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(un)popular enough

Posted in dress code, English, entertainment, general news, German, history/anthropology, International, Law, Polish, tattoo conventions, tattoos on February 19, 2012 by Ania

I haven’t seen the season 1 yet and here there’s news about prospects for season 2 of the Ink Master show.

This notorious growing popularity of tattoos leads to: a dating site (the site itself), tattoo apps and tattees. Pretty interesting signs of the times!

I liked this one about seniors getting tattooed; at least in their case the question ‘how your tattoo will look when you re 80’ is sooo off!

Are tattoos popular enough to make such bans are these in Australia and IA, USA totally undoable?

Speaking of bans, here’s a pretty interesting Q&A focused on tattoos.

Thanks to Bastian for an article about Thai monks and their tattoos! Always interesting to read about it.

And something in Polish: a short article about a tattoo festival in Lodz and another one about a doll ‘tattooed’ with traditional Polish designs.

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Down Under and some other stuff

Posted in body piercing, dress code, English, general news, history/anthropology, International, scarification, tattoo conventions, tattoos on January 28, 2012 by Ania

A few interesting ones from the southern hemisphere this week!

An Australian artist inspired by traditional scarification; then articles about 20 Maori heads returned to their native land and a quite interesting article about modern Maori considering revival of head preservation. On not that good side, however, there’s also an article on banning tattoos on NSW police.

‘Body art spiritual experience’ tries to show what it’s all about for many of us while two articles from Philadelphia discuss a growing trend of facial ink among young people. And here’s also another one about ear lobe reconstruction.

Answers to some piercing questions here and here a brief discussion on quality and price of tattoos.

A nice bunch of pics from a tattoo festival in Venezuela! And how you can’t love stretched lobes?

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TV pulp and some substance

Posted in English, entertainment, general news, history/anthropology, International, movies, People, Polish, tattoos on January 21, 2012 by Ania

Still lots of buzz about the ‘Ink Master’ show. The most interesting, IMHO, so far, though, was a blog post on the subject by Shannon Larratt.

A Polish article warns against quick decisions and random tattoos, this American one points out what kinds of ‘artists’ we should avoid while this one from France briefly discusses a new fashion collection by Jean Paul Gaultier – looks like tattoos are in again.

Quite shocking (and probably that’s why the media love it!): a GA woman allowed her 10-year-old son to get a tattoo.

Nicely interesting: a little information on a tattoo documentary ‘Color Outside the Lines’ and an article from Australia focused on female convicts’ tattoos back in the 19th century.

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regrets, eye candy and dragon tattoos

Posted in English, entertainment, general news, history/anthropology, International, movies, People, tattoos, tattoos in ads on January 7, 2012 by Ania

‘You’ll regret it later’ is what is so often said about body modifications, so no wonder the mass media love to show the general opinion on the subject is right. Here we have an example of ear lobe stretching regret. The language this article is written in is definitely interesting: ‘dangling ear parts, ear distortion that needed to be overcome, unsightly.’ A nice job on staying objective?

Tattoos in church? In Flint, MI it’s quite possible.

‘QR Code’ tattoos and some general musings on the subject. Here’s also more on the QR Code tattoos.

Ink reality TV represented by Chris Nunez of the Miami Ink fame: him talking Ink Master, tattoos and human canvasses.

Eye candy for the masses: David Beckham advertising underwear and showing off his body and his tattoos. As a bonus, an overview of Beckham’s tattoos.

I’m in the middle of re-reading of the Millennium trilogy, so I’m into Lisbeth Salander’s story again. Here an answer to the ‘what dragon tattoo really costs?’ question and, for comparison values, a link to a picture of a dragon tattoo on Noomi Rapace who was an original Lisbeth in the Swedish version of the movie. Whose dragon tattoo is more interesting?

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the first one in 2012

Posted in English, entertainment, general news, history/anthropology, International, Law, People, tattoos on January 1, 2012 by Ania

A few nice ones for a good start into 2012:

Ami James and his tattoos-related soap opera in the first episode’s recap. Quite unexpectedly for me (I had no idea such a TV show existed), he also appeared in a ‘All-American Muslim’ show.

‘New year brings new laws,’ also for tattoo industry.

A very interesting article from Australia about a Japanese tattoo master, Horihiro!

Finally, not body art but for the cows involved it must have felt like that – body painting!

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right before the end of 2011

Posted in English, entertainment, general news, German, history/anthropology, International, Law, People, Polish, suspension, tattoos on December 30, 2011 by Ania

It already happened, so now it’s more about waiting for the first reviews; hopefully the new episode(s) of the ‘NY Ink’ will prove to be as exciting as we’re led to think.

Springfield neighborhood-based suspension drama continues as this local article shows!

Is the world coming to an end? A little bit about the Mayan allegedly soon-to-come apocalypse and some body modifications practiced by the Maya people can be read here.

Samoa and its traditional tattoo revival in this article.

Modified animals (is it right?) in this German article describing things happening in China.

A Polish article about women as more frequent guests in tattoo shops here.

Finally, a bit of 2011 summary: designer logo tattoos as a fashion mistake!

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a girl with fake earrings and some other goodies

Posted in 'modified' charity, body piercing, books, English, entertainment, general news, history/anthropology, indirectly related, International, movies, tattoos on December 10, 2011 by Ania

A little anniversary for starters: the electric tattoo machine patented 120 years ago!

An interesting conference devoted to tattoo history in Vatican of all places! Pretty cool, isn’t it? Another university project described by BBC: ‘Dundee tattoo project’ as a means to help identify bodies.

News from India: tattooed men can’t join the Indian army now.

As a big fan of the Millennium trilogy and Lisbeth Salander herself I’m looking, both impatiently and uneasily, forward to watching the American version of the book. It certainly creates a buzz online; this one, ‘rebel leader,’ is more interesting, though, thanks to an interesting pair of fake spirals now on sale for those who’d like to copy the American Lisbeth’s looks. I’m not sure if it’s absurd, funny or just plainly pathetic.

Finally, a short string of examples of ‘modified charity’: Kenya, American Red Cross and a calendar for a cure.

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here and there

Posted in English, entertainment, general news, history/anthropology, International, Spanish, tattoo conventions, tattoos on November 27, 2011 by Ania

A rare gem in the newsfeed this week: an article on ear stretching and it’s on the BBC’s website at that!

Also from the UK and sprinkled with the British humor: ‘98% tattoos using Chinese characters are actually insults.’

This weekend it’s tattoo convention time inAuckland, New Zealand, so here’s an interesting article on the subject: ‘tattoo traditions leave a mark.’

Also from that hemisphere is an article discussing the dark side of the industry: ‘Queensland tattoo industry and link to bikies.’

The Washington Post posted an article discussing the modern Iraq and its youth who’s creating their own American image by means of music and tattoos.

The finances-stained side of the industry: Nike’s going to produce jackets inspired by a certain football player’s tattoos while Ami James will strike again with his NY Ink.

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another short news coverage

Posted in 'modified' charity, body piercing, Dutch, English, general news, German, history/anthropology, International, Law, People, Polish, tattoo conventions, tattoos on November 20, 2011 by Ania

A little bit more on the tattooed private parts of our distant forefathers in Dutch.

Tattooed and (pierced) celebrities of sort: Lucky Diamond Rich soon in New Zealand, Zombie Boy in German and Polish articles and a really awful commentary on Rolf – really, if you don’t have anything nice to say, why to say anything?

From Canada, ‘a day in the life of a tattoo artist;’ don’t expect too many details, though.

In the States District Columbia is going to regulate the tattoo/ body piercing industry.

‘Lips tattoos and other beauty trends’ from TX – but nothing real.

Finally, with Christmas madness fast approaching (I’ve spotted some Xmas-themed commercials on TV already and it’s still November!!!) another nice example of ‘modified charity’: ‘trading toys for body ink and piercings’ in the US.

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some good links to go to

Posted in body piercing, books, dress code, English, general news, history/anthropology, International, movies, Polish, risks/health, tattoo conventions, tattoos on November 13, 2011 by Ania

A little bit more on the new tattoo museum in Amsterdam!

Safety comes first when body modification is involved, so thumbs-up for the campaign focused just on that in the UK.

An interesting (even if a bit vague), short article on genital piercings from a clinical point of view; hopefully it’s just the beginning. Also interesting and going thousands of years back: ‘prehistoric men scarred, pierced and tattooed their privates.’

Tattoos and the sacred in book reviews: books focused on Thailand’s sak yant tattoos and a book called ‘Earthen Vessels’ which devotes some of its space to tattoos on the modern evangelical youth in the US.

Also related to books in a way: a complex history of tattooed comic book characters.

A new documentary on tattoos, ‘Skin,’ asks if tattoos are fine art.

Soldiers and their tattoos in the Time magazine.

Stretched ear lobes and their reversal in an article fromNew Zealand.

Tattoos used as a learning tool: lesson plan for identifying science symbols.

Hopefully these promises are getting fulfilled about now: Body Art Convention in Warsaw, Poland.

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