Tag: secret
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Prison Tattoos and Their Secret Meanings
The trend for tattoos is not exactly breaking news. In the last couple of years, tatts have gone from somewhat of a fad to a raging, unstoppable pandemic. Whether you get a tattoo to express your individuality, for artistic expression, or just because Bieber got one, there is no denying its popularity. We recently discovered…
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Artist Karla Tomanelli Lifts the Lid on How Her Amazing Art Is Created!
“What pencils do you use?” “What kind of paint do you use?” “What brushes do you use?” These questions and many, many more are frequently asked of the artists on social media sites such as Instagram. Perhaps in response to these questions, artist Karla Mia Tomanelli has started strategically placing the art equipment she used to…
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Secret Paintings in 19th Century Books at the University of Iowa
Colleen Theisen, who helps with outreach and instruction at the Special Collections & University Archives at the University of Iowa, recently shared an amazing gif she made that demonstrates something called fore-edge painting on the edge of a 1837 book called Autumn by Robert Mudie. Fore-edge painting, which is believed to date back as early as the 1650s, is a way of hiding a…