Skin Deep - Issue 298

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THE WORLD WITHIN
We’re always delving into how craftsmen and women design tattoos for the physical human form. Today, meet an artist creating tattoos for—not real bodies—but the figures of her imaginary illustrations. Rebecca Givens finds out why this idea is accompanied by a strong message, THE UNINKABLES
Tattoos are so common now no one bats an eyelid when they see a full sleeve or even a neck tattoo. The tattoos transformation from an underground subculture, through coming of age ceremony to must have fashion accessory has resulted in a deluge of ink. Everyone from the ex-prime minister’s wife to my great aunt Rosaline has a tattoo. But what about those people unable to jump on the tattoo band wagon; what about the UnInkables? (Accompanied here by some of our favourite tattoos from the last few years we found lying around...