During the run-up to Election Day, Marya Hornbacher, a New York Times best-selling author and Walnut Creek native who travels the country writing about politics and culture, will profile residents of ...

Students reveal their favorite tattoo shops and share their experiences among four different downtown studios.

The researchers were unable to conclusively determine using their main method of analysis, Raman spectroscopy, whether the variant was the banned pigment blue 15:3. Discrepancies in tattoo ink ...

A Binghamton University study of European green and blue tattoo inks revealed that 9 out of 10 inks violated EU regulations by containing unlisted and banned substances. The researchers stress the ...

"Clients and artists have a right to know what's in the inks they are using.” ...

In the 1920s, Timpel said, tattoo artists lacked their own shops, and instead found clientele and community at the circus. Timpel — who wore a leather blazer and had geometric-print ink peeking ...

State University of New York looking at green and blue tattoo inks from Europe found that most contained ingredients that are not listed on the label – and some contained ingredients that are ...

Tattooing safely? A new study raises concerns. Tattoo and permanent makeup inks, which are supposedly sterile, are often found to be contaminated. How can these bacteria infiltrate a product that is ...

The post includes various clips of James looking calm, cool and collected while getting his new ink, as this isn't his first time in a tattoo chair. Among his other work is a serpent tattoo by ...