I’ve pierced a lot of navels. They’re my main source of income, pretty much. But, that doesn’t limit how much I love doing them. I wouldn’t say I’d be happy only piercing navels for the rest of my life, but I definitely love piercing them. For me they’re a challenge because I take great...
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A client came in bright and early this morning who wanted his ears pierced at a large gauge. I asked him the usual question that I start most conversations with as I wash my hands, “So… what are you up to today?” He answered, “Job hunting.” I asked what he was looking to do...
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I just did my first apadravya! I’m very excited. It turned out perfect. I couldn’t have had a better client to work on either. He was totally calm even knowing it was going to be very intense and so was I.
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Today I got to sit and watch Wayde Dunn do another amazing scarification. This one was a filagry piece on a girls side with peeling. He explained his peeling technique and gave me some pointers on starting scarification. As we were talking, he said something very interesting. Someone came up to him at a...
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Yesterday a guy came in for a double tongue piercing. It seemed like a no brainer and I couldn’t understand what he was talking about the other piercer having issues and it pinching. Then he corrected me and said it was suppose to be side by side. His lingual veins were really spread apart...
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I am always appreciative of those people who have trusted me to “Try” things out on them. I have Johnkid over my shoulder making sure everything goes well and if there’s a problem, he’s my safety net. No piercer or body modification artist would be where they are without guinea pigs who trusted them....
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Today Aaron dropped of the Angel Suspension Rig. I talked to him on Thursday, met with him on Friday to hash out details & dimensions and he dropped it off this afternoon. It looks awesome, better than the picture. It’s basically a trapezoid, 3 feet on top and 6.5 feet at the base (about...
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Yesterday was the start of Syttende Mai, Norweigan independence day, in Stoughton. They have a three day festival in the city and everyone goes out to it, roaming the streets. The fun part of yesterday was the canoe race down the river behind our shop, MOD. One team tipped the canoe, others were dressed...
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One of the classes I almost didn’t take was Technique: Nostril, Navel, Lip. I am so glad I took that class. I initially thought, “I’ve been piercing for 3 years. I can do these with my eyes closed.” But, then I thought to when I went down to the Alley in Chicago and Brian,...
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I survived Las Vegas and returned home safe & sound Wednesday night/Thursday morning and went to work at MOD.
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