Students caught with homemade tattoos, piercings (+ Video)

A new trend has surfaced in the island's public schools - homemade tattoos and piercings. And school officials are getting the word out in hopes this new trend does not result in our youth being put in the hospital. Body art or tattooing has been around for centuries, and to …

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Warning at rise in DIY piercing

A BODY piercer is warning people about the dangers of amateur piercing after seeing an alarming rise in the practice. Trini Seabrook, manager at Inky Joes tattoo and piercing parlour in Sudbury, says she has seen a dramatic increase in the number of people using DIY piercing k …

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Inking impressions

A three-day extravaganza of the divine union between skin and ink has started. At Yak and Yeti’s conference hall, you can witness this one-of-a-kind world of body art. From tattooing to piercing to body modification to scarification and more, you can experience everythin …

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Flesh ideas of artists

Tattoo fans immerse themselves in three full days of ink think A buzz hits when you walk into the main room of the Oregon Ink Tattoo Convention. It's not a beer buzz or the din of folks chattering about getting their photo taken with reality TV star Wee-Man. It's the cons …

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Mom can still make an indelible impression

The timeless "I Love Mom" tattoo -- that bright red heart with "Mom" splayed across it on a ribboned scroll --  is so deeply ingrained in our culture since its boom years of World War II that its origin could probably be traced to prehistoric times. Celebrities as divers …

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A New Form of Discrimination: Why Body Modification Does Not Reflect Your Character

Every citizen of the United States is supposedly guaranteed freedom of expression due to the First Amendment; however when it comes to body art, freedom of expression is commonly overlooked, especially in the work place.    Discrimination of body modification in th …

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Beware the bogus beautician

A DAGENHAM beauty therapist was fined £1,500 for carrying out body piercing without a licence. Melisa Fenn, owner of Opia Hair and Beauty, 44 Whalebone Lane South, Dagenham advertised body piercings on her website despite not having a licence to carry out treatments. O …

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Body Modifications Should Not Be Tattoo Taboo

Our society seems to look down on tattoos, piercings on anywhere other than the ears and other “unusual” changes to our appearances.

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Teenage nose piercing, Jewish tradition create parenting dilemma

The day Anna got her nose pierced, I spent the morning reading up on  body piercing with regard to Jewish law.

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Bagad thrills devotees once again in Pune - Pune - DNA

Hinjewadi and Wakad villagers celebrated their age-old custom of bagad as part of the four-day Mhatoba Utsav on Friday with conventional valour. Bagad means piercing the back of a man with iron hooks and suspending him from a wooden log at a height. It is performed to thank t …

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Rev Clarke: Pants too sexy for women

REV Anthony Clarke of the Shouter Baptist faith said yesterday a drift from spiritual values has led to a breakdown in society and the blurring of lines between genders. Shouter Baptists do not condone the wearing of men's clothes by women, nor certain styles adopted by men  …

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Springs tattoo artist fights online retailers

A Colorado Springs tattoo artist has already affected how one retail giant conducts business and hopes to make his mark on many more during the next several months. Gary Wells, an artist and, as he calls himself, “head honcho in charge” of Pikes Peak Tattoo, 902 N …

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Eastertime oddities: Self-flagellation, palm-piercing and more atypcial Easter celebrations

Christians across the world have already started marking Easter - and some are going in for more extreme ways of marking the festival than by just heading to church It isn’t just those unable to resist the lure of breaking their Lent fasts with a sneaky nibble of the odd …

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Panguni Uthiram 2012: Hindu Body Piercing In New Delhi (PHOTOS)

The Panguni Uthiram festival, celebrated annually during the full moon of the Tamil month of Panguni, which takes place from the end of March through early April, means the "Full Moon of Divine Marriages." This festival is important to Tamil Hindus, as it commemorates the mar …

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Adoring the human canvas

Humans have adorned their bodies since the earliest recorded times.

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Tattoo Expo Draws Crowd in Coralville (+Video)

About 1,500 people celebrated tattooing this weekend at Lefty’s Tattoo Expo in Coralville. Organizers say they hope the event will change some people’s negative perspective about the art form. It also gives tattooists a venue to share their artwork and talents. &l …

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Mom and daughter entrepreneurs open 'tattoo spa' at Briarwood Mall

Just call it a mom and daughter merger. A mother-daughter-owned spa, tattoo and piercing studio that opened November at Ann Arbor's Briarwood Mall is succeeding in an atmosphere dominated by corporate chains by appealing to a diverse base of clientele.

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Columbus tattoo artist hooked on suspension

Colorful tattoos, gauged ears and horns are all physical modifications that grace the body of 32-year-old Jared Anderson. If you passed Anderson on High Street, you might be quick to judge the horns implanted on his head as satanic in nature, but you’d probably be off-ba …

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A Day in the Life: Skin in the game

Patrick Sans' tattoo gun is no louder than an electric toothbrush, but what it leaves behind can be big and bold. Sans is a tattoo artist. By extension, he's a student of body art forms and also a bit of an unofficial therapist for the people who sit long hours in his chair. H …

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Davina McCall reveals her surprisingly naughty side

Long-standing Channel 4 presenter Davina McCall has enjoyed a colourful past. The mother-of-three, who is not only a fan of body art, has revealed she also had a couple of unexpected piercings. But while she may have been keen, it seems her husband wasn't quite enamoured with t …

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Magic Valley Tattoo Artists Say Lettering, Memorials are Popular

Each life is a story, said Chris Standley, as he stood among vampire T-shirts, stainless steel jewelry and walls decorated in tattoo art. And today’s tattoos tell those stories more directly than the skin art of the past. Magic Valley’s tattoo customers are asking …

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Sydney Tattoo & Body Art show displays a body of work to be proud of (+ Vid & Pics)

FROM skulls to body jewellery and detailed masterpieces - an array of tattoos and piercings will be on display as some of the world's best body artists descend on Sydney. The fourth annual Sydney Tattoo & Body Art Expo kicks off in Sydney today with more than 300 Australi …

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Group aims to alter stereotypes

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Tattoo's burgeoning popularity showcased at Sturbridge festival

Tattooing has gone mainstream, and that’s a concern for legendary tattoo artist Lyle Tuttle.

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