Q. How and why did you get into Tattooing? Who are your heroes or your inspiration? I got into tattooing by chance really. I was taking evening courses at the Royal Fine Arts Academy in Brussels while working another job. I used to hang out at the tattoo shop on the corner of my street, and the guy saw my drawings and said I should get into it. Went on an extended holiday to Greece that summer and met a few people from a local tattoo studio,...

Q. How and why did you get into Tattooing? Who are your heroes or your inspiration? Guy Aitchison is definitely the biggest hero I have, others include Trent pare, Clint Danroth, Aaron Cain. Just bugged the local tattooist to train me .I bugged him every day for almost a year then one day he finally said yes. So there's definitely something to be said about being persistent. Q. How long have you been a tattooist? All said about ten years...

When properly used, autoclaves are an important part of any tattoo shop's overall sanitation program to keep both customers and artists safe from potential infections. An autoclave is a pressurized device designed to heat aqueous solutions above their boiling point to achieve sterilization. It was invented by Charles Chamberland in 1879. The term autoclave is also used to describe an industrial machine in which elevated temperature and...

Hygiene The properly equipped Tattoo Studios|tattoo studio will use biohazard containers for objects that have come into contact with blood or bodily fluids , sharps containers for old needles , and an Autoclaves|autoclave for sterilizing tools. Certain jurisdictions also require studios by law to have a sink in the work area supplied with both hot and cold water. Proper hygiene requires a body modification artist to wash his or her...

During healing, some tattoos will form a protective layer of skin which will then peel away, and others will form a scab - it's completely normal, and depends on your type of skin, the way the tattoo artist's worked the skin, and your aftercare regime. Don't Pick At It During the healing process, your new tatto may become very itchy, and scratchng the area will be very tempting, but this can damage the tattoo as it may draw the...

Tattoo equipment ranges from products for sanitation and hygiene like Autoclaves|autoclaves, to the actual tools used for tattooing such as the Tattoo Machines|tattoo machines themselves, and Tattoo Needles|tattoo needles. There are also many products for Tattoo Care|aftercare and healing available on the market.

Tattoo Aftercare Tattoo artists, and people with tattoos, vary widely in their preferred methods of caring for new tattoos. Some artists recommend keeping a new tattoo wrapped for the first twenty-four hours, while others suggest removing temporary bandaging after two hours or less. Many tattooists advise against allowing too much contact with hot tub or pool water, or soaking in a tub for the first two weeks. This is to prevent the Tattoo...