Stick and poke — Hand Poke The one everybody has seen: a needle, ink, no machine — punk kitchens, prisons, and now studios that do nothing else. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tradition/stick-and-poke/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Machine — Hand Poke An electric motor drives the needle, at speeds between fifty and three thousand insertions a minute. It is here for contrast. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/method/machine/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
tatau — Hand Poke The Polynesian word English borrowed. Cook's crew wrote it down in 1769 and it displaced every English word for the practice. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/tatau-word/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
ptasan — Hand Poke Related to the Atayal word for writing and marking — the face as a written surface. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/ptasan/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 49K
Gisi and pat-ik — Hand Poke A citrus thorn — or a bundle of them — lashed at a right angle to a short stick, tapped by a second stick. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/gisi-pat-ik/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Pen ink — Hand Poke Ballpoint ink, India ink or whatever is to hand — the modern improvised pigment. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/pen-ink/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Soot and honey — Hand Poke Soot, honey and sometimes saliva, pricked in with a needle. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/soot-honey/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
veiqia — Hand Poke The practice and the marks, in one word — and a tattooist is a *dauveiqia*, one who does veiqia. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/term/veiqia-word/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
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