{
 "schema": 1,
 "id": "pen-ink",
 "type": "ink",
 "names": {
  "name": "Pen ink",
  "said": "What a kitchen tattoo is made of, and why professionals object"
 },
 "region": [
  "worldwide"
 ],
 "facets": {
  "colour": "blue-black"
 },
 "text": {
  "what": "Ballpoint ink, India ink or whatever is to hand — the modern improvised pigment.",
  "story": "It is not made to go into skin and it is the part of improvised tattooing that professionals raise first. Professional hand-poke uses tattoo ink and single-use needles; the method is the same, the supply chain is not."
 },
 "kin": [
  {
   "to": "stick-and-poke",
   "as": "Where it goes.",
   "rel": "tradition"
  }
 ],
 "sources": [
  "s:wp-stick-and-poke",
  "s:wp-tattoo-ink"
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "default": {
   "tier": "cited",
   "source": "s:wp-stick-and-poke"
  }
 },
 "confidence": "high",
 "updated": "2026-09-19",
 "kin_in": []
}