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<blockquote data-quote="san1020" data-source="post: 14524821" data-attributes="member: 360234">[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Saying it with&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; a tattoo[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Etched&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; on my mind? My heart? My behind?! Thiruni Kelegama and Ishani Ranasinghe&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020908/images/m2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />find&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; out more about this latest form of 'self-expression'[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A delicate black&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and silver dragonfly adorns her hip. Its striking silhouette is&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; captured through fine lines... subtle and amazing.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Body sticker?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Close, but far from the truth.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Welcome to&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the world of tattoos.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Believe it&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; or not, some scientists say that certain marks on the skin of the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Iceman, a <img src="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020908/images/m3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />mummified&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; human body dating from about 3300 BC., are tattoos. If that's true,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; these markings represent the earliest known evidence of the practice.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; More widely recognized are tattoos and body art found on Egyptian&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; mummies dating from about 2000 BC.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Tattoos involve&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; puncturing the skin with a sharp instrument and inserting the pigment&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; through the outer layer, the dermis. Tattoos are intended to be&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; permanent; only recently have expensive laser techniques allowed&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; people to remove them. Tattoo patterns and techniques have varied&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; with different culture. Traditional Polynesian tattooists tap a&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; needle with a small hammer, while the Japanese work with bundles&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of needles set in wooden handles. In the west, the electric tattoo&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; machine has revolutionized tattooing, expanding the ease of application&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and the range of colours and designs. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Besides being&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; decorative, tattoos send important cultural messages: a commitment&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; to some group, an emblem of a rite of passage. Tattooing has been&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; used to indicate a high rank in some societies, rebellion in others.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Despite numerous religious and social injunctions, tattooing has&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; been a popular form of body art throughout the world. <img src="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020908/images/m4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Tattooing&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; today is definitely a popular form of self-expression.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Mads Jansien&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Raunsbaek, a tarantula lover who was listed in the Guinness Book&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of Records once for owning the world's largest tarantula, has been&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; practising the art of tattooing for ages. Living in Sri Lanka for&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; the past eleven years, he started to tattoo professionally in Sri&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lanka seven years ago.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] His tattoo&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; machine looks like any normal machine. It has five needles that&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; when put together look like one thick one. Mads uses it like a paintbrush.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The needles can hardly be seen, as the vibration is so fast. &quot;It&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; feels like a nail being drawn slowly over the skin,&quot; says Dilini&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; who recently got a tattoo of a snake wrapped around a rose on her&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; back. &quot;It doesn't hurt at all.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] &quot;It is&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; no way advisable to just walk in and get a tattoo done without making&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; sure the <img src="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020908/images/m5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />needed&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; precautions are taken by the artist,&quot; says Mads while assuring&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; that he is always very particular about the hygiene aspect. &quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I always use sterile disposable needles and I wear latex gloves&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; during the procedure.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Another artist&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is slowly coming in to the limelight under the guidance of Mads,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and it is none other than his girlfriend Anne Chrushly. She is the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; only female tattoo artist in Sri Lanka, and she is still learning.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;I feel that there are more prospects for female customers&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; to come in as they are very reluctant to get a tattoo done by a&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; male,&quot; says Mads.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Mads gets all&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; his colours from a friend in Italy. &quot;They are 100% organic,&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; he promises. &quot;I have been getting them from there ever since&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I started tattooing. They have been in the business for fourteen&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; years and they are known for their good quality products.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] The social&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; stigma associated with tattoos is certainly immense. But it is a&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; personal thing says Dilini who has convinced her fiance to get one&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; done. I want another!&quot; she added laughing. &quot; It is very&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; addictive...&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Mads isn't&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; surprised. &quot;A lot of people come in saying that they want a&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; small tattoo and that it will be their first and their last. But&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; then, I am sure that I shall see them again almost always. I can&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; also re-do tattoos. Many are disappointed because they did not get&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; what they wanted. I can do it all over again and customer satisfaction&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; is guaranteed. If you are tired of the one you have, you could come&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; in and I could turn it into something different,&quot; he explained.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Tattooing might&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; be different and some might say that it is a bit extreme. But for&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; others it is a means of self-expression.[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]from : <a href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020908/mirror/5.html" target="_blank">www.sundaytimes.lk</a>[/FONT]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="san1020, post: 14524821, member: 360234"] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=4]Saying it with a tattoo[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=4] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=4] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Etched on my mind? My heart? My behind?! Thiruni Kelegama and Ishani Ranasinghe [IMG]http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020908/images/m2.jpg[/IMG]find out more about this latest form of 'self-expression'[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]A delicate black and silver dragonfly adorns her hip. Its striking silhouette is captured through fine lines... subtle and amazing. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Body sticker? Close, but far from the truth. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Welcome to the world of tattoos. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Believe it or not, some scientists say that certain marks on the skin of the Iceman, a [IMG]http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020908/images/m3.jpg[/IMG]mummified human body dating from about 3300 BC., are tattoos. If that's true, these markings represent the earliest known evidence of the practice. More widely recognized are tattoos and body art found on Egyptian mummies dating from about 2000 BC. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Tattoos involve puncturing the skin with a sharp instrument and inserting the pigment through the outer layer, the dermis. Tattoos are intended to be permanent; only recently have expensive laser techniques allowed people to remove them. Tattoo patterns and techniques have varied with different culture. Traditional Polynesian tattooists tap a needle with a small hammer, while the Japanese work with bundles of needles set in wooden handles. In the west, the electric tattoo machine has revolutionized tattooing, expanding the ease of application and the range of colours and designs. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Besides being decorative, tattoos send important cultural messages: a commitment to some group, an emblem of a rite of passage. Tattooing has been used to indicate a high rank in some societies, rebellion in others. Despite numerous religious and social injunctions, tattooing has been a popular form of body art throughout the world. [IMG]http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020908/images/m4.jpg[/IMG]Tattooing today is definitely a popular form of self-expression. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Mads Jansien Raunsbaek, a tarantula lover who was listed in the Guinness Book of Records once for owning the world's largest tarantula, has been practising the art of tattooing for ages. Living in Sri Lanka for the past eleven years, he started to tattoo professionally in Sri Lanka seven years ago. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] His tattoo machine looks like any normal machine. It has five needles that when put together look like one thick one. Mads uses it like a paintbrush. The needles can hardly be seen, as the vibration is so fast. "It feels like a nail being drawn slowly over the skin," says Dilini who recently got a tattoo of a snake wrapped around a rose on her back. "It doesn't hurt at all." [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] "It is no way advisable to just walk in and get a tattoo done without making sure the [IMG]http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020908/images/m5.jpg[/IMG]needed precautions are taken by the artist," says Mads while assuring that he is always very particular about the hygiene aspect. " I always use sterile disposable needles and I wear latex gloves during the procedure." [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Another artist is slowly coming in to the limelight under the guidance of Mads, and it is none other than his girlfriend Anne Chrushly. She is the only female tattoo artist in Sri Lanka, and she is still learning. "I feel that there are more prospects for female customers to come in as they are very reluctant to get a tattoo done by a male," says Mads. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Mads gets all his colours from a friend in Italy. "They are 100% organic," he promises. "I have been getting them from there ever since I started tattooing. They have been in the business for fourteen years and they are known for their good quality products." [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] The social stigma associated with tattoos is certainly immense. But it is a personal thing says Dilini who has convinced her fiance to get one done. I want another!" she added laughing. " It is very addictive..." [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Mads isn't surprised. "A lot of people come in saying that they want a small tattoo and that it will be their first and their last. But then, I am sure that I shall see them again almost always. I can also re-do tattoos. Many are disappointed because they did not get what they wanted. I can do it all over again and customer satisfaction is guaranteed. If you are tired of the one you have, you could come in and I could turn it into something different," he explained. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] Tattooing might be different and some might say that it is a bit extreme. But for others it is a means of self-expression.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=2][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]from : [URL="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/020908/mirror/5.html"]www.sundaytimes.lk[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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