Jun 21, 2026 · 16 min · 10 segments
It wasn't until Francesca Contaldo lived in New Zealand that she actually began to explore the realms of ancient tattoo art from her part of Italy, Puglia. In this second episode on tattooing, she…
Francesca ContaldoGuest
Moko SmithGuestKadambri RaghukumarHost
Not only is it curiosity, but it's also an investment in each other's health and cultural well-being.
The other cousins in the Pacific have also gone through a similar process of losing the art form due to colonization and colonial approaches to our culture.
We're in a phase where we are helping re-inspire each other and revive these art forms.
So we all share our knowledge to kind of help with the recovery of this practice, but that also extends into the other kind of surrounding art forms of oratory, of painting, of singing, of tapa, tapa making, all of these other elements that kind of have always coexisted with tattooing.
Francesca herself is slowly getting into exploring ceramics and pottery and sees all of these as connected to her own background from Puglia.
Not only is it curiosity, but it's also an investment in each other's health and cultural well-being.
The other cousins in the Pacific have also gone through a similar process of losing the art form due to colonization and colonial approaches to our culture.
We're in a phase where we are helping re-inspire each other and revive these art forms.
So we all share our knowledge to kind of help with the recovery of this practice, but that also extends into the other kind of surrounding art forms of oratory, of painting, of singing, of tapa, tapa making, all of these other elements that kind of have always coexisted with tattooing.
Francesca herself is slowly getting into exploring ceramics and pottery and sees all of these as connected to her own background from Puglia.
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