Tattoo Road Trip: Two Weeks in Samoa (Hardcover)

A witty yet informative text, with lots of travel tips and pictures, focuses on the art of the tattoo that the authors found in this Pacific Island paradise.Join the adventure as these two take to the road at the very birthplace of Polynesian tattooing, beautiful Samoa. Armed with laptop and camera, Baxter and Clark documented their two-week odyssey from Apia to Saleapaga, and from thatched-roofed huts to the legendary mansion of Robert Louis Stevenson. The book displays this unspoiled home of turquoise reefs, volcanic beaches, misty green waterfalls, and vermilion sunsets, where hand-tapped tribal tattoos are still a normal form of body art and ritual.You will learn the local customs, meet legendary artists, and visit secluded beaches, including the secret coronation ceremony at Faleasela. White-knuckle surprises await you as Baxter and Clark take the back roads, eat fruit right off the tree, slog through rain forests, wade into coral-strewn tide pools, and suck up gallons of beer because it's not a good idea to drink the water. You will even learn to tie a lavalava so it won't fall off in the crosswalk!This entertaining trip to a jewel of the Pacific will confirm the belief that Polynesian life has it right, right down to the tattoos!

General

Imprint:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2002
First published:	July 2007
Authors:	Bob Baxter • Mary Gardner
Dimensions:	279 x 216 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-0-7643-1737-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Body art & tattooing Promotions
LSN:	0-7643-1737-7
Barcode:	9780764317378

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