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Laser tattoo removal treatments began to be developed in the 1960s, but it took many decades to find techniques that did not cause deep wounds, ugly scars and too much ink residue under the skin. Time has passed and research has...
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The Cheyenne brand from Berlin (Germany) presents a tattoo machine with a different mechanism from previous machines. They are small, quiet, light and easy to clean. Shortly afterwards, Cheyenne introduces the so-called cartridges, disposable needle modules for tattooing. Cheyenne machines have been very successful mainly because of their...
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Miami Ink, the first of many reality shows filmed in tattoo stores, was born. Miami Ink has been an international success and has helped a lot to demystify the tattoo stores and to diminish the various prejudices with tattooists and tattooed people. After Miami Ink, came LA Ink, London Ink and...
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Fashion designer Christian Audigier buys the rights to produce a clothing line called Ed Hardy, which is based on designs by the artist. Eventually, a series of fragrances bearing Hardy's name was also launched. These products have been marketed worldwide. Red Eyes, Ana...
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Finally, there started to be easier and cheaper access to quality tattooing material. And in these years there is an important milestone in the history of tattooing: the commercialization of already welded needles for tattooing. Until then, learning how to weld the needles used for tattooing was always a challenge...
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MTV, then a television channel entirely dedicated to music, begins broadcasting. Television, movies and music are becoming more and more accessible to everyone. The cultural production seen through the screens influences young people all over the world, mainly that generated by the United States....
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AIDS became known at the beginning of the 80's, it spread around the world and until the end of the 90's it was still a very lethal disease. As it is a blood-borne disease, tattooists adopt new hygienic and sanitary protocols, many of them of their own free will and others of their own...
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Janis Joplin may have been the first celebrity of her time to get a tattoo, and she did it in the early 70's in San Francisco with the great Lyle Tuttle, also known for tattooing...
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In the city of Gifu - Japan, in 1933 was born Kazuo Oguri, now an institution in the world of Japanese tattooing. He moved to Tokyo when he was 20 years old to study traditional Japanese tattooing for 5 years with Hideo Murai, the Horihide of Tokyo. He then returned to his hometown...
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A hepatitis epidemic affects New York in 1961 and consequently causes a rejection of the practice of tattooing, which is no longer so well regarded since the previous decade.
Soldiers and marines line up to get tattooed, mostly with military motifs.
The Great Omi, a former lieutenant in the British army visits London tattooist George Burchett to begin his transformation into one of the most famous tattoo artists of the 20th century. George Burchett was known as the "king of tattoo artists", and in his day he became the tattoo artist of choice for...
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Norman Keith Collins is born. Better known as "Sailor Jerry", he is one of the great exponents of the traditional American style. Sailor Jerry made several contributions to the world of tattooing, among them improvements in machines, needles and power supplies for tattoos, in addition to expanding the range of existing colors up to...
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Charlie Wagner, Samuel O'Reilly's apprentice, patents a new version of an electric tattoo machine, inspired by that of his master. In the same year, the already famous London tattoo artist Tom Riley, known for tattooing royalty and high society, tattoos a buffalo during an exhibition at the...
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"Lew the Jew" Alberts begins producing and marketing tattoo drawing sheets in New York, creating the well-known "Tattoo Flash". "lew the Jew" Alberts: Early 20th Century Tattoo Drawings Tattoo Archive
Samuel O'Reilly patents the first electric tattoo machine, thus making the act of tattooing much faster and less painful and thus much more popular, of course! It is the adaptation of an electric pen that had not been very successful, previously patented by Thomas...
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Nora Hildebrandt makes her first professional presentation. She is the first fully tattooed woman to exhibit her body in a circus in the United States. Like other tattooed circus performers, her performance was accompanied by a fantastic story to justify her tattooed body. https://baumfest.com/nora-hildebrandt-la-primera-estrella-tatuada/
Before the Meiji era (1868-1912), ornamental tattooing, including horimono, was a fairly visible cultural feature in Japan. However, during the reign of Emperor Meiji Tennō the country goes through a phase of modernization and westernization. Then the Meiji civilization campaign considered the horimono as a...
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Captain George Constentenus Captain George Constentenus joins Barnum's New and Greatest Show on Earth, inspiring many young people to enter the world of tattooing, including Charles Wagner of New York. Captain George Constentenus, also known as Tattooed Prince, Prince Constantine or...
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Irishman James F. O'Connell is the first tattooed man to be exhibited in the United States, where he recounted his incredible adventures during the years he spent in the Caroline Islands (Micronesia). He has also left an extensive written account. The Life and Adventures of James F. O'Connell, the Tattooed Man (1845) The Story...
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These days Suikoden is already a very successful work and even more since the illustrated publication made by Hokusai. In 1827, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) was invited to make some woodcuts on the novel. Then the still unknown artist represents six heroes, two of them tattooed. The publication...
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The first English tattooed showman was John Rutherford. He has been a great circus attraction showing his tattoos and telling the story of his amazing adventures among the Maori of New Zealand. A love story between tattoo and circus History of a Tattooed Attraction: John Rutherford
A revitalization of the entertainment industry took place and the government relaxed controls on tattooing, allowing the technique to evolve more rapidly and the first professional tattoo artists to emerge, who were often the same carvers who engraved the Ukiyo-e style plates. With this, the...
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Frenchman Jean Baptiste Cabri is the first European to make a living from showing his tattoos. He does it after deserting from the British Navy and spending a season tattooing and living in the Marquesas Islands. History of a Tattooed Attraction: Jean Baptiste Cabri
After his second voyage to the Pacific, James Cook returns to London accompanied by Omai, a native of Raiatea, who visits the city causing great admiration for his tattooed body. Wikipedia
The first modern circus was established in Vauxhall Gardens in London. In the United States, the first modern circus appeared in 1793. In both countries, circuses would become powerful spaces to spread the tattoo culture. References: Tattooarchive.com Vanishingtattoo.com
Marco Polo and John Hawkins had told stories of tattooed people before, but not so relevant. After a voyage through the Pacific and a visit to Tahiti, Captain James Cook (English navigator and explorer) in the company of Joseph Banks tells how the people of this place painted in a way...
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No other source has offered as much inspiration for Japanese tattooing as the adaptations of the Chinese narrative Shuihu zhuan. This will happen only from the 1820s, but in Japan this narrative becomes known in 1728 and gradually gains strength. Attributed to the writer...
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In Japan, between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the practice of irebokuro arose in the pleasure districts. Irebokuro means "inserted mole" and are tattoos of black dots as a symbol of sentimental attachment. Eventually the practice spread throughout the country, even in the upper classes. The moles...
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He was an enslaved man known as Prince Giolo (Gioli or Jeoly), originally from Miangas Island (near what is now Davao Oriental). He spent time in England, where he was exhibited as an exotic animal and died three months later due to smallpox. https://baumfest.com/la-triste-historia-del-principe-pintado/
In the Book of Han (Chinese historical book concluded in the year 111), Japan, then called by the Chinese as the "country of Wa", is mentioned for the first time and it is reported that the Japanese wear tattoos. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horimono_(tattoo)#T Penal_tattoo_o_irezumi
The first written sources originating in Japan are the Kojiki (year 712) and the Nihon Shoki (year 720) and they relate the existence of tattoos since the 1st century in Japan. It is worth remembering that the first review of the Nihon Shoki book mentions the tattoos of the Emishi people during the reign...
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The tattooed princess of Ukok, also known as ice lady or princess of Altai was found in 1993 in Siberia (border between Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan). This Scythian woman lived in the 5th century B.C. and has a very elaborate drawing that seems to be of a deer on...
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Recent research shows that the mummies of the Gebelein man and woman have tattoos. These findings conclude that tattooing was practiced during the pre-dynastic period in Egypt. Two horned animals were identified on the man and four small drawings in the form of horns were identified on the woman....
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Ötzi the Iceman, remained frozen in the Italian Alps until 1991 when he was found by German mountaineers. Ötzi bore several tattoos of parallel stripes and some of crosses.
