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Zodiac Heads/Circle of Animals: Gold
Feb 22, 2012
This large-scale installation by artist and activist Ai Weiwei depicts the ancient Chinese zodiac with 12 gold-plated bronze animal heads. On view through July 29. The museum is open until 7 p.m. on third Thursdays.
51 other things to do on Wednesday, February 22
San Diegans led the charge for body-art regulation
The Safe Body Art Act marks the single greatest legal change in how tattoos are inked and skin pierced
In 2011, the bill passed again and Gov. Jerry Brown signed it more quickly than it would take to ink an anarchy symbol on a punk rocker’s calf.
By Dave Maass
In defense of the tribal tattoo
A member of the Tribe of Being 18 makes his case
I hail from the Tribe of Being 18, easily recognized by our butterfly tramp stamps, our Chinese symbols and tribal tattoos.
By Ryan BradfordUCSD fellow studies SoCal tattoo culture
Aren’t you jealous of Todd Honma's research fellowship?
How did a young, black-metal fan with stretched ear lobes and a fascination with corpse-simulating face paint score the prestigious “Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship for Academic Diversity” at UCSD?
By Dave MaassTattoo Gary's life in ink
Almost 40 years in tattoo shops will give a guy some stories to tell
When you sit down to get tattooed by Hoag-Corio you will hear plenty of stories, but two are at the top of the list.
A list of films in which tattoos play a leading role
Memento, Cape Fear and more movies with inky plotlines
Tattoos in films are nothing new, but in those listed below, they go further than just making a character look badass.
By Anders WrightA wounded warrior wears his traditional hand-tap tattoo as a badge of honor
Joe Gracia's inked-up leg is a symbol of his soldier story
Gracia rolls up his right pant leg to show his prosthetic leg. Then he rolls up his left pant leg to reveal a tribal tattoo.
By Kinsee MorlanBreast-cancer survivors' areola restorations
A La Jolla-based permanent-cosmetic center gives women nipple and areola tattoos
For the most part, tattoos fall into one of two categories: beautiful pieces of body art depicting something a person is passionate about or terrible ideas brought on by drunkenness or poor deci
By Alex ZaragozaJustin Hudnall's fishhook roundabout tattoo
How the 'most poetic of road signs' ended up on this guy's arm
Justin Hudnall had just driven 18 straight hours to the South by Southwest music festival to write about local label Volar Records when he passed the sign. “I recognized this fishhook
By AnnaMaria StephensBringing back “souvenir” tattoos
Ellen Wright opts for ink over keychains and other momentos
This past July, while in New York for work, the 30-year-old stylist who works at Hair Drezzers on Fire in Normal Heights, decided, on a whim, to get a tattoo of the Lower Manhattan subway map.
By Kelly Davis'Do not drink and ink'
Miles Orff has learned to live by that rule
Miles Orff has advice for tattoo enthusiasts: “Do not drink and ink.” Orff, the 29-year-old frontman of hardcore-punk band Coda Reactor, speaks from experience. Of the 25 or so tattoos he has, many were done when he was drunk, sometimes with surprising results.
By Peter HolslinHand-tap tattooing in San Diego
Sulu'ape Angela Bolson at Big City Tattoo practices the traditional technique
When most people picture getting a tattoo, they envision a pierced-up, heavily inked dude with a tattoo gun. Sulu'ape Angela Bolson shatters that stereotype. You can find Bolson in a small room at Big City Tattoo in North Park, kneeling on a mat with her clients, strange-looking tools in-hand, with a team of female "stretchers" helping her pull a client's skin taught so she can employ the hand-tap tattoo technique. She learned the traditional art form by apprenticing for a year and a half under a hand-tap master in Western Samoa....
