Biology tattoo

One might learn something from staring at the tattoos of Italian artist Michele Volpi (previously). The composition, detailed dot work, and precise lines of his tattoos transcend both ink-infused skin and science textbooks. The Bologna-based tattoo artist relishes in scientific books—from Frank Netter’s painterly medical illustrations to the exquisitely rendered biological specimens and marine lifeContinue reading "Science-Inspired Ink by Michele Volpi Blurs the Line Between Tattoo and…

Michele Volpi on Instagram: "“The way to find the DNA from a human cell” (this is how my tattoos looks on a 65 y.o. skin) Thank you so much Marcos for trusting me and flying all the way from California to get it, it was a pleasure! @probodysupply @tattoobloody @fluidtattoomachine - #biology"

Thanks Bronwyn! This is a tattoo version of 'Photo 51' a famous X-ray Crystallography image taken in 1952 by Raymond Gosling, a PhD student of Rosalind Franklin. The image went along to help Watson and Crick develop the chemical model of DNA which earned them a Nobel Prize in 1962. A controversial story in itself. #tattoo #dna #science #photo51 #holdfasttattoo #chrisrigoni #chrisrigonitattooer #dotwork #stipple