[Jewelry making - Article 00502] - Re: [Orchid] Proper tattoo for a goldsmith

[David Huffman]

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Hi Goo;

>     its interesting that some goldsmithing folk have mentioned they
>     are tatoo'd but none involve thier means of goldsmithing livlyhood
>     and i am wondering why ? 

    I suspect that today, many tatoos are used to balance a persons
    professional or social identity. They demonstrate that the wearer
    has a dark or wild side, or an irreverent, iconoclastic aspect that
    they keep under control. But as many, I'm sure, wear tatoos that tell
    it like is. Check out the movie "Eastern Promises" for a fascinating
    insight into the tattoos worn by the Russian Mafia. They are
    basically a criminal's curriculum vitae. Tatoos are fascinating
    social phenomenon, and I'm just betting there has been more than one
    PhD thesis written on the topic. I work upstairs from a little
    magazine/tobacco/snack type store. On the magazine racks are at
    least a half dozen mags on tatooing. Why don't you find a good tatoo
    artist and ask his or her opinion too? 

David L. Huffman
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