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A&E
Network presents THE New UNSCRIPTED Series
“TATTOO HIGHWAY”
FOLLOWing RENOWNED ARTIST
THOMAS PENDELTON AS HE TAKES HIS TATTOO PARLOR ON THE ROAD
premierING WEDNESDAY, MAY
27 AT 10PM ET/PT
New York, NY –
April 15, 2009 – A&E Network takes tattoo television on a
road trip through the cross-country travels of master tattoo
artist Thomas Pendelton on “Tattoo Highway.” The 13-episode,
half-hour series will premieres Wednesday, May 27 at 10PM ET/PT
on A&E.
Pendelton and
his business partner and wife Monica have transformed a 1970s
tour bus into a tattoo parlor on wheels, featuring a swanky
interior and top-of-the-line tattooing equipment. It’s a
tattoo shop that can tattoo anyone, anywhere.
“From the
creation of the art, to the environment that I
tattooed in, it has always been about my customers’
experience,” says Pendelton. “In a street shop it was easy
to forget just how personal that experience should be. Rolling
up and parking the shop right in the middle of someone's life,
well, there is nothing more personal than that.”
15-year tattoo
veteran and star of former A&E hit “Inked,” Pendelton
and his new business “Ministry of Ink” hit the road in this
new series to transform personal stories into living art. To
create a touching memorial tattoo that brings him to tears,
Pendelton mixes the cremated ashes of a deceased wife into the
ink for a portrait on her husband’s chest. For another job, he
uses UV ink for a tattoo only visible with a black light, for
one man’s constant reminder of his mother. From a pair of
matching eggplants, to a giant gorilla riding a scooter and an
emblem of Apache stars on the forehead of an elderly woman,
Pendelton and his team encounter unusual and inspiring stories
from Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and beyond.
Ride along as emotional limits and friendships
are challenged and the persistent mechanical problems of a
vintage bus are tested on the road, as “Tattoo Highway”
proves to be one bumpy ride.
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