Healt And Studio Hygiene
Tattoo's
Tattoo Machine And Supply
Tattoo History
Maintenance Does A Tattoo
Where On My Body Can I Make A Tattoo
Tattoo Designs & Symbols
Tattoo removal
Healt And Studio Hygiene
The properly equipped tattoo studio will use biohazard containers for objects that have come into contact with blood or bodily fluids, sharps containers for old needles, and an autoclave for sterilizing tools. Studios are also required by law to have hot water. A reputable tattooist will wash his or her hands before starting to tattoo a client, and between clients, as well as wear disposable latex gloves (a new pair for each client). He or she will refuse to tattoo minors without parental consent, as well as intoxicated people, people with contraindicated skin conditions, or those incapable of consent due to mental incapacity, and attempt to ensure that the customer is satisfied with and sure about the design before applying it. Moreover, she or he will open new, sterile needle packages in front of the client, and always use new, sterile or sterile disposable instruments and supplies, and fresh ink for each session (loaded into disposable containers which are discarded after each client).Membership in professional organizations, or certificates of appreciation/achievement, generally require that an artist is aware of the latest trends in equipment and sterilization. However, many of the most notable tattooists do not belong to any association. While specific requirements vary between jurisdictions, many mandate formal training in bloodborne pathogens, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and cross contamination. A local department of health regulates tattoo studios in many jurisdictions.
Tattoo's
Tattooing has been around since ancient times and its presence in our mainstream society is not going to fade away anytime soon. In 3 percent of American households today, at least one of their members has one or more tattoos. At least 12 million Americans have one tattoo.This decorative artform continues to be a growing attraction to teenagers.Teens as young as 13 and 14 are getting their first tattoos. It isn't just males who are getting them, over the past twenty years the number of women getting tattoos has quadrupled.The color additives used in tattooing pigments are the same as those used in cosmetics. They are monitored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and approved for topical application only. There are more than 100 different color variations, but the most common colors are red, green, yellow, blue and white. White is used to mix colors to make color variations.
Tattoo Machine And Supply
Trough out the history of mankind tribes, people and even nations decorated their bodies with indelible images. Each had it's own reason and with it it's own technique.The Eskimos treated their skin with sooty threads leaving scar like marks. The Maori of New Zealand cut color with a wooden instrument similar to a chisel into the facial skin. Samoans use a comb like instrument sometimes made out of humans bones and press it into the skin. The natives of Tahiti tataued with sharp bones or shark tooths. The Japanese picked, and still pick the color into the skin with a wooden pin bolt called Hari. The Mayas and Aztecs in Mexico used fresh thorns and quills of cactuses. The north american Indians engraved with flint stone spikes attached to a wooden stick.
After the world circumnavigator James Cook introduced the first Polynesian Omai to Great Britain's society, and after more and more sailors let the natives decorate their bodies with their art, body art had it's first florescence. Despite all enthusiasm; the tattooing process was very painful, dirty and time consuming and rarely generated a satisfying result. Until the 8th of December 1891. The day Samuel O'Reilly patented his tattoo machine and paved the way to a new area of tattooing. The road was cleared for a relatively simple, almost pain free and most importantly clean performance.
O'Reilly's tattoo machine was based on the "Autographic Printing Pen" Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931) invented and patented in London on the 29th of October 1875 (Patent No. 3762). The tattoo historian Paul Sayce says: "It is still unknown why the american born Edison first patented his pen in Great Britain but one year later he also patented the pen in the Unites States. If O'Reilly's machine was similar to Edison's pen, it can be said, the patent of the first british tattoo machine had it's origins in a puncher invented and patented by three brits, Newton Wilson, Andrew Hanson and Michael Treinen, on December 7th 1878 (Patent No. 3762)."
In principle all modern tattoo machines go back to O'Reilly's invention. As soon as the power is activated one or two coils made of a copper wire work as an electromagnet, pulling a metal spring which is mounted to the tattoo machine's frame. On the other side of the spring hangs the needle bar with needles soldered to it. The spring which now is carrying the needle bar deactivates the electric circuit as soon as it has reached the end and jumps back to it's original position. If the tattoo artist keeps the electric circuit active by pushing a switch the process starts over and over again resulting in a up and down of the needle bars and therefore the needles. Sometimes up to 5.000 stitches per second prick the color under the skin. The speed of the up and down movement of the needles again allow the drawing of straight lines and exact contours in the first place.
The amount of the needles soldered to the needle bar varies and depends on the detail accuracy of the motive and allows smooth coloration, change overs and shadings.
Maintenance Does A Tattoo
Once a tattoo is in place, its future depends on several factors, and most tattooists have printed care instructions that they give to their clients. Typically, a new tattoo will scab over immediately and then heal in a few weeks; during that period direct sunlight should be avoided or else the color can fade.
Sunlight, in fact, is the enemy of tattoos, but proper protection with clothing and/or sunscreen can keep high-quality work looking pristine even after several decades have passed. And, if the color eventually needs brightening, it is not uncommon to be re-inked.
Where On My Body Can I Get A Tattoo
This may seem VERY trivial, since the answer can be "anywhere you please!" The ONLY places you cannot technically get permanent tattoos are your hair, teeth and nails (even the cornea used to be tattooed years ago for medical purposes). Interestingly, women and men tend to get tattoos in different locations.
This, according to sociologist Clinton Sanders, is because men and women get tattoos for different reasons. Men, he says, get them to show others, while women get them for the sake of decorating their body--and often place them where they can't normally be seen, so that it doesn't prompt comments about her "reputation." However for the sake of this FAQ, the following is a short list of areas to get inked. I am included the statistics from Clinton Sanders' study on the body location of the first tattoo for men and women as well
Tattoo Designs & Symbols
Butterfly Tattoo Designs: Far and away the most popular tattoo design request. Its ranking shows the influence that women have in tattoo culture, as butterfly designs are an overwhelmingly feminine tattoo choice.
Tribal Tattoos: Accounts for nearly a third of all tattoo design search requests, and the term "tribal" of course covers an astonishing array of tattoo design possibilities, from the traditional tribal tattoos of indigenous and aboriginal cultures, to the latest in graphic design for the body.
Kanji Tattoo Symbols:Covers an entire genre of tattoo designs, but Japanese characters account for nearly twenty percent of tattoo design searches.
Skull Tattoo Designs: Represented in a number of tattoo design genres, and a classic tattoo design that has been popular for generations of tattoo enthusiasts. Old School, New School and every School in between.
Dragon Tattoos: A true classic tattoo design that shows the influence of Japanese and Chinese culture in western tattooing. Popular with both men and women.
Zodiac Symbols: Searches for Zodiac symbols encompasses both the West and the East, with people searching for Zodiac symbols that represent both the classic Greek myths and the Chinese Zodiac, and even searches for Zodiac signs rendered in Japanese Kanji.
Pinup Girl Tattoos: Pretty girls never go out of style especially when it comes to a tattooed pin-up girl.
Ankh Symbols:The Egyptian symbol of eternity, the "key" or "cross" of life. Often incorporated into other designs.
Heart Symbols: A classic tattoo design standard. Just add "Mom" and you have an instant tattoo icon.
Eye of Horus: A continuing indication of the fascination with all things Egypt. The Eye of Horus is the symbol for Horus, the Falcon Sky God.
Scorpion Tattoo Designs: The scorpion is a potent tattoo symbol of danger. Usually a male tattoo, but not always, as there are a few dangerous women out there too.
Snake Tattoo Symbols: The snake tattoo embraces both Eastern and Western tattoo designs.
Cross Tattoos: The cross tattoo and it's religious symbolism is very popular and prominently featured in several tattoo design genres.
Sun Designs & Symbols: The sun is a very popular with both men and women. As a tattoo design and symbol, a Sun represents fertility, vitality, passion, courage and eternally renewed youth, light and knowledge.
Chinese Characters: This is a growing area of interest, perhaps showing the influence of the popularity in Japanese and other Asian tattoo styles.
Eagle Tattoos: The eagle tattoo is a typically male design that crosses over a significant number of tattoo genres, and the influence of the eagle in American tattooing cannot be underestimated. A significant number of military and patriotic service tattoos prominently feature eagles.
Pirate Tattoo Symbols: Pirate tattoos and nautical tattoo designs are still a strong favorite with tattoo enthusiasts around the world.
Star Designs: The star is a tattoo symbol popular with both men and women, the Nautical Star tattoo design has gone through a strong revival.
Sword Tattoo Designs: Tattoos of swords and knives are popular tattoo designs, typically masculine, but with significant female crossover.
Tiger Tattoos: Tiger tattoo designs are popular in both Eastern and Western tattoo genres.
Barbwire Tattoos: Barbwire is a tattoo design that first came out of prison culture, was adopted in Latino culture in Southern California, was then co-opted by modern tribal tattoo genre artists and then wildly popularized by Pamela Anderson! An interesting evolution for a tattoo design. Popular with both men and women, especially for arm bands.
Maori/Polynesian Tattoo Symbols: This a very popular style of tribal tattooing, Robbie Williams, Mike Tyson and Ben Harper are three celebrities with significant Maori inspired designs. Other than the distinctive Maori designs, a very popular Polynesian design school are the patterns from the Marquesas Islands. Exceedingly popular with celebrities like The Rock and Collin Farrell.
Swallow Tattoos: The swallow & bluebird are another tattoo design that shows the enduring popularity of nautical tattoo art.
Spider Tattoo Designs: The spider is another tattoo symbol of danger.
Frog Tattoos: The frog is a tattoo design that cuts across many cultures.
Devil Tattoos: The devil is the name given to a supernatural entity, who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. This entity is commonly referred to by a variety of other names, including Satan, Asmodai, Beelzebub, Lucifer and/or Mephistopheles. In classic demonology, however, each of these alternate names refers to a specific supernatural entity, and there is significant disagreement as to whether any of these specific entities is actually evil.
Angel Tattoos: An angel tattoo design is an overtly religious symbol. Angels are anthropomorphic - meaning in the shape of men - winged forms intended to transmit the word of God to humankind. Angels personify divine will and are the messengers of God.
Fish Tattoo Designs: fish tattoo designs are ancient with deep symbolic meaning. And of course we can't forget the astrological symbol of Pisces.
Jaguar,Panther Tattoos: This is the largest and most ferocious cat of the Americas, pound for pound more fierce and dangerous than: the tiger, the lion or the leopard. The Jaguar is at the pinnacle of the food chain in the Americas. The Jaguar is fiercely independent and cunning. It is the only large cat that routinely hunts in the water.
Rose Tattoo: The Rose in the West represents what the Lotus does in the East. A symbol of love, but especially of a love that is pure. Because of the roses’ beauty, scent and shape, it is the ultimate floral symbol. Of all the flower tattoo designs, the rose is still the most popular and the most requested. Interestingly, the rose is nearly as popular with men as it is with women.
Taurus Astrological Sign Tattoos: In Western Astrology the sun is in the sign of Taurus from April 20 to May 20 in the tropical zodiac and May 14 to June 19 in the sidereal zodiac.
Tattoo removal
While tattoos are considered permanent, it is possible, to varying degrees, to remove them. Complete removal, however, is often not possible, and the expense and pain of removing them typically will be greater than the expense and pain of applying them. Some jurisdictions will pay for the voluntary removal of gang tattoos.
Tattoos removal is most commonly performed using lasers that react with the ink in the tattoo, and break it down. The broken-down ink is then absorbed by the body. This technique often requires many repeated visits to remove even a small tattoo, and may result in permanent scarring.
A newer method of removal is by tattooing glycolic acid into the skin with a tattoo machine: the acid pushes the ink to the surface of the skin in the scab, which is later removed. This method purportedly scars less than laser techniques. Glycolic acid is also used for facial peels; when used for tattoo removal, a lower percentage mix is used.
Some wearers opt to cover an unwanted tattoo with a new tattoo. This is commonly known as a coverup or cover-up. An artfully done cover-up may render the old tattoo completely invisible, though this will depend largely on the size, style, colours and techniques used on the old tattoo. Some shops and artists use laser removal machines to break down and lighten undesired tattoos to make coverage with a new tattoo easier.
Overall, green-based ink is the most difficult to remove. Black ink is most readily broken down by the laser, and unprofessional tattoos done at home are the easiest ones to remove, due to the low quality of ink used, as well as the ineffective manner in which they were applied.
