Nonetheless, alcohol is still present in the tattooing process, and it is worth talking about where is would be a good idea to look for alternative options. But changing societal mores as well as the difficulty in working with a drunk client has all but terminated the practice (not to mention many US state laws that prohibit artists from tattooing intoxicated clients). The ready access of inebriated sailors on shore leave in cities like Honolulu and San Francisco gave tattoo artists tremendous opportunity to hone their craft in the middle and second half of the 20 th century. The fact that ethanol is a psychoactive compound has of course lead to its complicated relationship with tattooing. For example, we use menthol for pain relief, glycerol for everything from sweetness to antifreeze, and ethanol as a social lubricant. Humans use alcohols for all sorts of applications. Or rather, “alcohols”- a whole family of organic compounds. This is going to be a shorter blog this week, but we wanted to take a little bit of time to talk about alcohol.
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