Formerly treated as negative, only criminals had tattoos and they were considered like something that "misfits" in our society, especially during the second half of the 20th century. Now, tattooing is showing out as a symbol of the millenium-generation, like once were long hair, pettycoat and Rock'n Roll or in former times, when women started to wear trousers. Taking a fast development through the last fifteen years, we have reached now a level, where tattooists are considered artists and a tattoos are not just simple blue drawings but can be real artpieces.

New techniques, new designs, new inks and new styles are confusing not only the customer. With our site, we not only want to show the last works of our studio artist, Giuliano Montisci, but also give you some information about tattooing and inspiration for your tattoo. In the download section everybody can obtain tattoo flashes -designs prepared for stencils- free. If you are interested in exhibitions and events in the studio, please go to the gallery's site www.arte-manufactum.com or just click here. If you are thinking about having a tattoo, take your time to travel through our site.

After all, tattoos are a painful pleasure.

Tattooed Lady from 1907 taken from Wikipedia