Tattoo

1v.To insert pigment into the same layer of the skin that melanin is in. The broken top layer of skin then flakes off and when it heals pigment in permanently embedded there. 2n. a permanent mark made by tattooing 3n a design for application as a tattoo tattoo designs usually reflect the mores and culture ( or subculture) of the wearer. Some anthropologists theorize that humans have always tattooed ourselves (the oldest specimens of tattooed flesh Dated-3300 correlate with Chinese acupuncture meridians and may have been to heal the subject.) 4n. the craft of making tattoos Tattoos are gaining increased popularity in the last decade due to increased media attention. Tattoos serve to bond together and define groups of people and are perfectly acceptable to most people as long as they are within the mores of the bearers particular group or subculture. Tattoo is considered a handicraft by most college level art teachers and by their definition cannot be fine art. Tattoo is taught by apprenticeship and takes years to learn and decades to master. Some states and countries have a ban on tattooing, but in most areas it is regulated on a local level, by OSHA there are many tattoo fan clubs world wide like the APT (Alliance for Professional Tattooists) With the increasing popularity of Tattoo there are many people out to profit from the movement, semiskilled scratchers, tattoo "schools",franchise shops,show promoters, magazines and the media. It has changed the face of tattooing.