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Body Art Tattoos

Body art tattoos are a way to make a personal statement and are not just a fad. It does seem that the tattoos are catching on more amongst younger people. You see them on rock stars and other celebrities, as well as various cultural icons [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Body Art: Self Expression or Self Destruction?

Tattooing is something people have done for centuries, permanently inking designs into their skin. The same goes for body piercing. According to the professionals Newswatch 16 spoke with, both practices are becoming more popular these day [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Study examines society's perception of body art

With tattoos and piercings adorning more and more bodies, a University of Calgary student is out to discover whether negative perceptions of body art have dwindled. "More and more people have them so they should be more accepted, [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

The new body art

Last week Kelly Brook posed nude, body-painted in a snake print for a PETA anti-animal cruelty campaign, while skin illustration has also been the big summer trend at music festivals. Unlike tattooing, paint is temporary, so you can indul [...]

Posted On : Sep, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Body Art Around the World

Body adornment has always included body painting, tattooing, and other kinds of body art, this has been the case over the ages; but in recent times, body art has become more varied and endlessly creative. It now includes variations such a [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Tattoos on teen's body are names of classmates: Cops

The Malwani police, investigating the case where a minor was raped by a 16-year-old boy from her neighbourhood, said the tattoos engraved on the accused's body were the names of his former classmates and not victims. The teenager, [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Tattoos make grandmother's body a conversation piece

At a country club lecture and luncheon this year, Helen Lambin was one of several mature women seated in a banquet hall. Some had white hair like hers and they all were tastefully dressed. When Lambin took a sip from her coffee cup &mdash [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Customers are their canvasses at Requiem Body Art

Even if you would never walk into a tattoo shop, most of us have some fascination with the whole concept of tattooing and the artistry behind a brilliantly administered tattoo. Yet not so long ago, tattoos were considered badges of honor [...]

Posted On : Jun, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Attitude through body art

This may well be called Kochi Ink. For those of you who have drooled at the many tattoos and tattooists on Miami Ink or LA Ink, and yearn to ink your self, Black Art is your chance. Black Art is a Panampilly Nagar-based tattoo studio run [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Tatoo you: Lawsuits over body art lead to lots of ink

Tattoos are becoming the subject of legal battles lately, and not always in ways you might expect. Recently, S. Victor Whitmill — the tattoo artist who created, inked, and copyrighted Mike Tyson’s distinctive facial tattoo [...]

Posted On : May, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Tattoo formula uses mathematics to forecast ageing of body a...

It may be small comfort if you wake up after a heavy night with a hazy memory and some unsuitable words inked in to your body, but it is now possible to predict what a piece of body artwork will look like in years or decades hence. A [...]

Posted On : May, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Body art festival on Koh Samui island

It takes approximately six hours for her to turn a woman into a colourful orchid. Austrian bodypaint artist Bella Volen, together with her marvellous model, were onstage as part of the press conference for the upcoming "Samui Intern [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Body of art an eye-opener at city show

Years ago, Don McClintock told his newly tattooed son he was an "idiot" and was "marked for life". Now the 56-year-old Christchurch joiner is eating his words, as he now sports a few tattoos of his own – a tatto [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Golden henna, the latest in body art bling

The ink and henna tattoo is getting a precious metal makeover in the Emirates from a renowned Japanese jewellery designer. Nobuhiko Akatsuka took the tattoo to a new level four years ago with the idea of doing body designs in gold and pl [...]