http://blog-health-talk.virtuowl.com/organic-beauty/art-tattoo/ Get in touch with your body Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://blog-health-talk.virtuowl.com/organic-beauty/art-tattoo/#comment-16001 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:29:37 +0000 http://blog-health-talk.virtuowl.com/organic-beauty/art-tattoo/#comment-16001 [...] The world of tattooing has changed greatly for the tattoo artist. No longer are they solely found in run down areas of town or in prisons, though there are still those who tattoo in such places. Now there is a greater appreciation for the wonders that can be etched out upon the human skin. Prime time television has shows following the lives of prominent artists. Most states have at least one tattoo convention each year and there are even schools to help train future artists. The most a person could hope for was to be trained from someone already in the business. The designs were often rudimentary and done with homemade machines or by hand. The sanitary conditions under which a tattoo artist operated were atrocious and sometimes downright disgusting. Not much was known about antibacterial remedies and TLC. As a result there were many cases of ink poisoning due to ill prepared inks, needles and dyes. [...] […] The world of tattooing has changed greatly for the tattoo artist. No longer are they solely found in run down areas of town or in prisons, though there are still those who tattoo in such places. Now there is a greater appreciation for the wonders that can be etched out upon the human skin. Prime time television has shows following the lives of prominent artists. Most states have at least one tattoo convention each year and there are even schools to help train future artists. The most a person could hope for was to be trained from someone already in the business. The designs were often rudimentary and done with homemade machines or by hand. The sanitary conditions under which a tattoo artist operated were atrocious and sometimes downright disgusting. Not much was known about antibacterial remedies and TLC. As a result there were many cases of ink poisoning due to ill prepared inks, needles and dyes. […]

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