"Adam Shrewsbury, the Southeast Michigan-based tattoo artist, has found more than just people to tattoo. Inspired by traditional tattooing, stylistically and symbolically, the talismanic vernacular of tattoo imagery creates a gateway into life's major realities for Adam: love, loss, hope, betrayal, triumph, endurance - and death. When Adam's mother suddenly died when he was a child, the impact "cannot be overstated". It's what led Adam to tackling two art forms that are extremely fragile: tattooing permanent images onto skin and the careful creation of ceramics."
"You've never seen ceramics painted in this way - ceramics is one of the world's oldest art forms, with ancient Greek, Chinese and Nazca pottery, but here it is connected to the modern day with the endearing kitsch of tattoo imagery of the 20th century. The parodical tributes to Mickey Mouse and Felix The Cat appear, with classic references to panthers, roses and skulls. Inspired by pottery artists Michael and Magdalenda Frimkess as well as the trickster characters of tattoo iconography,"
Adam Shrewsbury channels personal loss into tattooing and ceramics, treating tattoo imagery as a talismanic language addressing major life realities. Childhood bereavement—his mother's sudden death—drove him to two fragile art forms: permanent skin imagery and careful ceramic making. He applies 20th-century tattoo kitsch to ancient pottery forms, combining parodical tributes to Mickey Mouse and Felix The Cat with classic motifs like panthers, roses, and skulls. Influences include Michael and Magdalenda Frimkess and trickster tattoo figures. The resulting ceramic vases convey lived, inked personalities that merge historical craft with contemporary visual storytelling.
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