In Hawaiian culture, images of curling waves, hibiscus and geometric patterns are repeated on cloth, mats and even skin. The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu culled from its roughly 25 million ...

As tattoos gain popularity, dermatologists explain health risks linked to hygiene, ink reactions, infections, scarring and ...

For three years, Shah, a former graphic designer, has been researching and archiving traditional Indian tattoo patterns. He became obsessed with the art form after getting his first tattoo in London, ...

Recently, a tattoo studio has come in Araku valley. Tribal youth from the valley and neighbouring tribal hamlets have been thronging the place to get their bodies engraved with different types of ...

For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. The ...

Moranngam Khaling’s four-acre plot features plants whose leaves are used to make the ink, and whose twigs help tap patterns into skin. There are many ways to save something. One can document it, place ...

The origins of tattooing remain unknown. Some archaeologists theorise that tattooing occurred in a haphazard way. Ancient humans might have been cut by a plant which left a stain on the skin, ...