QOW - Where to Find Sea Salt
January 30th, 2008Question:
Where would I buy sea salt without Iodine to clean my nose piercing with?
Where would I buy sea salt without Iodine to clean my nose piercing with?
Answer:
Some groceries carry them - particularly organic type grocery stores like
Wild Oats, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. Also your local health food stores
should carry it. And you can always ask if your local tattoo/piercing shop
sells it - a lot of them do these days.
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Eric’s Memorial for his Grandmother
January 29th, 2008I spotted this memorial on Eric’s forearm in a local Duane Reade drugstore:
This was Eric’s first tattoo, inked about three years ago after his grandmother, Milagros, passed away.
He told me he was both “interested and nervous” when he had this done. He had no regrets, as it is a way for his grandmother to be with him, in spirit, forever.
This was inked at Hypnotic Designs, in Sunset Park. Their work has appeared previously on Tattoosday here. That is where the “Brooklyn Born ‘N’ Raised” tattoo was inked.
Thanks to Eric for sharing his memorial tattoo with us!
On inventory
January 28th, 2008As work comes in, I have to constantly keep my inventory in check. By asking myself questions, I’m starting to feel close to getting a handle on things. But lately I’ve been realizing that I need to include time into the equation, not just supplies. Anyway…
First there are personal items that only I can follow through with:
Make sure my inks aren’t low.
How many more days can I go with this box of (premade) needles?
Do I have enough disposable liner tubes?
Have I prepared enough paper towels for tattooing? (separating individual sheets into a pile)
Do tubes need to be scrubbed, and do I have enough for a steady flow of traffic?
Keep the drawings coming. (this deserves its own post)
Are my deposits in order? (our customers leave $20 deposit for appointments - which, in turn, goes towards the price of the tattoo)
Then there are shop related items, that the shop owner covers, but I use:
How is the supply of paper towels?
Am I topped off with Green soap, distilled water, MadaCide, and alcohol?
Check the supply of ink caps, dipsticks, dental bibs, and razors.
How is the supply of paper towels?
Are there enough gloves, or do I need to jump in back and get another box?
Now my only difficulty is figuring out how to add new items to test into the list effectively. This means not buying everything at once, rather spreading it out and slowly mess with new stuff.
January 25, 2008
Finding the 3 Killer Tattoo Designs
January 27th, 2008Finding the really killing tattoo designs seem to be the most difficult choice to make. Since the dream tattoo design may be varies to different people. For me, I think that dragon; star, mural tattoo designs are the top 3 most killing tattoo designs recently.
The Importance of Full Medical Disclosure
January 25th, 2008If you have a medical condition or on any kind of prescription medication, it is important that you disclose (make known, reveal) these things to your artist before any tattoo or piercing procedure. But does that also mean the artist has the right to deny you service as a result? Find out what conditions your artist needs to know about and how it may affect your ability to get a tattoo or piercing.
The World is Full of Kings and Queens . . .
January 24th, 2008I’ve been relying heavily on Tattoos I Know since the end of summer, but today, in the chill of January, I spotted a cool tattoo on a stranger and added him to the Tattoosday gallery:
It was in the mid-30’s when I asked Frank about his tattoo. He gladly offered up his newest piece, this playing card queen.
Frank is heavily-inked. He briefly flashed a leg and an arm covered with tattoos. But we stuck with this one. This particular piece, his newest, was done by Mike Profetto at Designs by Michael Angelo in Brooklyn.
When I asked him why he had this queen of hearts, he said it only made sense to complement the king of diamonds on the right side of his neck:
Incidentally, that’s a spider in the middle the two royal tattoos.
The queen, being the newer piece, is much brighter and crisper.
Frank is the first Tattoosday subject to offer up side neck pieces. He gave me his contact information, so I hope to feature Frank’s work again in the future, with more detail about his tattoos, and the stories behind them.
Thanks again Frank!
Sailor Jerry Collins
January 23rd, 2008… Just did another… 20-yr-old blond—nice looking… anyway she moaned and I backed off on the liner & got a weak line—Old “Deafy” in Philly had it all over us—he couldn’t hear them groan, and he just tattooed them!
Anyway, maybe I’m just a negative thinker, but I do respond to the mood of the patient and if they show pain tolerance minimum, I just can’t put good work on them as it throws the physical and mental forces out of balance.—it’s the difference between drawing a free-flowing line with a relaxed wrist and trying to draw one with tense flexors and extensors… Old Coleman used to put them on the “cooling off bench” when they started to sweat, and grabbed the next one so he didn’t lose the swing!…
- Sailor Jerry, September 21, 1971
January 22, 2008
The Most Logical Tattooing Decisions!
January 22nd, 2008Tattooing involves the most extraordinary decision regarding your
personal perceptive and the declaration carries to the World. You must make your mind clear that you should not go for tattooing in rush. Since you probably will pay for the high price to correct the error you made in the previous tattooing decision.
Be patient!
Do not make decision on the hurry condition. Allow enough for you to analyze the thoughts of the tattoo designs. And avoid yourself from the influence of the high converge emotion. Think of the tattoo designs you love the most.
Emphasis on the theme of the tattoo designs
Since tattoo is a permanent piece of art which is inked on your body. Therefore the theme of the tattoo design itself would be major emphasis when came to selecting a tattoo.
How you choose your artist
Discuss with your friends who had the experience of getting a tattoo. Ask for recommendations of their best artist in their mind. Straight forward, you can visit several tattoo shop to have some discussions with the tattoo artists. You must survey the cost, cleanliness, and heavy-handedness, health code issues, as different states and countries have different health regulations.
