The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Athens is home to a rich tattoo scene - from Pain and Wonder, established in 1995 ...

The main characters of Jamie Santos’ Saturday art lecture included four of the world’s pioneering female tattoo artists, and a silicon arm named “Armothy.” Santos is an artist and the owner of ...

PETALUMA, Calif., March 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of International Women's Day, The Lagunitas Brewing Company is partnering with female tattoo artists nationwide to celebrate self‑expression ...

Laura Craver (right) tattoos Alex Johnson (left) on Friday, June 6, 2025. The tattoo represents his love story with his husband. It includes an illustration of the sequoia tree they got married inside ...

Despite cultural taboos, women have been getting tattoos for centuries. In ancient Egypt, women got tattoos as a form of beauty and as a status symbol. Permanent ink was seen for the first time in the ...

If you ask Calli Loskill about how she landed her job, one of the first things she'll tell you is she's wicked lucky - it almost didn't happen. "You get to a point where you're like, 'I need to switch ...

Lorri Thomas, aka “Lady L,” at her tattoo studio at the Ink Spot. Credit: se7enfifteen Lorri “Lady L” Thomas has been tattooing for nearly 20 years, and the last few years of her career have been ...

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That’s why Amber Lynn, owner of Tru Tattoo shop, decided to open a business with an all-woman lineup of tattoo artists. When Lynn was younger, she wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her life. A ...

as the first ever female tattoo artist in Afghanistan, a country where many still believe that inking skin is a sin against Islam. "Tattoos are not forbidden in Islam. Some mullahs say they are, but ...