Tattoos: Helen Mort & Lou Hopper

Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 8:45 a.m.

Tattooed poet Helen Mort talks to Tattooist Lou Hopper about \u201cgetting inked\u201d. In the first of two programmes about body modifications, Helen explores the body as a canvas and tattoos as an art form. Why do people choose to decorate their skin with tattoos? How do they make the wearer feel? What responses do tattoos evoke ? Are tattoos a way of projecting our personality? What do visual modifications reveal about an individual? Producer Sarah Blunt