Taiwan graffiti artist swaps spray for ink in epic tattoos
In a small workshop down a narrow alleyway in Taipei’s Ximending district, tattoo artist Bobo Chen is refreshing a scene from a Japanese epic with new ink on a client’s back.
In a small workshop down a narrow alleyway in Taipei’s Ximending district, tattoo artist Bobo Chen is refreshing a scene from a Japanese epic with new ink on a client’s back.
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The tattoo artist who made the spelling mistake did offer a refund, after having a laugh at it.
Everybody knows her as the last “mambabatok” or traditional tattoo artist of the Butbut tribe in Buscalan, Kalinga, a province in northern Philippines.
A few months ago, we wrote about the potential adverse health and other side effects of having a tattoo (“Why having a tattoo might not be the coolest idea,” PDI, July 11, 2017). But after no less than President Duterte displayed a rose tattoo on his arm, I figure there would be a beeline to tattoo parlors.
When I started getting tattooed, my brother expected World War III to erupt. After all, when he came home wearing his first tattoo, our mother cried her eyes out and our grandmother followed him around, quoting verses from the Bible.
Getting yourself “inked” or tattooed does not seem to be a complicated decision. In just a few hours, you can be the proud bearer of whatever tattoo design you want. But the consequences could mean a lifetime of regret.
The small crowd of pierced, tattooed and hair-dyed specialists were holding their sixth Paradise Tattoo Convention in San Antonio de Belen, a town close to the capital San Jose, for three days into the weekend.
National Youth Commission head Aiza Seguerra andFilm Development Council of the Philippines chair Liza Diño confirmed on Instagram that the last living “mambabatok” is alive and well.
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