Tattoo Meets Fine Art - News Snippet

Following on from my discussion of Tattoos For Women by Women I noticed yet another news item about Female Tattoo Artists This coming Saturday - Aug 25 - the opening of the Nic Noblique studio in Galveston brings a new type of location for a Tattoo Studio. Along with the work of many Artists in different fields Teri Turrentine, a renowned female Tattoo Artist, will be working in her new Studio, The Tattoo Uprising. As part of the opening Celebrations she will be discussing the fine art of Tattooing according to the Galveston Calendar of Events.

This is a whole new approach to the Art of Tattoo which has a long cultural and historical tradition across the globe. The new studio has been designed to appear as a 'sculptural object' and will be visible from all angles by visitors to the Noblique Gallery. Once again it is interesting to see that a female tattoo artist is coming from a Fine Art perspective.

More and more female tattoo artists are coming to the fore of their profession and bringing a whole new vision to the art form, but placing Tattoo in what is a Fine Art Forum has to be a new departure and will certainly give the Art lovers of Galveston an experience they are unlikely to have had before.

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Tattoos For Women By Women

More and more tattoos for women are being done by women it seems - it has even hit the screens in the form of TLC's LA Ink. Typically of the new breed of female tattoo artists is Kai Smart whose apprenticeship was featured in a recent article by Katey Berrey in The California Aggie.

Many women prefer to have their tattoos individually designed rather than accept the basic designs that come straight off the internet - and they often put far more thought into the whole process. Kai has a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art and Painting and brings the eye of a trained artist to the custom work she designs for her clients. Jessica Cooke, who is training Kai, is impressed by her apprentice and the rapport she develops with her clients.

It is clear from the article that the two women have a similar view of the whole experience, that it should be a rewarding and beneficial experience for both the artist and the client. As tattooing is becoming more accepted as an art form, I wonder is this perhaps the leading edge of a movement which will bring more artistic tattoos for women rather than the traditional Butterfly, Angel or Shooting Star.

Tattooed men have never had quite the same social stigma that seemed to attach to women but as the art form becomes more popular, that is dying away and perhaps the development of these more artistic tattoo will speed up that process. More women now have tattoos than not, with almost two out of three women having some form of permanent body art so it stands to reason that it now has to be regarded as a mainstream art form. Tattoos For Women examines many of those issues that relate to women who want to be tattooed.

I was always told that the definition of Art was that it was something that made you think outside your normal parameters, Kai's attitude seems to echo that when she says "I like being able to make people reexamine their own prejudices about tattoos and people with tattoos." Maybe it is in tattoos for women that a wider acceptance of Tattoos as art form will begin.

Tattoos For Women – Body Art or Tramp Stamp

I was drawn to think about the positioning of Tattoos for women when I came across a forum post about tattoos on, of all places, a Physics Forum! The debate was about the type of tattoo the forum moderator was considering and rambled on until one of the contributors came up with the following comment having posted a picture of a stunning Samoan Tribal Tattoo

(quote) I think these are nice because they have real meaning to them. There not barb wire or some cheap thing on a girls lower back. I think these tattoos are nice, provided that your a Samoan (end quote).

I realise that this is a sweeping generalisation but most women do tend to prefer smaller tattoos, maybe just on the shoulder blade, wrists or ankles or even round the belly button, especially for those who favor hip hugger jeans or crop tops. But what if you do want a larger tattoo - the choices are very limited, especially if you factor in that women want to pick an area for a larger tattoo that won't be affected by possible pregnancy, causing distortion. It leaves you with really only one choice - the lower back. That lays you open to comments like the one from the no doubt 'learned gentleman' quoted above. Where did this social stigma come from, the so-called 'Tramp Stamp'? Is it the reason Geri Halliwell had the Panther removed from her lower back recently - despite the fact that the removal appears to have left surgical scarring, you can see the photos on Celebrity Warship.

The origins of the lower back tattoos are lost in the dim and distant past, just like the origins of tattooing itself but I'm fairly certain that no one actually said 'let's put a lower back tattoo on easy women'! Where else can you put those luscious large tattoos for women and ...forgive me for this final thought, but why does the same connotation not apply to men who have a lower back tattoo?

Tattoos For Women

Tattoos for Women always used to carry a social stigma but those days are pretty well gone now with over two thirds of the women on the face of the planet having tattoos. Let's face it temporary Body Art in the form of Make Up has always been acceptable, if not encouraged by society so what's wrong with making it more permanent? Whatever form your Body Art takes it is a statement of your individuality, of your personality, of who and what you are.

Permanent Body Art is a major decision and women have to take a great deal more into account that men when choosing their tattoos. This blog is a platform for discussing those issues and and keeping you informed about what goes in the world of Tattoos for Women.