Q. I walked in to my sister's house yesterday and saw her husband giving a woman a tattoo on their couch while her two year old ran around, chasing the cat. This made me cringe. I could just imagine the infections and possible lawsuits.
What are the laws/regulations for tattooing in Michigan?
What are the laws/regulations for tattooing in Michigan?
A. None. Its really up to the person getting tattooed to make sure they are in a clean environment.
You think that sounds bad? When I was 16 or 17 (mid 90s) we made tattoo machines and were giving tattoos in a filthy bedroom at a party house that did nothing but circulate drunkards LOL.
Even the most filthy setups will know to use alcohol or a lighter to do a rough cleaning of the material.
Believe it or not, even the cleanest shop has open air rooms, and uses a simple $400 piece of equipment to sterilized the tubes. However, you can get PRE sterilized tubes and needles for about $3.00 each that are disposable and come in airtight packages. So it can be cleaner than it appears.
Vaseline used to lubricate the skin stops the clients blood from flying out, so there really aren't contaminants in the air...Quite less than someone walking around with a small cut on their hand.
You think that sounds bad? When I was 16 or 17 (mid 90s) we made tattoo machines and were giving tattoos in a filthy bedroom at a party house that did nothing but circulate drunkards LOL.
Even the most filthy setups will know to use alcohol or a lighter to do a rough cleaning of the material.
Believe it or not, even the cleanest shop has open air rooms, and uses a simple $400 piece of equipment to sterilized the tubes. However, you can get PRE sterilized tubes and needles for about $3.00 each that are disposable and come in airtight packages. So it can be cleaner than it appears.
Vaseline used to lubricate the skin stops the clients blood from flying out, so there really aren't contaminants in the air...Quite less than someone walking around with a small cut on their hand.
How important is "originality" in a tattoo design?
Q. Check out this quote from an interview with Pat Fish (a woman tattoo artist world famous for her Celtic designs). It came out in 2003:
"College students cast about for something with meaning. The great default is something written in Japanese. It's low commitment, and they can feel wicked and tattooed. Frankly, a tiny kanji looks better than a miniscule rose. We call those 'zits on sticks.' The most common tattoo we do, besides kanji, is suns. Especially on girls' lower backs. For the last four or five years, we've done at least one a day. I hung a sign on the front door of my house that says, 'This is the bungalow that suns on butt cracks bought.'" ......
"We work out of files. I have a file of just suns. That way, I don't have to keep drawing the same thing. After the customer looks at 500 different suns, one-third will pick the same sun. It's the logo for this generation—Leo Zulueta's tribal sun. Then they can make it even more meaningful by putting a kanji in the center! My mantra about that is, 'The baker doesn't complain when the muffins sell well.' So, if we bake another dozen kanji, we're happy to do it!"
(source: http://www.luckyfish.com/controversial.html)
Hmmm...What’s the “logo” for THIS generation?
Here is the artist’s cynical viewpoint. Most are probably sick of doing the same “unoriginal” pieces. (Earlier in this article she says “That’s what employees are for!”)
But there is also a value in the standard design; everyone needs to be familiar with it so its “standard” meaning comes across. If every traffic light used different colors to mean “stop” and “go,” it would be really confusing.
Your thoughts?
I walked by Pat Fish's shop today (it's really close to my house) and peeked in....there is a whole HUGE wall of kanji flash, with the meanings of each character! I can really sympathize with her cynical attitude, but this just made the shop look really bad!
"College students cast about for something with meaning. The great default is something written in Japanese. It's low commitment, and they can feel wicked and tattooed. Frankly, a tiny kanji looks better than a miniscule rose. We call those 'zits on sticks.' The most common tattoo we do, besides kanji, is suns. Especially on girls' lower backs. For the last four or five years, we've done at least one a day. I hung a sign on the front door of my house that says, 'This is the bungalow that suns on butt cracks bought.'" ......
"We work out of files. I have a file of just suns. That way, I don't have to keep drawing the same thing. After the customer looks at 500 different suns, one-third will pick the same sun. It's the logo for this generation—Leo Zulueta's tribal sun. Then they can make it even more meaningful by putting a kanji in the center! My mantra about that is, 'The baker doesn't complain when the muffins sell well.' So, if we bake another dozen kanji, we're happy to do it!"
(source: http://www.luckyfish.com/controversial.html)
Hmmm...What’s the “logo” for THIS generation?
Here is the artist’s cynical viewpoint. Most are probably sick of doing the same “unoriginal” pieces. (Earlier in this article she says “That’s what employees are for!”)
But there is also a value in the standard design; everyone needs to be familiar with it so its “standard” meaning comes across. If every traffic light used different colors to mean “stop” and “go,” it would be really confusing.
Your thoughts?
I walked by Pat Fish's shop today (it's really close to my house) and peeked in....there is a whole HUGE wall of kanji flash, with the meanings of each character! I can really sympathize with her cynical attitude, but this just made the shop look really bad!
A. I completely feel sorry for tattoo artists who do 3-4 tramp stamps a day. As a piercing apprentice I feel as if I might scream every time some generic girl comes in to get either her tongue, her belly button, or both pierced. You can't blame people though, we're all victims trying to look cool. Some of us might not go out and get tattooed on a whim, but we will express it in other ways.
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