Stoney Knows How: Tattoo Master Stoney St. Clair

Stoney Knows How is a visit with a master of the Oldest Art In The World - Tattooing. Disabled by arthritis since the age of four, confined to a wheelchair, his growth stunted, Stoney St. Clair (1912 - 1980) joined the circus at 15 as a sword-swallower. A year later, he took up tattooing, and traveled with circuses and carnivals for 50 years. As we watch him at work, we see the determination which led Stoney to use his crippled hands in an art where mistakes are permanent, and we realize Stoney has overcome his handicap to heal himself and others with the magic of symbols. The film ends with a visit by New Age tattoo master Don Ed Hardy to Stoney, who gives him a souvenir tattoo. Stoney is available on DVD from Ethnoscope Film & Video, www.docfilm.com.

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[bjoe74]

The eighties, ha, what a guy, good lord, a character, a tattooer from the day, looks like lyles machines, ac, damn, a gentleman, im lost for words, i would of liked to have gotten all of my 400 odd tattoo's off him, go stoney

[Dickerbengel]

- Made in USA -

[WOB1950]

@gualdomiro master of Ed Hardy was Sailor Jerry

[NARCOLEPTICpediphile]

i waaant this movie stoney is the man!!!!

[gualdomiro]

he was the master of ed hardy??

[NARCOLEPTICpediphile]

WHERE DO U GET THIS FILM?

[dehart420]

this zeffman guy doesn't know what he doesn't know. If you don'y know who stoney st clair....aumund diesel and people like that are and respect them for what they did before us...go fuck yourself.....

[gaztatts]

this man is awsome true inspiration

[Serpo71]

@zeffman99 Man, why don't you fucking drop it already dude. Let's just forget all this stupid dialogue we've been having and go on about our business. I'd rather be friends with a fellow artist than to spew hateful comments back and forth to each other.....

SERPO

[zeffman99]

@mugsyy i bet your a poofter dirty biker arent ya or if ya not someone whos an artist..cunts like you make me laugh and i have a blast fkin with ya's...poofter

[zeffman99]

@Serpo71 you swallow......burp!

[zeffman99]

@mugsyy fucking YOU again you cumstain of a cunt..im not saying im the best, im sayin that retards that do tattoo's like this fucked up whatever ya call from a GREAT tattoo artist are fucked look at the thing its fkd truly...and he's supposed to be one of the best?? fk mate if he and others take fkn years do good tattoo's well im fkn flyin after about 9 months now i must be a fkn legend for learning all this tattooing off the net hey hahahaha