5 Articles
July 29, 2026
My first tattoo healed terribly. Not because the artist did bad work, but because I had no idea what I was doing afterward. I slathered it in Vaseline for two weeks straight, picked at every piece of...
April 22, 2026
My first septum piercing happened on a Tuesday afternoon at a shop in downtown Greenville, back when I was maybe three years into collecting and thought I knew everything. I didn't. The piercer took...
November 15, 2025
Walking into our shop twelve years ago, I watched a college kid practically vibrate with nerves in our waiting area. First tattoo. He'd been researching for months, had his design picked out, but...
October 28, 2025
Last week, a couple walked into my studio holding hands so tightly I thought they might cut off circulation. They'd been planning matching tattoos for two years but couldn't decide on a design. Sound...
October 26, 2025
I remember scrolling through Instagram three years ago, completely mesmerized by this artist's work but feeling crushed when I realized they were based in Portland and I lived in Atlanta. The style...