Poke — Hand Poke A point held in the hand and pushed into the skin, once per mark, with the pigment carried on or into the hole. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/method/poke/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Lampblack — Hand Poke Soot collected from a lamp, mixed with water as it is needed. Under the skin it reads blue-black, and it does not leave. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/ink/lampblack/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K
Four hands — Hand Poke Four hands — Hand Poke nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/methods/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 56K
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
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
Needle and sinew — Hand Poke The same needle that sewed the clothing, threaded with sinew blackened in soot and drawn under the skin. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/tool/needle-and-sinew/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Soot and honey — สักด้วยมือ Soot, honey and sometimes saliva, pricked in with a needle. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/th/ink/soot-honey/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 51K
Cats and monkeys — Hand Poke The two commonest figures on a Burmese thigh, named in the same breath as tigers and elephants. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/motif/cat-monkey/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 50K
Stopped, and started again — Hand Poke Several traditions here stopped and came back. Where both ends are datable, this site subtracts them and prints the gap. nanobotco.github.io/hand-poke/story/revival/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 52K