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Danny Reed

Danny Reed

67.3K followers@dannyreedtattoo

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Tattoos @hotstufftattoo Merch @crookedcreekholler Tattooing since 2001 TEXT TO BOOK 828-251-6040 Asheville NC @dannyreedphoto

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PRINCE BUSTER
Grateful to put this giant tattoo on my great friend and talented tattooer @garden.wolf
I recreated the famous lithograph “Prince Buster” by the one and only Don Ed Hardy. I was lucky enough to purchase one from Ed while tattooing at the Bay Area Tattoo Expo around 15/16 years ago. I had just opened @hotstufftattoo and I was broke and had zero appointments for the convention. I knew that I had to have it, but I didn’t have enough money to buy it. Luckily @brianbruno was there to encourage my purchase and lend me the money to solidify the deal. When I walked back to my booth, there was a line of people waiting to get tattooed, and I was able to pay Brian back within hours. This piece of art went on to symbolize the karmic waves of tattooing and helped shape my ways of conducting business. If you want tattooing to be good to you, you have to be good to it first. If you don’t water the garden, nothing will ever grow. 16 years later it still hangs in my tattoo shop as a reminder of the beginning of Hot Stuff Tattoo and what it has become today. #edhardy #hotstufftattoo @donedhardyart

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Bone Trout
Thanks again, Tucker!
#trouttattoo #hotstufftattoo #crookedcreekholler

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SAWFISH
One of my favorite weird creatures in the world. Sometimes called carpenter sharks, they are actually a member of the ray family, and can be found worldwide. These critically endangered fish can get up to 25ft in length. Thanks again, Emily!
#sawfish #hotstufftattoo

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***FLASH PRESALE***
My new set is ready to purchase. They will begin shipping in mid March or sooner. Jump on it before it’s too late. 8 sheets printed on nice paper from @ashevillefineartprinting and will include some stickers. LINK IN BIO
#hotstufftattoo

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On Friday February 6th we very suddenly lost one of my best friends in the world, Brian Canipelli. I met Brian close to 18 years ago, shortly after he opened Cucina 24. Through eating in his restaurant and tattooing him, we slowly became closer friends over our shared love for music, art, food, and staying up too late drinking with friends. Eventually we became part of each other’s inner circle. Brian loved to host and entertain for his friends. He was good at bringing a big group of people together on a Sunday afternoon and feeding us until we couldn’t bare another bite. We all became better friends and closer to each other because of that. He was like glue that held us all together. There are a lot of people I would have never known, if it weren’t for his determination to throw a great party. When I think about what life will be without him, I realize just what a big role he has played in mine. I will miss our random lunch dates on Tuesdays. I will miss being able to call him for cooking advice and him walking me through a recipe over the phone. I will miss birthday dinners. I will miss Thanksgiving together with friends. I will miss the late night texts sharing photos of what we were eating on vacation. I’ll miss sending each other our favorite live Grateful Dead shows and other musical interests. I’ll miss traveling to try new restaurants together. I’ll miss sharing an incredible bottle of wine. I’ll miss sitting at the chef’s bar and having you feed us. Most of all I’ll miss when you got us all together and filled the table with beautiful plates of food, and we feasted like kings into the night, laughing and talking shit with each other. I hope through all of this we can be more like Brian. Make time for your friends and family. Don’t get too caught up and let it slip by. I’m so glad he made time for all of us. He leaves behind a hole that can’t be filled, but we can still honor him in different ways every day. Practice restraint, make beautiful things, be humble, put love into whatever it is you do. To know him is to love him. Let his memory live on forever in his food, his family, and his friends.
@cucina24restaurant @contrada_avl @becanipelli

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NAMAKUBI
Birthday tattoo for Brunt, who I’ve been tattooing for almost 20 years. Thanks again man!
#namakubi #hotstufftattoo

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Guernica
Healed and settled for a little over a year. Stoked that Brunt asked me to reinterpret one of the greatest paintings in the world, by Pablo Picasso. I’m always open to starting large scale work, for those of you who are committed to the process.
#pablopicasso #picasso #guernica #hotstufftattoo

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A pile of stuff to look at. Always booking….just text the shop. #tardigrade #hotstufftattoo

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Handful of recent tattoos
I’m always booking, just text the shop!
Thanks to everyone who gets tattooed!
828-251-6040

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Punishments of Hell by Hieronymus Bosch
A selection of a larger painting, simplified and tattooed for Dylan.
#hotstufftattoo #hieronymousbosch

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