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Can you tell us more about the shop you work at, what it’s like
working there, and what a typical day is like there?
I am the lead piercer at both of our locations at Emerald Tattoo
and Piercing in Lodi and Modesto and we are a few weeks away
from opening our third location in Elk Grove! We will be Elk
Grove’s very first tattoo shop and I will be their first professional
body piercer! That is where I will be full time since it is significantly
closer to where I live. I am also going to school to get SCPC
certified for permanent cosmetics as well! I will soon have a dual
career; I am so stoked! Our shops work at such a high volume,
it’s a lot to keep up with but I love the fact that I can make a good
living doing what I love to do! Last Saturday and Sunday, I did 50
piercings in Modesto for no reason. Just because that’s what a
looks like at our shops. I couldn’t be happier!
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And what do you think influences your style? Is it music, film or
simply just everyday life?
I think my style is inspired by mostly music and the horror culture
and just wearing whatever tickles my fancy. This generation is
the future and I’m inspired by tons of different things. (Smiles.)
It’s like every day when I wake up, I get to play dress up. It’s hard
to explain, I’ve never dressed or looked like everyone else, it’s
not like I try to just be different than everyone else, I just don’t
feel myself dressing normal. I like to express myself the way I do
with the tattoos and piercings and the photo shoots, I want to be
walking art. I want my whole life to be art.