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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.
Choose the perfect tattoo artist for you: 7 practical advises
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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How will my tattoos look like when I’m older?
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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Kalos kagatos in Ancient Greece
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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Mutiny of the Bounty
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 in Tahiti: a mile-stone in the history of tattooing
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: The classy lassie with the tattooed chassis
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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Meet Stella Gassman
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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Meet Maud Wagner
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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Why I should have an odd number of tattoos?
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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Tattooed women in the Victorian Age
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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Welcome to the Freak show
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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Olive Oatman: the girl with the tattooed face
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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The maori tradition: moko is not just a tattoo
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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