Kat Von D: Go Big or Go Home, Fester Einband

Kurzbeschreibung

The author of New York Times' bestsellers High Voltage Tattoo and The Tattoo Chronicles, renowned artist Kat Von D raises the expository and tattoo bar with Go Big or Go Home, her most intimate work yet. Someone who has followed her passions with full commitment and courage from a very young age, Kat has always been a risk-taker in her day to day life, her creative work, and in love. In Go Big or Go Home, she writes candidly about her greatest desires, fears, successes, and failures, and shares how she has dealt with them - for better or worse. In seven thematic essays, she addresses issues close to her heart - individuality, personal strength, creativity, presence, independence, and altruism - drawing on engaging and inspiring stories from her own life and those of her clients throughout each section. Aligned with this focus on risk taking, making bold moves, following through, and taking responsibility for her actions"in this context is Kat's decision to create only large-scale tattoos especially for this book. These meticulous works of art take hours to plan, draw, and execute, and require hours of concentration and endurance for both Kat and her clients. They represent a large commitment from Kat as an artist and from the client, whose lifelong commitment to the large piece almost always represents a significant event or a visible manifestation of their evolving inner selves. Filled with Kat's sketches, handwriting, and specially commissioned photographs of the large-scale tattoos by celebrity and fashion photographer Patrick Hoelck - both in process and finished pieces - Go Big or Go Home is filled with a range of astounding work on regular citizens, as well as the many celebrities that seek her out, including songwriter Linda Perry, actor Ewan MacGregor, rapper The Game, and comedian Bobcat Goldthwait. Above all, this special book captures the candor, compassion, and enormous talent of an amazing woman belovedby millions worldwide.

Beschreibung

Go Big or Go Home is Kat Von Ds follow-up to her two New York Times Bestsellers, High Voltage Tattoo and The Tattoo Chronicles. Kat is really raising the bar in her third book, her most expository yet. In Go Big or Go Home, Kat writes about risk taking--about being willing to follow ones passions in day-to-day life, love, and work and taking responsibility for her actions for better or worse. Its a collection of anecdotal stories that reveal some of her greatest desires as well as fears, successes and failures, and how she copes with experiences of some downright bad luck. This is a book about listening to your guts, acting on your desires, looking failures square in the eye--living and learning--and when necessary, letting go and moving on. Kat opened her Wonderland Gallery to great success, when everyone warned her it would fail. She has taken many risks in love--and had to weather those relationship storms publicly because of the media--and stood tall and still maintains that after all that, she is still a "hopeless romantic." Her beautiful home burned to the ground while she was on tour for The Tattoo Chronicles--and with her home, she lost a beloved pet as well as her art and many cherished collections: readers will find out how she handled all that loss. They will also learn about her aspirations outside tattooing, from relationships with her family to cutting a record, from learning to surf despite a true phobia about sharks to designing a clothing line--all very different dreams, big and small, that require her to conquer various fears and insecurities--thus presenting at once both vulnerability and inspiration her fans will relate to. As with Kats other books, Go Big or Go Home contains numerous anecdotes about her clients. Mirroring the books themes of commitment, honesty, and risk taking, the stories shes included are also related to bigger personal issues (as opposed to being decorative or commemorative pieces), taking risks and being open to change--and in keeping, the tattoos themselves are all large-scale works of art that represent faith and strength. Filled with Kats sketches, handwriting, and gorgeous photographs of her work, this book will thrill Kats fans worldwide, as she reveals more of herself than ever before and inspires will doing so.

Klappentext

Renowned tattoo artist, author of New York Times bestsellers High Voltage Tattoos and The Tattoo Chronicles, and star of LA Ink, Kat Von D raises the bar with her most intimate work yet: Go Big or Go Home: Taking Risks in Life, Love, and Tattooing. Kat has always been a risk-taker in her day-to-day life, her creative work, and in love. In Go Big or Go Home, she writes candidly about her greatest desires, fears, successes and failures, and shares how she has dealt with them. In seven thematic essays, Kat addresses issues close to her heart—such as individuality, independence, and altruism—and draws upon her own experiences and those of her many clients. Filled with Kat's sketches, handwriting, drawings of tattoos, and process photos, as well as specially commissioned photographs of the finished large-scale tattoos by celebrity and fashion photographer Patrick Hoelck, Go Big or Go Home covers a wide range of her astounding work on regular citizens, as well as the many celebrities who seek her out her artistry.