 Comments
Tattooed Women/Irene Woodward La Belle Irene Irene Woodward was the stage name of Ida Levina Lisk born on August 24, 1857 to a working class family (her father was a shoemaker) There is some discrepancy as to who was the first tattooed lady, Irene Woodward or Nora...
Handmade Berets
by Sunny | April 1, 2020 | Fashion | 0 Comments
Easy Handmade Beret This little beret is so easy to make! I created this pattern by studying one of my vintage hats. This lime green one I found at a Brooklyn flea market. 10 Steps to make a mini beret 1.You just cut 8 pieces; download the pattern below. Print...
Nora Hildebrandt
by Sunny | March 19, 2020 | Blog, Tattoo History | 0 Comments
Tattooed Women Tattoo History Nora Hildebrandt was the first tattooed woman circus attraction. She was first exhibited in 1882, eighteen years after the international success of Captain Contentus. Like him, her official biography consisted of a tale of being forcibly...
Ibiza
by Sunny | January 10, 2020 | Blog, Mural, Painting, Travel | 0 Comments
My Residency with Gang of Witches in Ibiza Gang of Witches is not only an artist collective, which is growing in numbers, we are also branching out into other territories. A residency has been created in Ibiza; an island known for among other things, yoga retreats,...
Gang of Witches 2019 Debrief
by Sunny | December 16, 2019 | Art Shows, Blog | 0 Comments
The title of our event this year was "Patriarchy is burning". In addition the theme for Gang of Witches 2019 is Mars, the red planet, the sister planet to Earth. Furthermore, Mars is also the god of war. To that effect, we are deadly serious about disrupting...
Tattoo Story of the Year
by Sunny | December 15, 2019 | Blog, Tattoos | 0 Comments
Destiny Do you ever feel that certain people were put in your life at the right moment? It happened to me recently, Naila contacted me and told me of a tattoo project she wanted to do with one of her friends. They wanted kidneys! Undoubtedly, not the request that you...
Dandy
by Sunny | December 13, 2019 | Blog | 0 Comments
Every autumn I'm excited pulling out my vests, sweaters, wool pants, wool skirts and suits. Why is that? It's because I associate these items with dressing well. Dressing well means feeling good about myself, playing a part, creating a persona. For instance, I've...
Portraits of my Gang
by Sunny | December 12, 2019 | Blog, Illustration, Painting | 0 Comments
Here's the watercolor portraits I did of some of the members of Gang of Witches, artist collective: Paola- is the Queen of the GOW universe. Sophie- is a writer, and singer, our version of Euterpe (the muse of music). Sunny- is the official tattoo artist of Gang of...
Trash Talks Clip and review
by Sunny | July 6, 2019 | Beatnik, Blog, Performance | 1 Comment
Haha! A very amateur attempt at showing my three characters in action! And here's nice little review of the Wild Weekend and my lecture by Debbie Sheringham Boom: https://tinyurl.com/y6k57gde
Learning to Dance with the Maneaters
by Sunny | June 26, 2019 | Art Shows, Performance | 0 Comments
This is the painting I did for the festival Gang of Witches "Patriarchy is Burning" at the Palais de Tokyo Juin 2019 Learning to dance with the man eaters This painting has a literary reference, when reading Angela Carter's: “Nights at the circus”, a striking...