The main characters of Jamie Santos’ Saturday art lecture included four of the world’s pioneering female tattoo artists, and a silicon arm named “Armothy.” Santos is an artist and the owner of ...

Despite cultural taboos, women have been getting tattoos for centuries. In ancient Egypt, women got tattoos as a form of beauty and as a status symbol. Permanent ink was seen for the first time in the ...

When you are feeling down in the dumps, find some inspiration through your tattoos. Sometimes you just need some inspiration, so why not make something that means so much to you a permanent fixture on ...

That’s why Amber Lynn, owner of Tru Tattoo shop, decided to open a business with an all-woman lineup of tattoo artists. When Lynn was younger, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her life. A ...

Lorri Thomas, aka “Lady L,” at her tattoo studio at the Ink Spot. Credit: se7enfifteen Lorri “Lady L” Thomas has been tattooing for nearly 20 years, and the last few years of her career have been ...

It's pretty much common knowledge that having tattoos comes with a lot of stereotypes, especially for women. Even in modern days, people with ink still often get labeled: lazy, trashy, violent, ...

KABUL, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Soraya Shahidy carefully lays a stencil on Nargis Merzayi's arm before inking the latest tattoo in her salon in Afghanistan's capital Kabul. A normal routine in studios ...