Evolution of Tattoo Tools and Pigments with Chuck Eldridge

In the last two hundred years, the tools and pigments that tattooists work with have evolved. Tattooing was once done by hand, and there were only three colors in the tattooist’s palette. Now tattooing is done with an electric machine and color choices appear limitless. This presentation will examine these changes and explain how they have altered the art form. Chuck Eldridge, a retired tattoo artist and co-founder of the Paul Rogers Tattoo Research Center in Winston-Salem, NC (also known as the Tattoo Archive) joins us again for the second installment of the NC Niche Collections series to examine the changes in the tattoo art form.

Image credit: Samuel O’Reilly machine patent 1891. Image courtesy Chuck Eldridge, Tattoo Archive.

Date and Location

• What? Online webinar
• Where? Virtual via Zoom
• When? Thursday, June 13, 2024, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
• How much? Free
• Link to register: https://bit.ly/NCPC-Tattoo