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General trends of mainstream tattooing transformation into contemporary tattoo as we know it today were developing exactly in the same time when Don Ed Hardy was introducing his revolutionary innovations. Hardy’s focus on educational work among the new clientele gave its fruits and as more and more people started to wear tattoos openly, more and […]

Ed Hardy Besides the influence of Sailor Jerry, Ed Hardy also was schooled by another important figure in American tattooing – Phil Sparrow. Sequentially, Ed Hardy’s contact with Collins resulted in strong interest of the former in oriental tattoo and this is why in 1969 after moving to San Diego he opens a studio which

Sailor Jerry   Today it is difficult to imagine contemporary tattoo without the influence of Norman Collins, better known as Sailor Jerry, the artist who by his professional activity separated the whole tattoo world into two different ages often referred as BSJ (before Sailor Jerry) and ASJ (after Sailor Jerry) (Patrick 2009). Born in 1911,

The origin of the tattoo machines is closely connected with the invention of electric motor. Electric motor was a revolutionary breakthrough not only in electrical engineering, it promised a variety of domestic applications that had to improve and make the mode of life easier and more convenient. As for the first electrical tattooing device, its

Martin Hildebrandt – one of the best New York’s tattooer started doing his “art” in 1856, while he was working as a sailor aboard the frigate. He was also noted during the Civil War. Hildebrandt marked thousand of soldiers. His tattooes later helped to recognize hundreds of soldiers after being killed. We know that Hildebrandt

Exoticism of tattoo Anyhow, the fact remains that the tradition of tattooing was brought to the western culture and remained there as an embodiment of exoticism, orientalism and an object of mass interest in general. No need to remind that an important part of the development of any human society is one of the economic

Considering the decadence of tattooing in Christian Europe, it might be rightfully noted that the tradition (or at least its prevalence) was reimported with the colonization period and the time of the first great expeditions. Many explorers like James Cook, Jacob Roggeveen, and others reported about heavily tattooed aborigines of Samoa, New Zealand, Borneo, and

The Historical Use of Tattoo as a Stigmatizing Practice Tattoos have a long and complex history, and their meaning and significance have varied widely across cultures and time periods. In some cultures, tattoos have been seen as a form of art or self-expression, while in others they have been viewed as a mark of shame