MASHPEE — Kerri Helme, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, can often be found practicing traditional, Indigenous tattooing out of her New Bedford apartment — a cozy capsule that sits on East ...

Rios’s practice began on silicon skin and eventually developed into practicing tattooing on herself. “I wanted to get my hands on real skin, so I started practicing on myself, and that was definitely ...

A tattoo apprenticeship program at Algoa Correctional Center begins today. The program is a way for inmates to become licensed tattoo artists in the state of Missouri, and has the same requirements as ...