Showing posts with label tattoo design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tattoo design. Show all posts

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Amazing Butterfly Tattoos

Amazing Butterfly Tattoos artist for years working at many events such as Glastonbury music festival in England and Roskilde in Denmark. The thing that I love best about henna is that it is only temporary, so you can go from having a dragon tattooed on your back to having a flower on your belly in a matter of weeks.
I love it’s versatility and the way you can create big bold tribal work or the most delicate and intricate patterns.
However the ongoing question from all of my customers has been “is it black, like a real tattoo” and my answer has had to be “no”. The so called “black henna” that many unscrupulous artists use, in many countries is a chemical product known as PPD (Para-phenylenediamine) which gives a black result. Even though severe warnings have been issued through the media it has not stopped the demand, or the use of “black henna”. It is forbidden to use on the skin by the European cosmetics regulations and the FDA in America, as it is classified as an extremely toxic substance which can cause blistering, scaring and much worse.
But now a new product has come on the market that will hopefully eradicate these irresponsible people using PPD products and the heart ache they bring. Jagua is a 100% safe black Temporary Tattoo Gel. The Jagua fruit (Genipa Americana) has been used by native tribes in South America for many centuries. They use this natural black dye to decorate their bodies and faces for ceremonial rites. The black dye is extracted from an exotic fruit which is then processed and refined into Jagua Gel.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Celtic Tattoos

The art form of Celtic has been here for a long time now. According to history, the Celts have been able to transmit their one of kind designs into the various fields of their life, weapons, jewelry and other types of metal items like shields and broaches.
Back then, they were quite useful in times of battle as warriors, nowadays the are now recalled because of the artifact’s of Celtic art that have survived from Ireland, UK and from the far field of North America.
There is  really not much to be recorded about Celtic history, however, at some point in history the Celtic art form of Celts become very inspiring for some groups of art movements.These art forms and symbols of the Celtic design have been around over the years, however, the designs still stay complex, just like the were back then. Today, the designs and knot work have been made modern and even more complicated to compliment tattoo art designs.
Celtic tattoos were very much famous during the height of stone and metal work. Celtic tattoos are believed to be originated in Ireland. Several old documents with the Celtic writing and symbols can be found at the Trinity College in Dublin. Because of the Celtic writing and symbols that can be seen in several ancient manuscripts, it is believed that writing and art was one central thing.