elef Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Bangkok Post Today Link Pattaya ink Pattaya - For the tattooists gathering in Pattaya this weekend for the Second World Tattoo Arts Festival and Exhibition, tattooing is apparently all about art and pursuit of high standards in this unique trade. "Drawings can be erased, but tattoos are permanently on your body, so it's different than normal art," Pattaya Tattoo Artists Association head Pairoj Geowlaw said Friday at a seminar on the ethics of tattooing. For most of us, tattoos are what you might end up with after having one too many brews at a place like Thailand's best known beach resort, famed for its bars, bar girls and around 200 tattoo parlours. But the festival being held Friday through Sunday at the has drawn more than 100 tattoo artists from Asia, Europe and the United States, who will display their skills at their private booths during the day and in contests at night. The festival - organised by Joy Wong, daughter of Thailand's first "tattoo artist," Johnny Wong - was also designed to raise the ethical and professional standards of local tattooists. "For me, there are three rules in the tattoo trade," Joy Wong told a seminar that kicked off the tattoo festival. "You don't give tattoos to minors under the age of 20, you have to use clean instruments and you don't give a tattoo to someone who is under the influence of alcohol or drugs." Given the number of bars in Pattaya - some estimate more than 6,000 - that last rule might be a tall order. "I notice there are quite a few tattoo parlours right next to bars in Pattaya," said Dragon Edong, a Filipino tattoo artist who plies his trade in Saipan, part of the Northern Mariana Islands. "But there are good reasons not to give a tattoo to someone who is drunk," Edong explained. "For one thing, people move too much when they're drunk, and you have to remain still when getting a tattoo. "And secondly, alcohol thins the blood, so drunk people bleed too much and that blurs the ink," he added. As for giving tattoos to minors, Edomng had this to say: "Minors don't know what they want, so they might ask you to put their girlfriend's name on their arm or a boyfriend's, and then one month later, they've broken up already." (dpa) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 It was suppose to start on Friday (yesterday) and my friend returned from Pattaya and said there was very little activity going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Maybe the action is all in tattoo removal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 we're going down as said in the other thread to this today - main part is Saturday and Sunday the finals. It is from 3/4pm - midnight - so hard to see how your mate would have seen much yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted May 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 I tried to google the location of the event and found 2 different answers - Beach Rd (Pattaya Beach) and Manita Boutique Hotel (which is south of the Fly Over). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Its about Soi 11 Pataya Beach Walk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted May 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Not in the hotel (Pratumnak Rd)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.