Buzzworthy Tattoo History Projects: Illuminating Tattooing’s Past; Tattoo Historian Carmen Forquer Nyssen
Tattoo Artist Grave Site Documentation:
Commenced February 2006, 17 years ago: Diligently researched burial sites of tattoo artists, tattooed people, and related characters on Find A Grave. (Took many a road trip to document, photograph, and pay homage at grave sites).
As of 2023, I relinquished my account, but my research/memorials are still active and you can access them. (see ‘Virtual Cemeteries’ section under the old account page, link above or the following): Tattoo Artists, Tattooed People, Show People, etc.
Buzzworthy Tattoo History Research Feature: C.H. Fellowes: A 48 Year Old Tattoo Mystery Solved. C.H. Fellowes, elusive tattooer, identified at last!! (Related image, right)
See below list for my otherwise authored works; also my Buzzworthy Tattoo History articles and additional research, which have been resourced in many significant enterprises, including a variety of publishing venues; major exhibitions; museum archives; and international University theses/dissertations, some as listed below or as otherwise seen on Academia.edu, online profiles of Universities, and in academic journals. (There are also numerous uncredited major works).
Friendly Reminder: Buzzworthy Tattoo History is chock-full of original research. Please properly cite my work and/or seek contractual permissions for extended usage of intellectual property, including images.
2023
Willy Moskowitz:Bowery-Barber Tattoo Artist. In the Shadows: The People’s History of New York City Underground Tattooing. Tribal Publishing, 2023. Print. Authored by Carmen Forquer Nyssen. (2nd full feature article, after introduction, in this 600 page groundbreaking anthology of New York Tattoo History).
Above article was pre-published on the Buzzworthy Tattoo History website, with historical images from the Moskowitz family: Willy Moskowitz: Bowery-Barber Tattoo Artist.
The Collections Department of the Art Institute of Chicago purchased the book as archival accompaniment to their 1932 Reginald Marsh painting on display, Tattoo and Haircut, which depicts Willy Moskowitz’s Bowery tattoo-barber shop, as per my research. The Buzzworthy Tattoo History website version is recorded under “Publication History” for their online view of the piece.
2022
Life & Times: Edward Greenwood. Tattoo Archive, 2022. Print. Research.
Tangible Lives: Pina/oy Migrant Cultures and Labor in Interwar California, 1920-1941. UCLA Thesis/Dissertation. 2022. By Bernard James Remollino. (Research resourced/cited from my Domingo Galang article: https://buzzworthytattoo.com/tattoo-artists-tattooed-people/domingo-galang/ )
2021
Panagiotou, Manolis. Schmetterling-Mariposa. Tattoo Kulture #45, July 2021. Print. Content Contribution from Buzzworthy Tattoo History. (Auszug aus “Buzzworthy Tattoo History” von Carmen Nyssen).
Lew Alberts: Tattoo Pioneer. Blue Letter Books, 2021. Print. Research Contribution.
Tattoo Flash: Four Stories About Tattoos. Decoder Ring, July 2021. Podcast. (Thanks this episode also to tattoo historian Carmen Nyssen; artist and writer Jonathan Shaw, Brett Lemoine, and Mike Hawman.)
Getting Inked Up? Thank Thomas Edison. IEEE Spectrum. April 2021. Research Contribution. (Resources my electric tattooing article, though unfortunately, my research on William G. Bonwill’s dental plugger as one of the early electric tattoo machines was erroneously credited to someone else in this article).
Johnson, Rosalie A., “Marked Membership: Anthropological Perspectives on North American
Contemporary Tattooing” (2021). Honors Undergraduate Theses. 1028. (“For more information on early tattoo machines, look to Nyssen’s online article (2015)”). (Retrievable on Central Florida University website).
2020
Barnicaud, Jeanne. Déchiffrer les corps, inscrire l’identité : les signes cutanés à l’époque moderne. Fabula Vol. 21, No. 11., Dec 2020. (Notes: See in particular Jane Caplan (ed.), Written on the Body: The Tattoo in European and American History , Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2000; Anne et Julien (dir.), Tattoo artists, tattooed , Arles and Paris, Actes Sud and Musée du Quai Branly, 2014; and, more generally and not exhaustively, the works of Gemma Angel, Anna Felicity Friedman, Matt Lodder, Margot Miflin, Carmen Nyssen).
Art Institute of Chicago. Tattoo and Haircut, 1932. Reginald Marsh. Art Work. Publication History File. (Carmen Nyssen, “Willy Moskowitz: Bowery Barber-Tattoo Artist,” Buzzworthy Tattoo History, accessed September 24, 2020, https://www.buzzworthytattoo.com/tattoo-history-research-articles/willy-moskowitz-bowery-barber-tattoo-artist/, as Tattoo, Shave, Haircut (ill.).)
LOST LOVE VOLUME 3. Yellow Beak Press (Tattoo Book), 2020. Print. Fact-checking, Research, Captions, Editing.
Episode 9: Slinging Ink: The Victorian Tattoo Craze. The Devil’s Dinner Hour. Dec, 2020. Podcast by Evelyn James. (Nyssen, Carmen. Tom Riley: “The Making of a Tattoo Artist.”)
The Korean Tattoo Culture: An Historical Overview on the Development and Shift of Perception on Tattoos in Korean Society. Korean Bachelor’s Course. Stockholms universitet. 2020. By Frederike Glietsch. (Nyssen, Carmen. 2018. “Language of Tatau, Ta Tatau, Tattoo.” Buzzworthy Tattoo History. Accessed March 9, 2020. https://www.buzzworthytattoo.com/language-of-tatau-ta-tatautattoo/.)
A Life in Tattoos: Henk Schiffmacher’s Private Collection of the Art and Its Makers, 1730s–1970s. By Henk Schiffmacher, Noel Daniel. 2020. Print. Research, consultation, and fact-checking.
Acknowledgements: “To Carmen Forquer Nyssen of the Buzzworthy Tattoo History Website for the enlightenment her research provided into early American tattoo history, early electrical tattooing, Charlie Wagner and his contemporaries, and her great great uncle, Bert Grimm.”
Merimiestatuoinnit (Tattoo Book) by Mikko Helsenius & Jari Ruotsalainen, 2020. Print. Research Contribution
Skedzuhn-Safir, Alexandra & Franceschini, Nicole. (2020). TattooTaboo: A Reader. 10.26127/BTUOpen-5236. Content citation from Buzzworthy Tattoo History feature articles on my original electric tattooing research, as well as, that of Samuel F. O’Reilly and his pre-patent electrically tattooed attractions, etc. (Retrievable on Academia.edu).
Indigenous Concept Tattoo in Publicistic Discourse of Modern Multinational English. 2020. By O.V. Domnich. Zaporozhzhya National University, Zaporizhzhya Ukraine (linguistics). (Retrievable on Scribd) (Nyssen, C. Language of Tatau, Ta Tatau, Tattoo)
Indigenous Concept Tattoo in Publicistic Discourse of Modern Multinational English. Philology (Journal): Science and Education A New Dimension, VIII (69), Issue: 234, pg. 12-14. Sept 2020. By O.V. Domnich. (Nyssen, C. Language of Tatau, Ta Tatau, Tattoo)
See Buzzworthy Tattoo History article for breakthrough Linguistic research on the etymology of Tatau/Tattoo: The Language of Tatau, Ta Tatau, Tattoo, by Carmen Forquer Nyssen
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Painted Knees and Tattoo History by Carmen Forquer Nyssen. DULL TOOL DIM BULB by Jim Linderman
Happy Birthday, Tattoo Artist Bert Grimm. By Trav SD
Body of Work Tattoo Culture. Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle, WA. ‘Carmen Forquer Nyssen, tattoo historian’ interview displayed on exhibit floor as a jumbo screen video. January 2020-May 2021.
Tatuagem Historia E Contemporaneidade. Dissertacao. 2020. By Rodrigo Muniz de Souza Lima. Universidade De Lisbo. (Nyssen, Carmen (2018) Birth of the Tattoo Trade: New York Bowery, (2015) Early Tinkerers of Electric Tattooing, Buzzworthy Tattoo History)
A 360 Degree Computer Controlled Tattoo Machine. Thesis. 2020. Brian Tracy. California State University. (2015, Early Tinkerers of Electric Tattooing, Elusive Dental Plugger Machines, Buzzworthy Tattoo History).
2019
Ralph Johnstone by Carmen Nyssen, Great Lakes Tattoo blog, December 28, 2019.
Life & Times: Tex and Ann Peace. Tattoo Archive, 2019. Print. Research.
North Carolina Tattoo History. Tattoo Archive, 2019. Print. Research Contribution.
Unwin, Peter. “Special Issue: Article ‘An Extremely Useful Invention’: Edison’s Electric Pen and the Unravelling of Old and New Media.” Convergence, 2019. Print. Content citation from Buzzworthy Tattoo History feature articles on my original electric tattooing research, etc. (Retrievable on Academia.edu).
Die Tätowierung als Medium Eine medienwissenschaftliche Verortung von Tattoos und ihrer medialen Strategien. Dissertation. 2019. Julia Cwojdzinski M. A. Universität Potsdam.
Ohio tattoo History. Tattoo Archive, 2019. Print. Research Contribution.
Research on my relative Corwin P. Rees (brother of my Great Great Grandfather), who was head officer of the U.S.S. Olympia, currently parked at the Independence Seaport Museum, and the Spanish American War era tattoo artist aboard his ship, submitted to the museum archives 2019 to Craig Bruns.
American Pickers: Dani Goes East. November 4, 2019. Bert Grimm Image Contribution, from collection of Carmen Forquer Nyssen. “It’s tattoo mania in New York as Mike and Danielle pick through an artist’s high-end collection of flash art. Then Mike uncovers a 100-year-old papier mache Uncle Sam. In Ohio, Frank and Robbie bumble through four stories of junk in search of hidden treasures.”
Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin. de Young Museum. Exhibit. Image Contribution, Lender.
Jul 13, 2019–Oct 6, 2019
Duncan, Dallas. Atlanta Ink. The Georgia Voice, June 20, 2019. Print. Research Contribution.
Carmen Nyssen of Buzzworthy Tattoo History. The Tattooed Historian Show Pod Cast, John R. Heckman. April 2019.
CHICAGO DIME MUSEUM TATTOOER: SAILOR GUS BY CARMEN NYSSEN. Great Lakes Tattoo blog, Feb. 19, 2019.
Baltimore Tattoo History. Tattoo Archive, 2019. Print. Research.
Los Angeles Theatres website. Research contribution on Los Angeles Main Street tattoo shops. 2019.
Old Glory Book. Yellow Beak Press, 2019. Print. Editing Contribution.
In Memory of: The Story of W.R. King. Royal Art Books, 2019. Print. Research.
2018
Marvin Moskowitz: The First Family of American Tattooing. Total Tattoo Magazine, Dec. 2018. Print. Byline. “*To read: Carmen Nyssen’s evocative descriptions of Bowery tattooing and see some wonderful archive photos take a look at Willy Moskowitz: Bowery Barber-Tattoo Artist. and related links.”
Arora, Alexander, “Ink as Armor: An Examination into the Relationship Between Tattooing and the Ability to Cope with Negative Life Events” (2018). All Regis University Theses. 868.
https://epublications.regis.edu/theses/868 (Content citation on Tattoo Artist, Charlie Wagner, from Buzzworthy Tattoo History website).
Tatuados [Tattooed]. El mundo del tatuaje: de la transgresión a la tendencia [The World of Tattoos: From Transgression to Trend]. Penguin Books. 2018. Print. (Research taken from my website Buzzworthy Tattoo History–Samuel F. O’Reilly and the emergence of electrical tattooing).
“An Artist’s View of Tattooing”: Aba Bayefsky and the Tattoo Scenes of Toronto and Yokohama, 1978–86. Oct 1, 2018. Journal of Canadian Studies. Pg. 451-480. By Jamie Jelinski. Content contribution (Retrievable on Academia.edu).
“Carmen Forquer Nyssen graciously offered feedback on this article and gave me number of sources that I would have otherwise been unable to access.”
Illegal Ink: The bizarre story of NYC’s Tattoo Ban. September 30, 2018. Storytelling production. Online resource contribution.
14th Annual London Convention: Rich Hardy, Christopher Waller, with Carmen Forquer Nyssen’s Buzzworthy Tattoo History displayed in their booth. September 28-30, 2018. Also included a booklet: Buzzworthy Tattoo History Presents: Tom Riley-The Making of a Tattoo Artist researched and written by Carmen Nyssen, and design format contributed by Rich Hardy. Voted “Best Booth 2018,” for tattoo history and tattoo memorabilia, selected by Mark Mahoney.
TTT: Tattoo. By Maxime Buschi & Nicholas Schonberger. September 25, 2018. Print.
Full feature article: Ever-Evolving Tattoo Machines by Carmen Forquer Nyssen pg. 496-499 (about the emergence of electrical tattooing, from it’s earliest period onward).
Life & Times: Tex Rowe. Tattoo Archive, 2018. Print. Research.
Brooklyn Joe Lieber: American Tattoo Master. Hardy Marks. August 2018. Print. Research.
The Clayton Patterson Show w/ Carmen Nyssen & Marvin Moskowitz, August 13, 2018. Web. Podcast. “Clayton is joined by long-time guest, and friend, Marvin Moskowitz — a tattoo & boxing historian, who comes from the legendary Moskowitz family. By telephone, Marvin and Clayton are joined by tattoo historian, and founder of the tattoo history website www.buzzworthytattoo.com , Carmen Nyssen. The three discuss tattooing icons such as Bert Grimm, The Bowery Boys, Charlie Wagner, Jonathan Shaw, Thom DeVita & more.”
Vox ‘Explained’ Netflix series ‘Tattoo’ episode, August 1, 2018. Video. Image and research consultation.
Tattow Stories – N°2. July 2018. Web. Interview.
Buzzworthy Tattoo History-Interview de Carmen F. Nyssen
Tattoo Age TV Series, Viceland, 2018. Ed Hardy, Bert Krak, and Mike Perfetto episodes. Video. Image contributions, Lender.
BBC Radio 5live Chat Panel. June 2018. Radio.
Lew the Jew and His Circle: Origins of American Tattoo. Contemporary Jewish Museum. Exhibit. Lender, curator, & research.
Jul 26, 2018–Jun 9, 2019
Entry wall Lew the Jew and His Circle: Origins of American Tattoo exhibit acknowledgements: “Renny Pritkin, Chief Curator: The CJM acknowledges the essential contribution of Natasha Matteson Curatorial Assistant. We acknowledge the research of Carmen Forquer Nyssen for much of the information in this account. This exhibition would not have been possible without the generous cooperation and loans from Don Ed Hardy, with the assistance of his former archivist Trevor Ewald. Finally, our sincere gratitude and appreciation to project consultant Laura Moeller.”
Bristol Tattoo Club: The Holy Grail of Electrical Tattooing: Edison-O’Reilly, 2018. Print. Image & article contribution.
Chicago Tattoo Supply House. Blue Letter Books, 2018. Print. Editing/Research/Wrote introduction.
Life & Times: Ralph “Duke” Kaufman. Tattoo Archive, 2018. Print. Research.
2017
Chicago Tattooing #414 State Street. Tattoo Archive, 2017. Print. Research.
Tattoo, an Exhibition. Los Angeles Natural History Museum. Lender & Research Contribution
Nov 19, 2017-April 15, 2018
Developed by Musee De Quai Branly Jacques Chirac
Graphis Competition: Design Annual 2019: Tattoo: An Exhibition (Julie Grimm photo featured, collection of Carmen Forquer Nyssen)
Old-School Ink: New Haven’s Tattoos. New Haven Museum. Lender & Research.
September 23, 2017-March 10, 2018.
See Also: OLD-SCHOOL INK: NEW HAVEN’S TATTOOS EXHIBIT – OPENING SEPT 23 AT NEW HAVEN MUSEUM
Ralph Ashwell, Tattoo Flash. Yellow Beak Press, 2017. Print. Researched and authored Ralph Ashwell biography as a feature for this tattoo flash book.
Book Release Party, December 08, 2017, Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago, IL
Life & Times: Charles J. Geizer. Tattoo Archive, 2017. Print. Research.
laurentiis, Cecilia De. “Der Tätowierer Karl Finke: Zu Den Anfängen Der Professionellen Tätowierung in Hamburg / The Tattooist Karl Finke: On the Beginnings of Professional Tattooing in Hamburg.” Karl Finke: Buch No. 3. Ein Vorlagealbum Des Hamburger Tätowierers/A Flash Book by the Hamburg Tattooist, Hg. Von Ole Wittmann, Henstedt-Ulzburg: Nachlass Warlich, 2017, 118–39. Content citation from Buzzworthy Tattoo History feature articles, my original research on Harry V. Lawson’s Norfolk Tattoo Shop as well as my article on the Henry Ford Museum’s tattoo flash sheets, etc. (Retrievable on Academia.edu).
Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed, Exhibition. Lending Contribution. 2017
Life & Times: Jean Carroll. Tattoo Archive, 2017. Print. Research.
Credits: “Would like to send out a special thank you to our head researcher Carmen Nyssen for her help with this booklet.” (Breakthrough research on the identity and life of Jean Fiorella Carroll).
Tattooed Boston: Eagles, Anchors, and Flags. Major research and content contribution. Over two years of intensive research on over a hundred tattoo artists and tattooed people connected to Boston and beyond, including finding relatives of tattoo artists. Also researched and documented the work/family connections between late 1800s Bowery photographers, Charles Eisenmann, Frank Wendt, Peter Wendt, Christian Reichers, August Obermuller.
(Started project December 2014. Quit project February 2017, due to dishonesty and non-collaboration)
“Bounty from the Bowery: August Obermuller and the Marketing of Early American Tattoo Culture.” The Daguerreian Annual 2016, 2017, pp. 168–177. By Margaret Hodges, Derin Bray, and Carmen Forquer Nyssen
“Tattoo Trade Cards: The Ephemera of Electric Art, 1900-1930.” The Ephemera Journal. vol. 19, no. 2, Jan. 2017, pp. 1, 4-9. By Derin Bray and Carmen Forquer Nyssen
Tattooed New York, New York Historical Society, Tattoo Exhibition. Research Contribution.
Jan 2017 – April 2017 (Named acknowledgement on entry wall, as well as, in below published feature article about the exhibit)
Antiques The Magazine, Jan-Feb 2017: Gotham Ink by Christian Petru Penaite
Re: Tattooed New York: “Online resources organized by Chuck Eldridge, Anna Felicity Friedman, and Carmen Forquer Nyssen provided a wealth of well documented information.”
Tattoo: British Tattoo Art Revealed. National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Image contribution.
March 17, 2017-January 7, 2018
Grunwald Gallery. Indiana Tattoo: History and Legacy Exhibition. Indiana University, 2017. Image & Research contribution.
Jan 13, 2017 – Feb 3, 2017
Also See: The wild history of illegal Indiana ink and infamous Hoosier tattoo artists
“One of the connections that shocked Sweet was through Carmen Nyssen, the great-granddaughter of Bert Grimm, a world-famous tattooer. Nyssen studies tattoo history extensively and lent material related to Bernard Kobel, who collected and cataloged photos of tattooed people and circus people in the early 1900s. Kobel created the Kobel Catalog where many “traditional” style tattoos came from. He ran the catalog out of Frankfort, Ind. and donated the photos to the Kinsey Institute before moving out of state. “That’s an Indiana person who played a tremendous role in tattoo history,” says Sweet.”
2016
Life & Times: Elizabeth Weinzirl. Tattoo Archive, 2016. Print. Research.
“Fine Art For The Masses.” Irish America Magazine, April/May 2016. Print & Web. Citing original research from Samuel O’Reilly biography on www.buzzworthytattoo.com.
Lost Love Vol 2. Yellow Beak Press (Tattoo Book), 2016. Print. Editing & image contribution.
Travels in My Skin Podcast. Hosted by Jess Moss of Watchtower Radio. Co-host: Carmen Nyssen
2015 – Feb 2016 (defunct).
Episode 1: Great-Uncle Bert
Episode 2: Tattoos & Troublemakers
Episode 3: Painless Nell & The Ladies of Tattooing
Episode 4: Who Invented the Tattoo Machine?
Episode 5: The Saga of Owen Jensen
2015
Buzzworthy Tattoo History by Tattoo Historian Carmen Forquer Nyssen: a tattoo history website dedicated to accurately documenting tattoo history with insightful perspective.
2015 – Present
“Bert Grimm.” Z Tattoo Magazine, July 2015. Print. Feature article by Carmen Forquer Nyssen
“Bob Wicks.” Rough Outline Magazine. Lucky Tattoo Supply, 2015. Print. Research.
Lew Alberts. Hardy Marks, 2015. Print. Researched Lew Alberts biography and historical background for book by Carmen Forquer Nyssen.
Intro by Ed Hardy: “More recently, detailed material about him [Lew Alberts] has come to light through the research of tattoo historian Carmen Forquer.” Credits: Special Thanks, Carmen Forquer.
Life & Times: Bernard L. Kobel. Tattoo Archive, 2015. Print. Research.
Credit: “Special thanks to our head researcher Carmen Nyssen.”
Lodder, M (2015) ‘Things of the sea’: iconographic continuities between tattooing and handicrafts in Georgian-era maritime culture. Sculpture Journal, 24 (2). pp. 195-210.
Acknowledgments: “Thanks are due to Anna Friedman and Carmen Forquer Nyssen for their comments on early drafts of this paper and their guidance on all matters of tattoo history more generally…”
Life & Times: Ralph E. Johnstone. Tattoo Archive, 2015. Print. Research.
Credits: “A very special thanks to our Head Researcher “Extraordinaire”…Carmen Nyssen”
Sailor Vern. Yellow Beak Press, 2015. Print. Research and Writing Contributions
Thank You page: “The foundation of this project was very difficult to formulate. Without the help of Carmen Nyssen, Chuck Eldridge, and Ed Hardy, this book would not have come to fruition.”
Tattoo Machine History. Alliance of Professional Tattooists Trade Show Seminar, Oct 2015.
Tattoo Machine History, Seminar by Shane Enholm & Carmen Nyssen
“Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hamilton” Things and Ink no. 9, 2015: 63-65. Print. Full feature article by Amelia Klem Osterud and Carmen Nyssen
Sweet, Sam. “Bert Grimm, Grandfather of American Tattooing.” All Night Menu, Vol 2, 2015. Print.
Interviewed by author about Bert Grimm and Los Angeles tattoo history
2014
Carmen Nyssen, attendee and volunteer at the 35th Annual National Tattoo Association Convention. May 2014.
“A mysterious 19th-century tattoo artist, identified at last.” Boston Globe, May 25, 2014. Print.
Carmen Nyssen interviewed by Boston Globe reporter about groundbreaking research on elusive tattooer, C.H. Fellowes, who couldn’t be identified by experts for 40 years. (I presented my research to the Mystic Seaport Museum, now in possession of the tattooer’s design book, so they could update their files with this new information). (I originally published the research/article on Tumblr February 2014 and on Buzzworthy Tattoo History in 2015).
C.H. Fellowes research also acknowledged on the Tattoo Archive’s tattoo artist bios, as well as, Tattoo! At the American Museum of Folk Art by Jamie Jelinski in Sang Bleu Magazine.
Thomas, Rich. “The Heart of it All,” Tattoo Master Magazine no. 21: 42-46, 2014. Research Contribution, Joe Clingan. See online scan of article here
Life & Times: Buzz Claydon. Tattoo Archive, 2014. Print. Research.
Credits: “Anyone that’s been following the Tattoo Archive’s Life & Times series knows that without Carmen Nyssen’s research it would be near impossible to bring the depth of detail to those long-gone tattooists.”
Life & Times: Frank & Annie Howard. Tattoo Archive, 2014. Print. Research.
Credits: “A very special thank you goes out to researcher extraordinaire, Carmen Nyssen…” Breakthrough research on the identity and career of tattooed couple Frank and Annie Howard, real names Frank Howard Packard and Annie Jane D. Morrison, as well as their daughter Ivy Howard, real name Caroline Minnie Frances Packard.
2013
Harry Warren Allen (Tattoo Artist). Blue Letter Books, 2013. Research Contribution.
2012
Life & Times: Johnny Walker. Tattoo Archive, 2012. Print. Research.
Credits: “We had the pleasure of interviewing Johnny in 1992 and along with the many letters he wrote to Paul Rogers and the diligent research by Carmen Nyssen, we were able to assemble this Life & Times booklet…”
Life & Times: Mildred Hull. Tattoo Archive, 2012. Print. Research.
Credits: “Before we get into Millie’s story, I would like to send a big thank-you to Carmen Nyssen for her tireless research…”
Tattoo Archive: Head Researcher: 2012-2019.
Assisted with both general research and specific research projects. Massive research as a staff member, for exhibits, online posts, tattoo convention lectures/classes, identifying tattoo memorabilia, and publications, especially for the Tattoo Archive Life & Times Series (and for The Book Mistress.
Previous Years
Smithsonian Files: Research on tattoo artist Joe Clingan archived in museum files, 2011.
“Thomas Lockhart: Canada’s Noble Scotsman.” Skin & Ink, June 2008: 68-74. Print. Full feature article spread by Carmen Forquer.
Editor’s Notes, Bob Baxter: “He’s done it all and seen it all, but he’s never had his story in Skin & Ink. Let’s put an end to that oversight right here and now.”
“Legendary Inksters & Dirty Tricksters.” Skin & Ink, Aug 2007: 64-73. Print. Full feature article spread by Carmen Forquer.
Editor’s Notes, Bob Baxter: “A trip back to the early days, when dirty tricks and genius con-men ruled the roost and helped to immortalize The Pike, Bert Grimm, “Buffalo Bill” Cody and three who survived: Don Deaton, Rio DeGennaro and Sea Tramp Tattoo.”
“Historical Resume: Organizing Your Research.” Genealogy Today, 2006. Print & Website. Feature article by Carmen Forquer.
Tips for researching: “Who? What? Where? When? These are the questions we are constantly asking in the hunt for our ancestors. Keeping the answers organized in a Historical Resume can help keep your research on track.”
“Bert Grimm: The Man Who Tattooed Bonnie & Clyde.” Skin & Ink, Nov 2005: 64-75. Print. Full feature article spread by Carmen Forquer.
Editor’s Notes, Bob Baxter: “A special Living History exclusive! The first-hand account of America’s master tattoo artist, Bert Grimm, the unparalleled storyteller, inventive genius and all-around king of hijinks from his niece and family historian Ms. CARMEN FORQUER, with insightful and often humorous commentary by C.W. Eldridge.”
Freelance feature Article writer/interviewer for Skin & Ink Magazine, 2005-2007. Hired by Editor in Chief, Bob Baxter.
Research for Tattoo Archive, Commenced 2004, and onward.
Lyle Tuttle’s Tattoo Museum: A work-in-progress: Providing research on San Francisco Tattoo Artists, etc., and transcribing Bert Grimm’s private interviews with Lyle Tuttle (now archived in the Lyle Tuttle Collection). Commenced 2004, and onward.
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