{"id":6813,"date":"2012-02-01T02:31:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T00:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=6813"},"modified":"2013-05-27T12:23:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T10:23:01","slug":"southern-ink-xposure-cape-town-tattoo-convention-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/southern-ink-xposure-cape-town-tattoo-convention-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Ink Xposure: Cape Town Tattoo Convention 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
27 & 28
\nJanuary
\n2012<\/div>\n

Now in its 4th year, the \u00a0Cape Town Tattoo Convention was once again held at the BMW Pavilion at the V&A Waterfront. The expo consisted of live tattooing from an impressive collection of local and international artists, performances by acrobats and exotic dancers, art on display, sales and merchandise stands as well an outdoor bar\/beer tent and themed putt-putt course.<\/p>\n

\"Cape<\/a>It was my first time at the convention and I really enjoyed wandering around and talking to various artists.<\/p>\n

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Everyone I spoke to was really friendly, particularly the Norwegian guys from Redneck Tattoo and the local guys from Sins of Style.<\/p>\n

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Walking past the various stands and flipping through each artist’s little black book of work, it became increasingly hard to resist the urge to throw out a limb to the nearest needle and ask to be surprised. Many were taking advantage of the opportunity to get inked by the internationals\/out of towners – luckily, the artists I liked the most happened to be Capetonian, which is great to know for when I do finally decide to get some work…<\/p>\n\n\t\t