I t goes without saying that these days, tattoos are everywhere. And while societal acceptance of ink has ebbed and flowed, many people who spent hours in tattoo parlors adding to ...

Isis Sake is the first soldier to receive a religious accommodation for traditional Samoan hand tattoos ... talking and listening to music as the designs were pierced into skin.

Receiving a tattoo in the traditional Samoan way was an excruciating ... and intuition, while a design etched into the lower arms and hands connected to matters of creativity and creation.

They were key in getting the movie’s tatau (Samoan for tattoo) designs just right. Su‘a belongs to a long lineage of Samoan tattoo practitioners—one of two remaining practicing families ...

Tiatia’s body already displays the full traditional Samoan tattoo, which covers his skin from knees to waist in a continuous, monochrome design ... like his hands, is covered with a film ...

Capt. Isis Sake, breaks ground as the first soldier of Samoan descent to gain permission to display traditional hand tattoos in religious uniform accommodation. 12 months ago Latest Videos ...

HONOLULU (Island News)-- A Samoan Army Captain is the first soldier to receive approval to have traditional “tatau” or tattoos on her hands. This move not only honors Captain Isis Sake’s ...

Each year, Butter adds new ornament designs to her exquisitely made ... featuring genuine Polynesian tattoo art on the leather. I have been in love with the look of Polynesian tattoos for ...

In February, the Samoan officer became the first soldier to receive Army approval to possess such tattoos on her hands, a mark of ... listening to music as the designs were pierced into skin.