Tattoo History

The body modification known as body art or better known as tattoos have been around for a long long time, the oldest discovery of tattoos was found on the known Iceman Otzi.

The iceman had 61 tattoos across his body, including his wrist, lower legs , lower back, and torso. Researchers say his tattoos were markings of injured areas on his body. But Tattooing has now taken a turn over the years in many many ways , let�s say back in 3250 B.C. tattoos would have been used for marking peoples hurt or injured areas. But In the 1890�s is when all of the fun exploring became with rockabilly to religious and even threatening tattoos in 720 body art or tattoos went out as a fashion statement in Japan when in the beginning they would use tattoos as a punishment for criminals as well.

But A lot of curiosity has gone in on how tattoos were done in medieval or the time the discovery of the iceman Otzi was found.. The best described instrument of tattooing was a sharp point of wood with a handle.. Other discoveries were small sets of instruments made from rock or bronze.

It wasn't until December 8th, 1891 that Samuel F O�Reilley made the first tattoo machine, His invention was actually a modification of Thomas Edisons autographic printing made in 1876. O�Reilley saw how Edisons method of ink transferred with just using a stencil and an ink pen and how that could have be adapted for use in tattooing. Today's newer inventions of the tattoo gun which was last made on March 11th in 2008 has improved to lighter piercings in the skin and less pain when tattooing.

known people

Now let�s talk a bit about important people who made history with their outrageous Tattoos

olive

Olive Oatman, was the first tattooed (white woman) in the U.S. when she was 7 her parents decided to wagon train Independence Missouri heading to the West of California. The train split up several times and eventually the Oatmans were forced to travel alone.because of them being alone and in dangerous areas their wagon was attacked by the Tolkepaya tribe, who killed her family. Olive and her sister were captured and they both served as their slaves. She was forced to get that tattoos that represented traditional and tribal prints.

-In 1937 a lady named Betty Broadbent made history with her circus attractions and tattoos. She was known as the �tattooed beauty�.or as �The living picture gallery�.

But the world record for the most tattooed man goes to a man named

rich

lucky rich in Australia He has spent over 1,000 hours having his body modified with tattoos. He tried to go for a 100% covering of black inked tattoos including eyelids and delicate skin between his toes, down into his ears, and even has his gums tattooed. He is now being tattooed with white designs on top of the black designs then he will be will be getting colored designs on top of the the white.

Even though Lucky Rich has had over 1,000 hours of tattooing we don�t really know what his longest tattoo session is ? .. The longest tattoo session to ever be recorded was 50 hours and 8 minutes long, which was achieved by Alessandro Bonacorsi in Italy, 2014.

Some of you may or may have not heard of the beauty known as the religiously tattooed woman named Artoria Gibbons.

religious

In 1912 she met and married a tattoo artist named Charles �red� Gibbons. To supplement their income and advertise his skills. So he tattooed 80% of her body with religious image, drawn from the works of Raphael and Michelangelo.

She later then debuted as a performer with the locally-based Pete Kortes sideshows. From 1921 to 1923 she worked for Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey. In 1924 Haggenbeck- Wallece, and any number of circuses, freak shows, dime museums, carnivals, and sideshows in her final gig with Hall and Christ in in the 1970s. She retired in 1981.

When Gibbons Died at age 91 she had performed as a tattooed lady\ attraction for well over 50 years.She saw many changes in what we call our art.. Next is..

julia

JULIA Gnuse, who was commonly known by the nickname �The Illustrated lady� born in 1959 and a lady who has 95% of her body including her face.. With her body being covered in tattoos she holds the Guinness record being the most tattooed woman in the world, in her mid 30s Julia developed Porphyria a condition in which her being in sunlight results in blistering of the skin. As the blister often also resulted in scarring, she began getting tattoos as a way to cover up the scars.

So now that I have tried to prove and make my point on tattoo history and people who need to be recognized� I hope many of you perspectives on tattoos have changed.. Many people are discriminated against because of their choices and interests in having or getting tattoos.

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