Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin: Art of the New Tattoo

The publication of this book accompanied a major art exhibition of Ed Hardy's artwork.

Within this book you learn about Ed Hardy's life, art, and his inspirations. Rooted both in traditional American tattooing of the first half of the twentieth century and in the imagery of Japan's ukiyo-e era. Hardy, raised in Southern California, became intrigued with tattoo art at the age of ten, setting up shop in his parents' den. After attending the San Francisco Art Institute in the 1960s, he rejected a graduate fellowship from Yale to apprentice at studios up and down the West Coast. The fruits of Ed Hardy's efforts are all around us. Read this book and you'll see what we mean!