From three to 10 years old, Sai Antonio says she was abused by a man known to her family. Then she used art to dissociate but ...

It is hard to compare because there is a lot of variables, but in a broad overview I’d say that in general hand poked tattoos take longer to make than machine tattoos. The hand poke process is ...

Dot by dot, Rachel Paton's tattoo art is a lesson in the beauty of patience. The hand-poke tattooer adheres her work to clients' bodies using the no-machine-necessary stick-and-poke process.

Pinchuk taught herself the art of homemade tattoos, also referred to as stick-and-poke, a technique that involves a hand-held needle with ink to create a precise mark, instead of an automated ...