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Tattoos

Tattoos to remember, tattoos to enhance, tattoos to disguise – which sort of tattoo is for you?

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A brief history of tattoos

The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.

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Healing through ink

Taking an approach learned from his OCD treatment, Josh Weeks faced his fear of getting tattoos, and embraced inking as part of the healing process.

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Pum Dunbar’s living lessons

Read the ‘legends’ that give insight into Pum Dunbar’s creative process while producing her recent series of collages.

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  • Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
  • Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
  • Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
  • Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
  • Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
  • Plaster cast, man of the Arawa tribe showing Maori tattooing
  • Ethiopia: a Gurage woman tattooing another on the wrist. Photograph by H.V. Meyerowitz, 19--.
  • Puhoro: tracing of the chisel cuts used in a Maori design of tattooing on the thigh. Watercolour by H.G. Robley.
  • Ear piercing, tattooing, acupuncture, razors, needles and toothbrushes representing a warning about the ways in which you can catch AIDS by the British Deaf Association. Colour lithograph.
  • Monday, May 4th, and until further notice : dive for life ... The Irish Giant, Captain Murphy, standing nearly 8ft. high, Lobster Claw Lady ... tattooing ... / Wonderland, Whitechapel Road (next St. Mary's station).
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