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a permanent-marker artist who turns regret-proof decisions into wearable autobiography.
means A person whose job is to make tattoos, permanently injecting ink into the skin to create designs.
from Built on "tattoo," which English picked up in the 18th century from the Polynesian languages of the Pacific — the Tahitian "tatau" or Samoan "tatau," meaning to mark or strike. Captain Cook's voyages brought both the word and the practice back to Europe. The "-ist" suffix, the same one that gives us artist and pianist, simply names the doer — so a tattooist is, quite literally, one who taus.
- old machine
- Edison's engraving pen inspired the first tattoo machine
- needle speed
- machines puncture skin up to 3000 times per minute
- ancient trade
- Otzi the Iceman wore 61 tattoos 5000 years ago
- steady hand
- ink sits in the dermis, second skin layer
- once outlawed
- NYC banned tattooing entirely from 1961 to 1997
ed hardy — pioneering tattoo artist in los angeles who revolutionized modern tattooing from the 1970s onward
sailor jerry — legendary hawaiian tattoo master (norman keith collins) who created the classic american sailor tattoo style
cleen rock one — winner of ink master season 2, known for realism and portrait work