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About Me

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Contact Kate at her website: www.shanghaikates.com or phone her shop (Shanghai Kateâ€™s 7 Seas, 181 Allen St., Buffalo, NY 14201) at 716-310-2529.
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Tattooing since 1971 in all styles -- custom and classic.
Worked with Sailor Jerry Collins of Hawaii, Don Ed Hardy, Jack Rudy, Bill Funk and many others.
Writer/photographer of two Schiffer books on Sailor Jerry's Acetate Tattoo Stencil designs, popular around the world and great resources for artists interested in old school tattoo designs. Self-publisher of Sailor Jerry's own book on tattooing, "His Book," available by ordering here, through Kate's website, eBay (search under Sailor Jerry) or from Kate at one of the many conventions she attends regularly throughout the year. "I also sell original Sailor Jerry acetate stencils and business cards on my website STORE. These are hand-cut by the American Master Himself (a sort of tattoo in plastic) and my two Schiffer books are meant to be catalogs for those stencils."
PLEASE NOTE: "I've sold my shops in Buffalo (Hertel and Elmwood) and am in transition between Buffalo and Salt Lake City, Utah, as permanent base of operations. I work by appointment only, regular hours fluctuate due to appearances and travel. Updates and new information will be posted on my Blog here and website as soon as I know."
Appointments for any future work can be made by calling: 716-310-2529 or contact Kate thru email: [email protected]. "If you have work in progress, PLEASE CALL -- I will get to you. Thank you."
2007:
JULY 24th-AUG. 1st:
SLC, UTAH
AUG. 1-AUG 10th:
STURGIS, SOUTH DAKOTA
AUG. 10th-SEPT 13th:
PHILLY, NYC, BUFFALO, NY
SEPT. 13th-DEC 1st:
SWITZERLAND, CHINA, SWEDEN
DEC 2nd-FEB 15th:
BUFFALO, UTAH
Celebrity clientele includes: Howard Stern, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Jackdaw, David LaChapelle, Casey Affleck, Summer Phoenix and other musicians, models, actors and corporate executives.
1st runner up for Best of Show at the gigantic Pomona convention. Over 300 artists working three days . . . bested by Bret Zarroo with his 35 hour, three-day back piece, dragon . . . congratulations, Bret!!
Also received Award of Special Recognition for a long career.
Watch for feature articles about Kate in upcoming issues of Skin & Ink, books by Clayton Patterson and a Netherland publication.

My Interests

Art, science, food, travel, mythology, camping, cinema, music and reading.

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I'd like to meet:

Everyone! Especially, James Purefoy and Edward James Olmos. And all other open-minded, fun-loving yet serious collectors of tattoo. Whether you want a new tattoo, have bad tattoos you want fixed, or just want to add to an existing piece -- I specialize in cover-ups and repairs and work that is meaningful to your life's history.

Music:

Pretty much everything except angry rap. Crazeee about Rufus and Martha Wainwright, their parents (Kate MacGarrigle, Loudon Wainwright III and their aunt, Anna MacGarrigle) Leonard Cohen, Buddha Bar, Moby, The Gypsy Kings, all the Texas troubadors. Since I was at Monterey, anything from that era, really: Janis, Jimi, Otis. Currently in the CD player in rotation: Rufus Wainwright (Duh!), Buddha Bar, Flaming Lips, Billie Joe Shaver, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Tom Russell, Robert Earl Keene, Dale Watson, Modern Jazz Quartet. GAWD help me: learning to like House, Deep House, Shoegazer.

Movies:

GO SEE THE HOST!!! The best movie of the last year. Then, again, across the board. Anything except angry stupid car explosions and shoot-outs. (Except masterpieces like: True Romance, Goodfellas, Casino.) LOVE: ERASUREHEAD!!!, Treasure of the Sierre Madre, old Brando, Requiem for a Dream, Legend, Lord of the Ring trilogy, almost anything Japanese, now Chinese. Films that make me think and feel: Best films recently: Borat! (Sasha -- CALL ME!), Munich, Cars, Monster House, Crash, History of Violence, The Constant Gardener, Garden State, Paradise Now, The New York Dolls Movie, Dogville, The Cooler, Finding Nemo, House of Sand and Fog.

Television:

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (reimagined) -- the best show ever on TV!. (Edward James Almos -- CALL ME!)
Adore: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS and RENO 011! It seems everything good gets yanked. Do try to catch heady stuff like British TV, educational stuff like: POV, Independent Lens, Frontline, NOW, Nova. Like science channels. PBS rules!!!
Survivor, Rome (James Purefoy -- CALL ME!), Extras. Great older shows like Becker, Malcolm in the Middle and Roseanne. CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood. TIVO The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, Inside the Actor's Studio, My Name Is Earl, The Office. Like Letterman, don't like Leno. Also, Conan and the Simpsons are great. I consider the "News" pornography and refuse to spend one second watching any of it.

Books:

Anything. Just discovered Dorothy Allison. She wrote the books I was gonna! Oh well, now I just have to be that much better. All books are ways to travel through time and space. They are companions to give us new information. I especially love crafty writers who love their work: Tom Robbins, John Irving, Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Brannigan and especially the best of them all . . .Shakespeare.

Heroes:

Sailor Jerry Collins, of course, Zeke Owen, Bob Roberts, Jack Rudy, Bill Funk, Trevor Marshall, Mario Barth, Judy Parker, Horizakura, Juan Puente, Chris Cohn, Gary Kozmala, Noble . . . all the talented youngsters on my "Friends" list here. I learn so much from them. Tattoo artists who carry the flame of righteousness in this business. Firefighters, teachers, nurses and doctors . . . those who toil with improving our world. All the people who suffer incredible misfortunes and still find the hope and courage to rise up again the next day.

My Blog

To clear things up . . .

I know, I know. I make these promises . . . I blather and give out great exciting news. At the moment I do all that, everything is as I say it will be but then life comes up and WHAMMO! Slam up side t...
Posted by Shanghai Kate on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:15:00 PST

Back from Sturgis . . .

Well, I have another Rally under my belt. What a Rally it was! Again, great good fun, exciting designs and wonderful people. I had my own cameraman, Keith, from the Needled.com site (google it!) foll...
Posted by Shanghai Kate on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:09:00 PST

A MOVIE ABOUT ME!! (and more!)

Something very exciting is happening . . . here's the link: http://needled.com/blog/entries/shanghai-kate-back-at-sturgi s/I'm as nervous as a prostitute in St. Patricks Cathedral . . . that sound you ...
Posted by Shanghai Kate on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:49:00 PST

HEADED FOR STURGIS!

Only a few more weeks and I'll be surrounded by sweaty, sunburnt, dusty, semi-smashed bikers in the hundreds of thousands . . . can't wait. I'll be at Sturgis, AIM/COM Thift store, corner of Main and ...
Posted by Shanghai Kate on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:12:00 PST

Back on my feet!

Well, what a two months I've had! First I get cut, end to end, 400 stitches! OUCH! Then . . . two weeks later I decide to move back into the city . . . not the first best idea . . . then what do ...
Posted by Shanghai Kate on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:28:00 PST

I'm lightening my load!

Do you love Swap meets? Garage Sales? Thrift stores? Well, I have a deal for you! I'm moving and have to sell everything I've collected over the past 30 years. PLUS -- there are 15 other storage space...
Posted by Shanghai Kate on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:15:00 PST

Memories . . .

BUFFALO, NY -- So here I am, out where "God left his shoes" . . . Akron, NY . . . real rural farm land about 40 miles from downtown Buffalo (where I left MY shoes!). Just had the last of my scheduled ...
Posted by Shanghai Kate on Fri, 25 May 2007 09:56:00 PST

What's Going On . . .

I have been seriously missing in action for the past few weeks and I have my reasons. Just dropping in now to say I'll been back out of action again for the next few weeks so hang in there and I'll be...
Posted by Shanghai Kate on Sun, 06 May 2007 08:01:00 PST

Remembering Michael "Rollo Banks" Malone

It is with a very heavy heart that I learn that my old buddy/partner Michael Malone died yesterday. I'm sure that there will be many memorials written about him for he was a giant in our tattoo indust...
Posted by Shanghai Kate on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:13:00 PST

Think you support the troops? Read this!!

I stole this from one of my friend's sites today. And I'm proud to have done so. It is well written and as far as I'm concerned, RIGHT ON!!! Do I support the troops? I'd like to bring them home, but, ...
Posted by Shanghai Kate on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:10:00 PST