“I have this one distinct memory of being out with my roommate, going to bed one night, and we woke up the next day and her hands were like covered in tiny little tattoos. Wexler’s introduction to a hand poked tattoo was much like mine, and so many others. There, Anna Wexler, one-half of Slowpoke Stick ‘n’ Poke, turned a collegiate hobby into her profession. Inside an airstream in Marfa, Texas is what may be the only hand poke-only tattoo shop in the United States.
In every century and setting, hand-poked tattoos are just as permanent as a tattoo done by machine–which means there are a few caveats to consider. Centuries later, the method became associated with prison culture–so it’s surprising to see a turn to hand poked tattoos by professionals, creating delicate, permanent works on family, friends, and customers. Ancient Egyptians did not have electricity, much less a tattoo machine, to permanently mark women of a “dubious” status. Hand-poked tattoos are, of course, the original form of tattooing. ✨ sister stars ✨ thank you ladies for coming to see me again! #stickandpoke #handpoke #machinefree #tattoo #ttt #star #tat #startattoo #matchingtattoos #sister #sistertattoos #marfatexas #marfa #texas #stickandpoketattoo #handpokedtattooĪ post shared by ＭＯＯＮＳＴＯＮＥ ＴＯＭＢＳＴＯＮＥ on at 5:01pm PDT The history of hand-poked tattoos
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