In Hawaiian culture, images of curling waves, hibiscus and geometric patterns are repeated on cloth, mats and even skin. The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu culled from its roughly 25 million ...
MONTEREY >> Marlo Kaleookalani Lualemana is an artist. Her canvas is human skin. Here tools are a bright orange Sharpie pen, a red Bic pen, ink and a vibrating needle. The Salinas resident is among a ...
As a Polynesian woman, I love to see it! This is such a special moment because Jason got his tat done in the traditional Polynesian way. It usually starts with the artist freehanding the design based ...
RANGIROA, French Polynesia — The origins of Polynesian tattooing go back to the first waves of migrations from Southeast Asia. The first traces of tattooing in Polynesia date back 2,000 years! The ...