Shivani Recinto: The Story Behind Their Body Art

years. Based on the discovery of tattoos on mummies and other historical records, tattooing is believed to have existed since Bronze Age. The practice of tattooing was followed by various cultures from ancient Egypt to Japan, Greece, Rome, Polynesian islands, and Americas before getting infused into the modern Western culture. Tattooing has held various meanings and purposes during different times. Some of the main reasons for getting tattooed were, these represented the identity of a cultural group; to show affiliation to religious, cultural, social or professional groups; to show masculinity and strength; for medical reasons; for punishing convicts and rebels; for branding slaves; and for self-expression. However, in the modern times, tattooing

Piercing skin repeatedly with a sharp needle dipped in ink sounds like it would deter people from attaining tattoos, but humans have been tolerant of this pain since the beginning of time. In fact, the Egyptians started tattooing around 4000 B.C (Lineberry). To create a tattoo, a needle has to pierce the second layer of skin known as the dermis (Noonan). After that, ink is rubbed into these pinpricks and the design should be covered, otherwise an infection may set in, seeing as the end result is very similar to an open wound (Noonan). This slightly complicated process did not stop our inked ancestors, though. In Cassandra Franklin- Barbajosa’s article, she notes that the earliest tattooed person was found

Henna is the link that connects me to the land of my ancestors and my traditions. As a young girl in Kenya I can remember all the neighborhood girls gathering up in one house the day before Eid ; we would all eagerly wait for our turn to be Hennaed, we would discuss what outfits we were going to wear the next day and what sort of designs we wanted on our hands. The Henna artist never failed to impress us with her captivating talent, she would begin with a line and from that one line an intricate design composed of multiple flowers would appear. The Henna artist always amazed us with her level of patience and her ability to multitask, she would tattoo about 50 to 60 girls in one day while displaying a constant, pleasant countenance. To the Swahili

Here’s my interpretation of Ligua’s current situation, She is the head of her households, a student who needs to work hard to pay for her tuition and feed her kids. She lives in an environment of small-minded people; her neighbors are her social barriers. Social barrier refers to those factors that are external to her and impede her focus on improving her life or become successful. Her neighbors are caught up in their own thinking that they cannot see the value of exploring other ways of life. Clearly, the community where she lives has adapted a prejudice lifestyle, the people she associates with are afraid of change. The culture she’s at evolves with Ethnocentrism - It means not realizing the challenge when it influences

Did you know that the word “tattoo” can be traced back to the Polynesian noun tatau, which means “puncture, mark made on skin”? People get tattoos for a bunch of different reasons like for a family members death, childhood memories, favorite animal, and ect.. The law about tattoos that people always have arguments about is that minors(under the age of 18) must have parent permission to get a tattoo. Minors should not need to get parent permission to get tattoos.

“Tattooing is the practice of making permanent designs on the body. It is done by pricking small holes in the skin with a sharpened stick, bone, or needle that has been dipped in pigments with natural colours.” ( The World Book Encyclopedia, 2004).

Body image is the subjective picture or mental picture of someone's own body . When you hear the 2 words “ Body Image “ most people think it’s relating to women but men change their bodies to . For example a guy named Nicholas Ryan 32 , spent over 5,000 dollars on botox and filler injections in an attempt to look like Ryan Gosling. He says he’s happy with the results and that Ryan Gosling gets the ladies now so can he . Somebody else that changed

Jane, (2015, pg 36) mentioned that in addition to tattoos, body modifiers embrace the rituals and adornments of indigenous groups, and invented many of their own. The globalisation of these tribal practices don’t necessarily make it more tolerable within today’s western subcultures, as there is still a lack of understanding and a reluctance to acknowledge the difference between what is tradition in outside cultures and what is non-conformity in western society. The westerners manage to take the culture of these tribes and develop the traditions in their own ways creating a new subculture outside of the culture in which they originated. Westerners also use body modifications as a means to have control over themselves and their bodies, and often

In order to show loyalty and devotion to a particular god, Aztecs would place tattoos on their chest, stomach and wrists. Each tattoo would be designed in a distinct pattern depending on what god they wanted to honor. Another reason they would place tattoos on their bodies would be to honor battle accomplishments. There has also been evidence of Egyptians tattoos on mummies of woman. The design of the tattoos on these mummies mainly consisted of dots and patterns. In our present times the placement of tattoos on the body has become more popular and accepted by business institutions and society. The military is one of the few institutions that seems to be going in the opposite direction, in particular the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps has always prided themselves on accomplishing the mission and most importantly winning battles. Such pride has been rattled by the decision of the leaderships for t to place

Otzi, also known as the Iceman, the Man from Hauslabjoch, the Similaun Man, the Tyrolean Iceman, and the Hauslabjoch mummy, is one of the most well preserved natural mummies in recorded history. Otzi was discovered on September 19, 1991, in the Otzal Alps by two German tourists, Helmut and Erika Simon. The nickname Otzi the Iceman originated from the location in which the body was found (Deem 6). Due to the extent of his preservation, scientists and archeologists have been able to learn a great deal about Otzi’s life and death through forensic investigation.

Ashleigh Balsamo’s September 7 2015, The Breeze article, titled “My Body, My Business,” is all about the how a senior media arts major copes with her problems. Ashleigh Balsamo talks about the relationship that she has with her tattoos- her coping mechanism. She talks about how tattoos are a personal form of expression and should be respected as much. Many students may agree with this but others might not. Balsamo supported her ideas and thoughts about her passion for tattoos enough through her word choice, tone, personal experiences, and quotes so that every student should understand this passion.

The past week I have spent some of my time interviewing the woman at Mount Ida about tattoos. The three woman I interviewed all had tattoos and from the information that I gathered all the tattoos, although very different, also kind of had the same meaning. I think that as time goes on tattoos will only become more popular and around the country we will start to see more woman getting tattoos and start to show them off with more

The art of tattooing dates back over 4,000 years . Historically tattoos represent many ideas . I chose three tattoos , which vary in meaning and symbolism . I selected the diamond tattoo , sun tattoo , and the crescent moon tattoo . The sun tattoo symbolizes life , happiness , and power . Since the sun gives off light , it also symbolizes creation , religious , evolutionary , or neither . Ancient cultures chose the sun and worshipped it furiously . In Egypt , goddesses such as Wadjet , Sekhmet , and Nut were characterized by crowns and had daughters by the sun god Ra . Ra symbolized life and growth and he was the creator of everything and even human existence . In Japan the sun goddess Amaterasu ruled with her brother the moon god . They

The next photograph I was intrigued by was of the model Kate Moss in a “body armour” made by Allen Jones (Fig.2). Jones is one of the most famous British artists of the last century with his controversial artwork. He was first known for his paintings but most of his fame came from sculptures. By looking at his work it is easy to tell that he is obsessed with the female body/figure, it seems as if it is his fetish. I came across Jones’ work a long time ago and since then I have never forgotten it, especially his sculpture of a table but created with a woman’s body, mostly the work in which he shows female and her body as objects in his artwork is quite shocking. The photograph of Kate Moss in ‘Body Armour’ as it is not as shocking as his other

The practice of modifying one’s skin as a means of expression has been active for as long as 5300 years (Haskings-Winner, Collichaw, Kritzer, & Warecki, 2011). However, in modern day societies the stigma against body modification, including tattoos is still prevalent. To understand why people of a North American influence would subject themselves to this potential undermining, one must first uncover what motivates a person to permanently enhance their skin. Primarily, research into the topic, history, traditions, modern meanings, was conducted using printed resources, online databases, and online-published journals. Notes and condensed summaries of said research was used to create survey questions and a general audience was decided. Once the survey was conducted, the results were tabulated and analysed so that a conclusion could be determined. In this study, southern Canadians are questioned about their motivations to get tattoos, and results are compared to ancient tattoo traditions from other cultures to conclude that southern Canadians, more often than not, do attach profound personal meaning to their tattoos.