Yin Yang Tattoos
Yin Yang Tattoos So much about tattooing is about symbolism and deeper meaning behind motives and designs (although nothing wrong with body art just being aesthetic for the sake of it). Certain symbols are universally recognisable across much of the globe, despite having originated in one particular culture. And they often keep recurring as motives […]
Tattooing History of Scotland – Modern Era
Tattooing History of Scotland – Modern Era In the last post, we talked about the Picts and asked if Vikings had tattoos and, if they did, what did they look like? But tattooing history in Scotland, of course, also has a more modern chapter. About the same time as Sutherland Macdonald was setting up shop […]
A History of Tattooing in Scotland
A History of Tattooing in Scotland Forgive us, but we are still geeking out on the history of tattooing in the United Kingdom. We will get back to more posts on tattooing techniques, custom made tattoos, styles, and all that jazz, but first, let’s take a look at the relationship to tattooing throughout history in […]
Tattooing in the UK – Part II
Tattooing in the UK – Part II Sutherland Macdonald was a huge driving force in making tattooing as popular as it was in Victorian England early on among the upper classes. In 1898, the Harmsworth monthly pictorial magazine, later known as the London magazine, estimated that as many as every fifth person among the gentry […]
Reopening and Homage to Tattooing in the UK
Reopening and Homage to Tattooing in the UK We interrupt the usual program this week for a celebratory post in honour of the reopening of the Vivid Ink tattoo studios. We know you have been waiting as impatiently and eagerly as the artists for things to get back into the buzzing swing. After all this […]
The Story of Russian Prison Tattoos
The Story of Russian Prison Tattoos The Russian prison system has been getting a lot of press lately due to the incarceration of political opposition leader Alexei Navalny. He is currently held in a notorious penal colony in Vladimir, a couple of hours from Moscow, on a two-year plus sentence for alleged parole violations. Prisons […]