Posts Tagged ‘ culture ’

Prayer Piercing

Prayer and piercings have never been something one would think would be combined. Unless one is praying for a piercing to turn out good and not reject or get infected. But oh just you wait there is the prayer piercing. The payer piercing is a piercing on the outer edge of the hand and usually [ READ MORE ]

A Salute to Sailor Jerry

Sailor jerry was one of the greats of old school tattoos when they weren’t referred to as old school but just tattoos. Almost everyone with eyes has seen his work somewhere or something inspired by his work. He created some of the most notable tattoos designs to come out of the old school. Born in [ READ MORE ]

Suspension

Suspension is when hooks are temporarily pierced through a person’s skin and they are hung up voluntarily by said hooks. People practice suspension for many different reasons. Some for spiritual purposes, others do it to feel like they are more than their body. Others enjoy the sensation, some suspend for the endorphins and adrenaline rush [ READ MORE ]

Day of the Dead Tattoos

The classic Sugar Skull tattoo is one with rich cultural history behind it. They are based on the decorative skulls made for the Mexican holiday Dias De Los Muertos or Day of the Dead. Day of the Dead is starts on November 1st and ends the next day.  Its purpose is to honor those close [ READ MORE ]

Lip Stretching

Have you ever though your lip just wasn’t big enough? Thought to yourself, “my lip just needs to be much bigger,” if so you can follow the cool example set by pro body mod tribes and stretch your lip using clay or wooden plates. I know what some of you may be thinking, this sounds [ READ MORE ]

Tattoos in the Circus

The popularity of tattoos did not just come from sailors and island tribes. In the 19th and early 20th centuries the circus gave a big boost to the popularity of tattoos. It all started in the early nineteen hundreds  when a tattooed man, which was very rare for the times, went to work for a [ READ MORE ]

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