History
The earliest known tattoos were found on corpses from 10,000 years ago.Over the centuries tattooing has held many different meanings, the Japanese in 500 B.C. tattooed for cosmetic, decorative and religious reasons. Tattoos were also used to identify and punish criminals. In the late 1800s tattoos were popular among English royalty. Lady Randolf Churchill had a snake tattooed around her wrist. In America tattoos were generally for the unsavory parts of society, but most recently more and more people have gotten tattoos. Tattooing has recently become much more popular, where only 3% of adults under 40 had tattoos twenty years ago, and only .5% 50 years ago, 40% of adults from the ages 25-40 have tattoos.
The earliest known tattoos were found on corpses from 10,000 years ago.Over the centuries tattooing has held many different meanings, the Japanese in 500 B.C. tattooed for cosmetic, decorative and religious reasons. Tattoos were also used to identify and punish criminals. In the late 1800s tattoos were popular among English royalty. Lady Randolf Churchill had a snake tattooed around her wrist. In America tattoos were generally for the unsavory parts of society, but most recently more and more people have gotten tattoos. Tattooing has recently become much more popular, where only 3% of adults under 40 had tattoos twenty years ago, and only .5% 50 years ago, 40% of adults from the ages 25-40 have tattoos.
Tattoos Today
Today very many people have at least one tattoo, and almost as much have multiple. Tattoos can range from the names of your children, or a memorial to a family member, to pin-up girls and dragons, it all depends on what you're looking for.
Today very many people have at least one tattoo, and almost as much have multiple. Tattoos can range from the names of your children, or a memorial to a family member, to pin-up girls and dragons, it all depends on what you're looking for.
Materials Used
A flash, is the design for a tattoo which is then transferred onto a stencil on a special copying machine that will make the paper transfer the ink onto a person's skin so that the tattoo artist can trace over the outline. Tattoo artists use special inks available in many colors, they are metal based so allergic reactions are possible but they are approved by the FDA so they are safe. The tattoo machine consists of a hand held needle gun connected to a power unit that provides pressure to move the needles. The needles may be of different sizes and shapes and are bundled together on a needle bar in different patterns depending on the requirements of the artwork. The unit is attached to a power supply that is activated by depressing a foot pedal on the floor beside the work station. When the pedal is depressed the tattoo needle bar moves up and down very quickly like the needle on a tiny sewing machine. It penetrates the skin to inject the dye 3,000 times per minute.*
Other supplies such as cleaning supplies, bandages, petroleum jelly and razors may also be used.
*Read more: http://www.madehow.com/Volume-7/Tattoo.html#ixzz2mXM0Tslg
A flash, is the design for a tattoo which is then transferred onto a stencil on a special copying machine that will make the paper transfer the ink onto a person's skin so that the tattoo artist can trace over the outline. Tattoo artists use special inks available in many colors, they are metal based so allergic reactions are possible but they are approved by the FDA so they are safe. The tattoo machine consists of a hand held needle gun connected to a power unit that provides pressure to move the needles. The needles may be of different sizes and shapes and are bundled together on a needle bar in different patterns depending on the requirements of the artwork. The unit is attached to a power supply that is activated by depressing a foot pedal on the floor beside the work station. When the pedal is depressed the tattoo needle bar moves up and down very quickly like the needle on a tiny sewing machine. It penetrates the skin to inject the dye 3,000 times per minute.*
Other supplies such as cleaning supplies, bandages, petroleum jelly and razors may also be used.
*Read more: http://www.madehow.com/Volume-7/Tattoo.html#ixzz2mXM0Tslg