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Giulia Giometti

13 articles
I have always considered myself an eclectic person. I love the "black or white" point of view as long as it allows me to discover new shades. I grew up writing stories and now I'd really like to write your own one.
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  • Tattoo Culture

Choose the perfect tattoo artist for you: 7 practical advises

  • 3 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
1. Cleanliness. No matter what, the tattoo studio you are looking for must be clean and tidy. This is the first point, no excuses. Be sure the tattoo artist you…
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  • Tattoo Styles

How will my tattoos look like when I’m older?

  • 3 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
Let’s not avoid the question. Your tattoos are surely going to look uglier than they are right now. But consider this: are you really going to look uglier than an…
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Slavery in ancient Greece via Wikipedia
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  • Tattoo History

Kalos kagatos in Ancient Greece

  • 3 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
In the Western World the history of tattoos has been troubled between ups and downs. The roots of the vision of the tattoos as a stigma go back in the…
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Jacob Pedersen, Crooked Moon Tattoo, Helsingborg, Sweden
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  • Tattoo History

Mutiny of the Bounty

  • 4 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
The XVIII Century is known for the development of Sciences and researches. Many navy expeditions set sail from Europe to explore the far unknown lands in the East-South Pacific Sea…
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James Cook's Portrait, via Pinterest
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  • Tattoo History

James Cook in Tahiti: a mile-stone in the history of tattooing

  • 4 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
In the XVIII Century European countries made many expansive naval expeditions for geographical purposes. One of the most valued destination was the East-South Pacific Sea, and that is where the…
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Cindy Ray, via Pinterest
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  • Tattoo History

Cindy Ray: The classy lassie with the tattooed chassis

  • 4 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
Known as “The classy lassie with the tattooed chassis”, Cindy Ray’s history is intricate and unexpected: not all roses. In the early XX century tattooed ladies did make noise (see…
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Stella Gassman getting tattooed by Deafy, via Pinterest
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Meet Stella Gassman

  • 4 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
Very little is known about this beautiful tattooed lady lived between the XIX and the XX century. For instance, we don’t know how she met her husband, Deafy. He was…
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Maud Wagner in the early 1900s, via Pinterest
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Meet Maud Wagner

  • 4 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
Contortionist and aerialist, she was a circus performer and, above all, the first know female tattoo artist in the United States. Hers is a story of love, tattoos and fame.…
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Tattooed sailors, photo by The LIFE Picture Collection
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  • Tattoo History

Why I should have an odd number of tattoos?

  • 4 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
Urban legends tell that people should have an odd number of tattoos because it brings good luck to their bearer. Where did this certainty came from? This is an history…
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Lady Viola, via Pinterest
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  • Tattoo History

Tattooed women in the Victorian Age

  • 4 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
Being tattooed may still represent a taboo in many aspects of everyone’s life, but tattooed woman underwent a stronger discrimination in time. Only in the last years something has changed,…
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Freak Show, Captain Costentenus, via Pinterest
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Welcome to the Freak show

  • 4 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
In the mid-16th century exhibitions of human biological rarities began to be popular in England, above all in fairgrounds and taverns. It was a show in which human deformities and…
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  • Tattoo History

Olive Oatman: the girl with the tattooed face

  • 4 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
Olive Oatman is the first white woman who has been tattooed in the U.S.A. Her story is fascinating: kidnapped by American Indians she was embraced in their community and marked…
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Maori chief, late 18th century
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  • Tattoo Styles

The maori tradition: moko is not just a tattoo

  • 4 years ago
  • Giulia Giometti
When we decide to get in touch with a tradition far from us, whichever it is, we should always show respect and be careful. Today we are talking about one…
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