1 Fist Day Class -  "Tattoo – Art on skin" with 5 stamps - Brazil  - 2016

1 Stamp Issue -  "Tattoo – Art on skin" with 5 stamps - Brazil  - 2016

ABOUT THE SOUVENIR SHEET
On the background, the miniature sheet shows an image of the process of creating a tattoo and, on the foreground, five stamps with art by different Brazilian tattoo artists. On the upper part of the miniature sheet is a stamp showing tribal art by tattoo artist Jun Matsui which, according to the artist, represents a “clothing”, an adornment referring to the primitive energy of the human being and its integration with wild nature. Below is a sequence of four stamps. The first from the left shows art by tattoo artist Paulo Tattoo, formed of elements representative of this form of expression, such as the tattooed Indian; the tatau, an indigenous artifact for tattooing; a tebori tattoo, meaning “handcrafted” or “tattooed by hand”, one of the most traditional methods of tattoo in Japan and a modern tattoo machine. The second stamp shows a tattoo by Ivy Saruzi, artwork entitled: The Lady. The art on the third stamp, by tattoo artist Jerson Filho, focuses on a stylized image of the Archangel Michael. Finalizing the collection is work by the tattoo artist Luiza Fortes, showing an art nouveau style Venetian mask. The art contains warm, sensual bronze and old gold tones with great depth achieved by using light and shadow to highlight the magic of the secretive eyes and sensual lips. Photography and computer graphic techniques were used.