Some 23 pigments - typically blues and greens - were also found to contain azo-compounds, which can become 'carcinogenic' if they are exposed to too much sunlight or lots of bacteria.ĭr. It was unclear whether this posed any health risks. In one case, ethanol - which can help thin blood - was spotted in the tattoo ink. In the study, the scientists tested 56 inks and found several had substances that were not listed on the label. They also contain carrier fluids - typically alcohol-based - that bring the pigment into position between two layers of skin. The main piece is the pigment, which can be a molecular compound - like blue pigment - or a solid compound - such as titanium dioxide. The SUNY researchers investigated several popular tattoo inks and presented their findings Wednesday at the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society in Chicago, Illinois.Ī tattoo is made up of two parts. Little is known about what is actually in the inks used, researchers say, as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not keeping a close eye on the industry. The pocket-watch-wielding lagomorph is a metaphor for the symbolic significance of your own relationship to time.About two in five Americans already have a tattoo, with the numbers continuing to rise as body art gains social acceptance. Or your ink could signal the persistent time shortages in your own busy life a predilection for encountering pontificating caterpillars, homicidal ruling monarchs, vanishing felines and Seriously Rushed Rabbits a lifelong jones for reading children's classics. You might want this token from the illustrated Alice for the sheer pleasure of the beautiful pen and ink. Ink him onto your ribs for an impressively large version. The pocket-watch-consulting rabbit will pause for satisfying scrutiny on your shoulder, upper arm, rounded calf, inner arm or upper back.
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Give careful consideration to the gallery space for a beautiful piece of black-and-white ink - a generous expanse of skin displays the entire picture and allows every detail to shine.
He was a very cool dude, though, and so will you be with a White Rabbit illustration, captured at the very moment when he pulls out his pocket watch and hooks Alice into tearing after him on a great adventure. That White Rabbit could be anyone on a school or work morning, an image from a beloved childhood book, or you feeling harassed in your day-late-and-dollar-short life. If your heritage is Native American, consider adding a word in your indigenous language to describe a quality important to you. Place a compact, all-black pocket watch tat on the inside of your wrist, an ankle or the top of the foot, in the small curve of your lower back. Use yours to add an inspiring word that sums up your deepest motivation: Courage Hope Perseverance Truth Honor. Blank ribbon banners always look like they're waiting for a word or two. A pocket watch-feather-leaf design may signify a life lived with courage, a willingness to grow, change and be transformed, a quality of endurance and a dedication to the spiritual or sacred. Leaves are symbols of renewal and time passing. Add a feather fob - two or more eagle or other large, ceremonial feathers, hanging like a fob from the stem - and a small spray of leaves.įeathers are always a symbol of spiritual communication and, in Native American culture, were awarded for acts of selflessness and bravery. A watch compartmentalized into segments delineated by Roman numerals may be precisely, symmetrically detailed, nestled into a ribbon banner instead of a coiled chain. Soften the austerity of a plain mechanical pocket watch with a complement of feathers, curling ribbon banner and fanned-out veined leaves.
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