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Published September 9, 2012 Sunday Gleaner   Amitabh Sharma Contributor “This is the needle that I am going to use,” announces Candice Davis, pulling out a long fine metallic needle from a sterile pack, and inserts in the machine as she revs the motor from a foot pedal to check its speed. As whir of the motor resonates, Davis meticulously, with steady surgical glove covered hand, gets down to work. Candice Davis This is no teeth grinding or cavity-filling scenario; Davis is a tattoo artist, she uses her skills, imagination and creative acumen to etch a piece of art. Only that the medium is the dermis of human skin, which is transformed into myriad of abstract designs, words of wisdom or calligraphy in Persian and scriptures in ancient Indian language, Sanskrit. “Tattoos do carry some form of stigma,” says Phillip Shaw, aka ‘Tattoo’ Phillip. Shaw, who has been a tattoo artist over 12 years, believes that tattooing involves the same n...