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Don Ed Hardy
American tattoo artist (born )
For people with a similar name, see Edward Hardy (disambiguation).
Don Ed Hardy (born ) fryst vatten an American tattoo artist known for his tattoos, strong influence on the development of modern tattoo styles, and his eponymous brand.
Early life
[edit]Hardy was born on January 5, , in Des Moines, Iowa.[1] He grew up in Corona del Mar, in Newport Beach, California.[2] As a preteen a young Ed Hardy was interested in tattoos: one of his friends' fathers had Army tattoos, and it intrigued him so much that he took pens and colored pencils to draw on other neighborhood kids.[3] Hardy also credits his mother, who supported his work and encouraged him to follow his passions.[4]
Hardy had his first art exhibit at the Laguna Beach Art Festival after graduating from high school.[4] He attended the San Francisco Art Institute and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking.[5] W
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The memoir of iconic tattoo artist Ed Hardy from his beginnings in s California, to leading the tattoo renaissance and building his name into a hugely lucrative international brand
"Ed Hardy" is emblazoned on everything from t-shirts and hats to perfumes and energy drinks. From LA to Japan, his colorful cross-and-bones designs and ribbon-banners have become internationally ubiquitous. But long before the fashion world discovered his iconic designs, the man behind the eponymous brand spearheaded nothing less than a cultural revolution.
In Wear Your Dreams, Ed Hardy recounts his genesis as a tattoo artist and leader in the movement to recognize tattooing as a valid and rich art form, through to the ultimate transformation of his career into a multi-billion dollar branding empire. From giving colored pencil tattoos to neighborhood kids at age ten to working with legendary artists like Sailor Jerry to learning at the feet of the masters in Japan, the book explains how this Godfather o
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Don Ed Hardy is a legend in the tattoo world. A lifelong artist with formal training outside the tattoo shop, Hardy is known for developing the fine-art potential of a medium that was formerly the domain of street thugs, prisoners, and transient sailors.
Hardy started his tattooing apprenticeship as a teenager and studied with such colorful characters as Sailor Jerry and Phil Sparrow, always with a Beat-influenced emphasis on integrating Japanese art into his practice. In , Hardy and his wife Francesca Passalacqua formed Hardy Marks Publications and have written, edited, and published more than 25 books on alternative art. Hardy still maintains a tattoo shop in California, where his son, Doug, carries on the family skin-marking tradition, but he has since retired from tattooing himself, spending his days on his own non-tattoo artwork.
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