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'''Janet 'Rusty' Skuse''', born '''Janet Field''' (20 December 1943 – 12 July 2007), was renowned as the most tattooed woman in [[UK|Britain]].
'''Janet Skuse''' (née '''Field'''; 20 December 1943 – 12 July 2007), known as '''Rusty Skuse''', was renowned as the most tattooed woman in [[United Kingdom|Britain]].


==Biography==
Skuse, a driver in the [[Women's Royal Army Corps]] based at [[Aldershot]] in Hampshire, had her first tattoo aged 17 in 1961, which resulted in her being put on a charge.<ref name=tattoo>[http://www.tattoo.co.uk/ Skuse on tattoo.co.uk]</ref> By 1964 she had 62 tattoos and was becoming widely known.<ref>‘Tattooed Army Girl Gets Show Offers’, Daily Mail, 14 March 1964</ref> Soon she was spending more than half her [[British Army|Army]] pay on getting more tattoos at the studio of her future husband, Bill Skuse, at his studio in the [[Video arcade|amusement arcade]] in Aldershot's High Street. She turned down an offer from a showman in [[Glasgow]], Scotland to become a tattooed attraction; however, the offer convinced her to get tattooed completely. Using £100 given to her by her mother as a 21st birthday present, Skuse spent the money on more tattoos, much to her mother's consternation.<ref name=tattoo/>
Skuse, a driver in the [[Women's Royal Army Corps]] based at [[Aldershot]] in Hampshire, had her first tattoo aged 17 in 1961, which resulted in her being put on a charge.<ref name=tattoo>{{cite web|url=http://www.tattoo.co.uk/|title=Tattoo Club of Great Britain|accessdate=4 April 2017}}</ref> By 1964 she had 62 tattoos and was becoming widely known.<ref>'Tattooed Army Girl Gets Show Offers', Daily Mail, 14 March 1964</ref> Soon she was spending more than half her [[British Army|Army]] pay on getting more tattoos from her future husband, Bill Skuse, at his studio in the [[Video arcade|amusement arcade]] in Aldershot's High Street. She turned down an offer from a showman in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] to become a tattooed attraction; however, the offer convinced her to get tattooed completely. Using £100 given to her by her mother as a 21st birthday present, Skuse spent the money on more tattoos, much to her mother's consternation.<ref name=tattoo/>


==Recognition==
For over twenty years she appeared in the ''[[Guinness Book Of Records]]'' as [[UK|Britain's]] most tattooed woman. At one time there was a life-sized waxwork of her displayed outside 'The Guinness World Of Records' exhibition at the [[Trocadero (London)|Trocadero]] in [[Piccadilly, London]]. She trained under her husband to become a [[tattoo artist]] in her own right. On their retirement Bill and Rusty Skuse opened a boarding kennel and stray dogs home in [[Norfolk]]. Rusty Skuse returned to tattooing for a period, running a private tattooing studio in [[Dereham]], Norfolk. In 1979 she was the subject of a documentary titled ''Second Skin''.<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/341823 British Film Institute Record]</ref>
For over twenty years she appeared in the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as [[UK|Britain's]] most tattooed woman. At one time there was a life-sized waxwork of her displayed outside 'The Guinness World of Records' exhibition at the [[Trocadero (London)|Trocadero]] in [[Piccadilly, London]]. She trained under her husband to become a [[tattoo artist]] in her own right. On their retirement Bill and Rusty Skuse opened a boarding kennel and stray dogs home in [[Norfolk]]. Rusty Skuse returned to tattooing for a period, running a private tattooing studio in [[Dereham]], Norfolk. In 1979 she was the subject of a documentary titled ''Second Skin''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/341823|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123171834/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/341823|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 January 2008 |title=Second Skin (1979)|accessdate=4 April 2017}}</ref>


==Death==
Janet 'Rusty' Skuse died in 2007, following a long battle with kidney disease.
Skuse died in 2007, following a long battle with kidney disease.


==See also==
==Indelibly Stamped album cover==
* [[Nikole Lowe]]
It is commonly believed that it is Skuse who appears on the cover of the second album ''[[Indelibly Stamped]]'' (1971), by [[progressive rock]] group [[Supertramp]], largely due to a tattoo on the left arm which names "Bill" and "Rusty"; however, a comparison between the album cover and photographs of Skuse's tattoos show that this is not the case. According to ''Tattoo News'', the model was Marion Hollier, who was extensively tattooed at the Les Skuse Tattoo Studio in the 1960s.<ref>Sayce, Paul, [http://www.tattoonews.co.uk/site/myarticle/tattooed_lady_marion_hollier/ Tattoo News], July 2009.</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tattoo.co.uk/ Biography of Skuse on the Tattoo Club of Great Britain]
*[http://www.luckysupply.com/Museum/thpic.asp?id=596 Photograph of 'Rusty' and Les Skuse]


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Revision as of 10:20, 7 May 2024

Rusty Skuse
Born
Janet Field

20 December 1943
Died12 July 2007(2007-07-12) (aged 63)
NationalityEnglish
Known forTattoo artist
Women's Royal Army Corps driver
SpouseBill Skuse
AwardsMost Tattooed Women Guinness World Record holder for 20 years

Janet Skuse (née Field; 20 December 1943 – 12 July 2007), known as Rusty Skuse, was renowned as the most tattooed woman in Britain.

Biography

Skuse, a driver in the Women's Royal Army Corps based at Aldershot in Hampshire, had her first tattoo aged 17 in 1961, which resulted in her being put on a charge.[1] By 1964 she had 62 tattoos and was becoming widely known.[2] Soon she was spending more than half her Army pay on getting more tattoos from her future husband, Bill Skuse, at his studio in the amusement arcade in Aldershot's High Street. She turned down an offer from a showman in Glasgow, Scotland to become a tattooed attraction; however, the offer convinced her to get tattooed completely. Using £100 given to her by her mother as a 21st birthday present, Skuse spent the money on more tattoos, much to her mother's consternation.[1]

Recognition

For over twenty years she appeared in the Guinness World Records as Britain's most tattooed woman. At one time there was a life-sized waxwork of her displayed outside 'The Guinness World of Records' exhibition at the Trocadero in Piccadilly, London. She trained under her husband to become a tattoo artist in her own right. On their retirement Bill and Rusty Skuse opened a boarding kennel and stray dogs home in Norfolk. Rusty Skuse returned to tattooing for a period, running a private tattooing studio in Dereham, Norfolk. In 1979 she was the subject of a documentary titled Second Skin.[3]

Death

Skuse died in 2007, following a long battle with kidney disease.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Tattoo Club of Great Britain". Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ^ 'Tattooed Army Girl Gets Show Offers', Daily Mail, 14 March 1964
  3. ^ "Second Skin (1979)". Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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