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THE GOOD TIMES
THE
AUGUST 2016
GOOD TIMES
Nikole’sEtsyMadness
BoysattheBikeshed
Boys will be boys as Nick
Horn and Jon Peeler are
still hanging out in the
back of the Bikeshed.
The Bikeshed, 384 Old
Street Shoreditch started in
2011 as an online blog about
one mans journey as a modern sportsbike rider into the
‘new wave’ custom motor-
For those of you who don’t
know, Nikole has a terrible
Chinese painting habit.
Creating at least two-three paintings a week and pushing herself
once a year to a 30 day challenge
in ‘Spontaneous’ style painting,
creating one painting a day for,
yes, 30 days straight!
When asked “why Chinese
Painting?” Nikole replied “it’s just
the opposite of tattooing, it’s so
loose and freeing and I love the
challenge. It was so difficult at
the beginning learning how to
use the brush because it’s not like
any other style of painting but as
you progress you want to keep
improving. Also I’ve always loved
oriental art hence my Japanese
tattoos so I just wanted to try
something new. Since I started I
haven’t been able to stop”
Chinese spontaneous painting is
a freehand style on delicate rice
paper with simple strokes used to
represent the subject. These are
generally birds, flowers, landscapes, animals and people.
There is no drawing just brush to
paper with the aim being to capture the life and spirit of the subject through the brush and into
the eyes of the viewer.
So what do you do with all these
paintings mounting up everywhere? Open an Etsy store of
course! With over 80 unframed
original works of various sizes
and subjects you’re sure to find
something you like. If you want a
framed piece you can find some
of her favourite pieces on our Big
Cartel site. She is also available
for commissions and loves a mural challenge.
You can follow her progress on
the links below.
Instagram; @nikole_lowe
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/
nikolelowepaintings
bikes.A few years later in
November of 2015 ‘The
Bikeshed’ is launched just
around the corner from
Good Times.
With a café/restaurant,
retailandgalleryspacenot
tomentionabarbersthey
arealwaysupforsomething
different.
Our very own Horn being a
keen motorcyclist jumped at
the opportunity when asked
to do a day of ‘demonstration tattooing’ at their
Summer Smoke Out on 30th
July. With Live music, BBQ,
street food, art and bikes
everywhere it was a day to
remember.
It’s always good to do
something a little different
and get out of our usual routines, and supporting other
local businesses is what it’s
all about. Thanks The
Bikeshed for having us.
www.goodtimestattoo.bigcartel.com
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ShoreditchDesignTriangle
Top; 2015 Design triangle display
Bottom; Last years private view
For the third year running
Good Times is proud to be a
part of the Shoreditch Design Triangle.
This is a true celebration of the
area, you realise how creative
Shoreditch really is. With exhibitions, installations, workshops,
talks and tours there’s plenty to
see all within walking distance in
the Shoreditch Triangle.
Running consecutively for eight
years now, the event has gained a
reputation as the largest and
most exciting London Design
Festival district.
This year Good Times will be
exhibiting original artworks from
the whole Team! Along side
Lecker Candles,
upcycled lighting
and J Audio Hi
Fi systems. There
should be plenty
to look at and
buy.
Running from 17-25th September,
Shoreditch will be an exciting
place to visit with plenty to see
and do. So come on down and
take a look. Our private view/
opening night is on Tuesday
20th September from 7-9pm
along with numerous others
around Shoreditch. A good night
awaits us all! See you there.
To find out more about the
Shoreditch Design Triangle and
see the other participants check
out their website.
17-25th September
www.shoreditchdesigntriangle.com
Private view 20th September
LondonTattooConvention
Not long now until this years
London Tattoo Convention.
Held over the last weekend
of September Good Times
will be there in full swing,
tattooing all weekend and
selling our books, prints and
T-shirts.
Now in it’s 12th year the
London Tattoo Convention
is one of the biggest in Europe with artists and customers coming from all over the world to attend. There’s something for everyone
with different bars, stalls, bands, fuel girls, shows and of course tattooing. Even if you’re not into any of the
above it’s great people watching. www.thelondontattooconvention.com
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RoseHardyGuests
each week leaving the
winner to become the next
new Ink Master and get
the $100,00.00 prize.
Rose originally from New
Zealand will be guesting at
Good Times on September 28 and 29 right
after the London Tattoo
Convention where she will
also be working if you
want to watch her in action and buy some of her
prints. Unfortunately she
is fully booked as it’s only
a fleeting visit but it’s a
great opportunity to come
in and say hi.
A traditional American style tattooer
with a decorative
approach Rose
Hardy is one talented lady, who works in
New York at Kings Ave
Tattoo Studio.
You may recognise Rose
as a judge on the American reality TV show ‘Ink
Master’ which has contestants who compete in various challenges, they are
then assessed on their
tattoo and other related
artistic skill, with one
contestant being voted off
CLASSICKEULS
nary sketches for tattoos which
she creates. They are in their raw
form, this then creates the founHannah Keuls has collated her dation for what the tattoo will
last two years worth of prelim- develop into.
Her inspiration lies in primitive
inary custom tattoo designs
and spontaneous observational
and made a sketch book.
drawing. By forcing her hand to
Her intention being to have
work at speed and create less acsomething that she can reflect on
curate and more expressive gesand see what direction her work
tures she hopes to illustrate an
is taking.
idea of where the subject might
Hannah having her own unique
move and establish key shapes
‘sketch’ style is busy doing her
and lines which build linear
own thing, which in tattooing is
noise.
very hard these days. It’s great to
This soft cover 42 page book is
see all her designs next to each
for sale on our Big Cartel site and
other in this book it gives a real
instore for £20.
sense of how much work she
This is a great reference and inproduces. The contents of
spiration book for tattooers or
‘Sketchbook Vol 1’ is dictated by
anyone interested in art and
her clients as they are all prelimisomething a little different.
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OpenMicnightsuccess
Good Times third open mic
night was a great success
with the best bunch of people
attending since it started last
year.
Along with the original line up
we were also very lucky to have a
few new faces performing who
assure us they’ll be back next
time.
These regular events seem to be
growing in popularity because it’s
just a lovely night out doing
something different in London.
This is one of those raw events
that reminds you how special and
cool London can be. Anything
goes with singing, guitar, poetry,
trumpets and hoola hooping it’s a
chance to get up and have
a go.
Lucky for us Nikole’s
parents were in town from
New Zealand and good
old Hot Rod (her dad pictured right) played the last
song of the evening with
Nikole by his side singing
which got everyone up
having a good old knees
up.
So keep your eyes and
ears open for our next
evening as all are welcome
to participate or just come
and have a drink, watch
and enjoy a ‘Good Time’.
Calendar
September 17-25, 2016
Shoreditch design triangle
September 20, 2016
Shoreditch design triangle opening
party
September 23-25, 2016
London Tattoo Convention
September 28 & 29, 2016
Rose Hardy guest spot
January 2017
Noon Guest Spot
March 3-5, 2017
Paris Tattoo Convention
LINKS
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/nikolelowepaintings
www.goodtimestattoo.bigcartel.com
www.shoreditchdesigntriangle.com
www.thelondontattooconvention.com
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