The July 9th program with be with local artist and business owner, Jamison Stagaard who owns and operates Fortified Tattoo Co. Jamison is an enterprising young man who studied Comic art and Animation but realized he did not like working on the computer. He has created a successful business with tattoo art, which is considered a high art form, with clients who come to his studio from around the country- and possibly internationally to “collect” his work.
I expect this to be a very informative presentation, one I personally anticipate with eagerness. Here are two facts I found interesting while recently doing a bit of research about tattooing:
It has been around since the last stone age, OTZI the famous Ice man sporting a series of 57 carbon based tattoos- though thought to be more healing that for aesthetics.
For Pre –Christian Celtic and Germanic people such as the Picts, who first inhabited the British isles – tattooing was common for both men and woman- in fact, the word Britain is derived from the word Britons or “ people of the designs” as Picts were described by Julius Caesar in his book V on the Gallic Wars.
Hope to see you there, Carol Kemp