Sad day in Cape Town

This is not normally something I will blog about but I am really saddened and sickened by this.

Whoever did this, your next life, I am very sure, will suck pretty fucking bad.

a Rhino call ABSA was dehorned by poachers and left fighting for his life, he passed away this morning, another Rhino was also dehorned and killed, and a third Rhino was darted but not dehorned

"ABSA was the first rhino reintroduced to Aquila and to the Western Cape in over 250 years after being shot out by hunters. ABSA fathered the first two rhino calves born in the Western Cape in this time. The surviving rhino was one of the two fathered by him."

Read the full article on NEWS24's Website

Aquila Private Game Reserve is offering a R100 000 reward to any information leading to the arrest of the poachers.

For some scary statistics regarding poaching in South Africa, see the following CHART, 2011 still to be updated

Cool Inc. Convention

Its been a year already? wow time has flown by! See the blog post i wrote about last years trip / convention

Cool Inc. convention will be held this weekend 26, 27 and 28 August in Fourways, Johannesburg. I'm bummed that we will not not be in attendance this year, due to the new shop, Cape Electric Tattoo that we recently opened, we have our hands full

If you are in the area be sure to check it out, there will be a bunch of great local artists in ascendance, of what I know the following studios will be there and are confirmed:

Other World Tattoos (Knysna) / Voodoo Ink (Lynnwood, Pretoria) / Phoenix Tattoos (Hartebeespoortdam) / Tattoolya (Weltevreden Park JHB) / Electric Eye (Umhlanga, KZN) / Chapman's Tattoo Studio (Waterkloof, Pta) / Keep It Real (Hatfield) / 1933 (JHB) / Sins of Style (CPT) / Wildfire (CPT) / Buzz Tattoo (JHB) / Tattoolya (JHB) / Living Art (JHB) / Handstyle (JHB) / Golden Tiki (JHB / Studio 52 on Main (CPT)

Sponsor to the Event are

Hunters Dry / Sailor Jerry / Tattoo Goo / Bloodline Clothing / Black Fly / J Sound Productions / Cool Running and 9to5 Supply

Hope everybody there will have a great time!

It's all about now.

Finally, Fully underway and long overdue with the all new and upgraded website coming soon.

New and better stuff, limited and anti-bullshit. For tattooers by tattooers

Fully stocked with Wavely’s Original Dark Black and also FINALLY stocked up with Waverly’s full color range!

Waverly Color 60ml (2oz) prices

Single Bottle 60ml: R130

Japanese Colors 60ml: R220 (RED. ORANGE. PINK)

Full Set of 60ml, includes Japanese Colors: R4300

JAPANESE COLORS

This photo does not justify the intensity and glo of these 3 colors

PICTURES IN ORDER:

ADOBE, AQUA, BANANNA, BLUE, BROWN, CARAMEL, CHARTREUSE, CHOC BROWN, CRIMSON, DARK RED, GOLD, GRAPE, GREEN, JAPANESE ORANGE, JAPANESE PINK, JAPANESE RED, LIGHT BLUE, LIME, MAGENTA, MEDIUM BLUE, MELBA, MINT, OLIVE, ORANGE ORCHE, PAYNE’S GREY, PESIMMON, PINK, PURPLE, RED, SEA FOAM, TIGER ORANGE, WHITE, YELLOW

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