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What You Should Know","publishDate":1700231451,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Thinking of Getting Your First Tattoo? What You Should Know | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>[dropcap]S[/dropcap]o, you’ve decided you want to get your first tattoo. Congratulations! This is going to be great! (I promise.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only problem is you currently have no idea which artist to pick. Or how to ask for what you want, how not to make a fool of yourself in the tattoo shop, or how to look after the damn thing afterward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t worry. In this handy guide, we will cover everything you need to know — and probably a little bit more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Disclaimer: I am a very tattooed person who has spent more than 20 years in and out of chairs in tattoo shops around the United States and abroad. What I am about to share is a personal guide based on my own long-standing experiences and the most common themes I’ve seen across all tattoo shops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tattooshopnearme\">How can I find the right tattoo artist for me?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#howmuchtiptattoo\">How much can a tattoo cost, and how much do I tip a tattoo artist?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#dayoftattooappointment\">What should I \u003cem>not\u003c/em> do on the day of my appointment?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>There will be exceptions to these rules once you’re out in the wild. I’m just trying to give you the most solid starting point that I can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with that …\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Before you embark on getting a tattoo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are you sure you really want this tattoo?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good rule of thumb to follow when getting tattooed for the first time is to consider how long you’ve been thinking about getting the tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it’s something you’ve been thinking about for years, you absolutely should start looking for the right artist. If it’s been months of consideration then, yeah, you’re probably good to go. But if it’s something you’ve been thinking about for a few weeks, days, or even hours, you might want to hold off — especially if you’re someone who isn’t planning on getting a lot of tattoos. (Why: If your only tattoo is something you never really thought through, you’re more likely to grow to hate it later.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A great way to make sure you don’t regret a tattoo down the line is to make sure there’s some meaning attached to it. If you are marking a person, event, memory or something with deep personal meaning to you, you are more likely to love it forever. If you are getting a tattoo based solely on the fact that you think it’ll look cool? Good luck and Godspeed, buddy, because trends change — especially tattoo trends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The more personal you make the tattoo, the better. Your artist will thank you for original ideas as well. (I once listened to a tattoo artist in New York rant for a full hour about \u003ca href=\"https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1077838123303169518/\">those feathers-turning-into-a-flock-of-birds tattoos\u003c/a>. He genuinely sounded like he might quit his profession altogether if one more person asked for one.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hey you! Maybe you \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> actually want a tattoo!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the first tattoo you want to get is comprised of white ink only, you don’t really want a tattoo. (Search inside yourself — deep down you know this.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want your tattoo to be absolutely minuscule, you probably don’t want a tattoo. Just buy some \u003ca href=\"https://inkbox.com/products/all-tattoos\">high-quality fake ones (they exist!\u003c/a>) and be done with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re someone who has ever considered getting one of those tattoos that \u003ca href=\"https://ephemeral.tattoo/\">supposedly only lasts two years\u003c/a>, I would put money on the fact that you too don’t actually want a real tattoo. (I’d also put money on the fact that you’re not going to enjoy \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/ephemeral-tattoo-closing-18359832.php\">watching the temporary one slowly falling out of your body\u003c/a> like a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/83542/stick-and-poke-tattoos-a-guide-to-whos-got-them-and-how-to-do-them-yourself\">stick and poke\u003c/a> that’s gone wrong.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s okay. Not everyone needs to have a tattoo. No one will judge you for not getting the thing. If you have a friend who’s pushing you to get matching tattoos and you find yourself worrying about the consequences, just mark the friendship with some \u003ca href=\"https://littlerooms.com/collections/necklaces/products/dusk-dawn-bff-necklaces\">meaningful jewelry\u003c/a>, give them a smooch, and be on your merry way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937588\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of a manicured hand with bracelets and ring, placed on a hip.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2007\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-800x627.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-1020x800.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-160x125.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-768x602.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-1536x1204.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-2048x1605.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-1920x1505.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tattoos on the tops of fingers tend to stay longer than those between fingers or on the palms of hands. Either way, they’re not a great choice for a first tattoo. \u003ccite>(Amanda Edwards/ WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Think very carefully about \u003cem>very\u003c/em> visible tattoos\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an un-tattooed human, you don’t yet know the baggage that can come with them. Not only will being tattooed get you treated differently in certain public places, but a surprising number of employers still have rules about visible tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The body locations that garner the most attention and, yes, judgment are the face, head, throat and hands. Wanting to start with any of these areas for your very first tattoo is a little bit like learning to swim by parachuting into the ocean: You’re not ready, so just don’t do it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Important side-note: Finger and palm tattoos have a tendency to fall out anyway. A \u003cem>lot\u003c/em>. If you really want your hands done, you might want to factor in how much you’re willing to spend to get the ink topped up all the time. And whether you’re willing to live with a tattoo that isn’t pristine on one of the most visible places on your body.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tattooshopnearme\">\u003c/a>Planning for your tattoo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Finding the right tattoo artist for you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What you want done will dictate how you go about finding the right artist every single time. Because I don’t stick to one style of tattoo, I do not go to the same artist every time I get tattooed — no matter how much I love them. It’s important to find the right person for each individual piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are dedicated to finding the artist that’s right for you, then you have to do some research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first thing is to figure out what style you want and narrow down your artist options accordingly. Do not just hastily follow a recommendation from a pal unless you want similar work done. This is not a one-size-fits-all situation.[aside postID='arts_13918368,pop_83542,pop_107581,pop_13523' label='More Tattoo Stories From KQED']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want fine lines, for example, you don’t want to end up in a shop that specializes in old-school Americana. If you want a colorful tattoo, you should probably avoid going to someone who specializes in black and grey work. And if you want a portrait of someone done, you’re going to need to exercise extra caution — that is a very particular specialty that could, in the wrong hands, go very, very wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have darker skin, you may also want to look for an artist with a demonstrable record of skillfully tattooing melanated skin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding the right artist can then be an arduous slog through the artist galleries of every tattoo shop in your vicinity, or it can be as easy as seeing great art on someone else and asking them where they got it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A slight exception: If all you want is some basic lettering or a simple symbol, your research doesn’t need to be exhaustive. You can basically pick an artist in any reputable shop in your area and be fine. (Tattoo artists learn lines and letters before anything else. Anyone decent can handle these kinds of pieces.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be prepared to wait for in-demand artists. I know you want the tattoo right this minute, but waiting a few months (or even a year) is worth it to get the piece you want done right. Follow your artist-to-be on social media — that’s where they’ll post if they have a last-minute cancelation. Instagram in particular is a popular platform for tattoo artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936832\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Top view of an unrecognizable tattoo artist tattooing an octopus design on his client's leg.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Word of warning: Once you have one tattoo, you’re probably going to want more… \u003ccite>(Alvaro Medina Jurado/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"howmuchtiptattoo\">\u003c/a>Work out how much you need to spend\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tattoo artists usually charge by the hour, as opposed to by the piece. And their rates can vary wildly, depending on how in demand they are. If you are getting something small that takes less than an hour to make, you will be charged the shop minimum — usually around the $100 mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ideal approach to getting a tattoo you actually want is to find the right artist, get an estimate for what it’s going to cost, and then scrape together the appropriate amount of money to pay for it — factoring in a tip of 15-20% on top of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It once took me an entire year to finish half an arm because I would save for one session, get two hours of work done and then have to take a break while I saved enough money for the next session. Did I look like a partially finished coloring book for months on end? Sure! Was it worth it? Absolutely. Because the artist was exactly who I wanted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast, if you want a tattoo artist to talk to you through gritted teeth while stifling an eye roll, walk into a shop and ask: “What can I get for [x number of] dollars?” This question tells them that not only have you not thought this tattoo through at all, but you also might be the kind of person who calls the shop complaining in a few weeks because you’ve decided you don’t actually like the thing that fit your budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you really do have a fixed budget in your mind that you’re unwilling to waver from, and you’re only in this for the experience of getting a tattoo? Your best option is to find a tattoo shop with a “Get What You Get” gumball machine on the front desk. Shops that offer this service will accept a flat rate for anything in the machine. The catch is you can’t see what you’re getting in advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(If you are a heavily tattooed person, going the Get What You Get route is a fun thing to do. If it’s your first tattoo, this is a fairly unhinged way to start your body art journey. Still, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention it.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want a low price but a say in what you’re getting, follow all of your good local tattoo shops on social media and wait for them to hold special events. Shops regularly host themed flash days that are usually linked to holidays like Valentine’s Day or Halloween, or even just a Friday the 13th. That day, artists will give clients a choice of art from one or two flash sheets at a fixed rate, usually to be applied to arms and legs only. If this idea appeals to you, get to the shop very early on the day of the event. (Probably before it even opens. These affairs are usually incredibly busy.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Making your tattoo appointment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some artists like to be contacted directly on social media. Others will ask that you call the shop and come by for a quick consultation. Either way, they will want a fairly detailed description of what you want before it’s time for your appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Provide images to help illustrate your idea, and be as specific as possible. If you do an in-person consultation, the artist might trace the area of your body you want the tattoo on, so they can draw the design based on the exact size of the area. (This takes literally seconds — don’t worry.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If everyone is happy to move forward, you will make an appointment and be asked for a deposit that will ultimately be subtracted from the final cost of the tattoo. How to provide that payment — and how to pay on the day — will depend entirely on the preference of the artist. They will let you know. A lot of tattoo shops are still cash-only businesses, but they usually have an ATM on the premises that you can use. Don’t forget: Even if a tattoo shop accepts credit cards, it is always better to tip in cash.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve never been tattooed before and you don’t know your limits, do \u003cem>not\u003c/em> make a super-long appointment. As an experienced tattoo receiver, I try not to ever sit for longer than two and a half hours if I can help it. Not only is that the point that my endorphins stop working and I start getting antsy, but I also find my tattoos heal better if I don’t sit for an overly long time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As with everything else in life, don’t feel pressured to do anything you’re not comfortable with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936941\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Woman's hand making thumbs up sign against a light blue wall. She has red nail polish and delicate flowers tattooed on her forearm.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Food and water are key to making your first tattoo go smoothly. \u003ccite>(Francesco Carta fotografo/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"dayoftattooappointment\">\u003c/a>Some do’s and don’ts for the day itself\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Before your appointment:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Don’t\u003c/em> drink alcohol the night before your appointment. You don’t want to be hungover while getting tattooed, particularly if you have a long session ahead of you. (TRUST ME.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Don’t\u003c/em> drink alcohol the day of your appointment. It thins the blood. (Do not get high either — it is essential that you can clearly communicate with your artist.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> eat a meal before you go. Also, pack snacks and a large bottle of water for the duration of the tattoo. Hydration is your friend!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> take ibuprofen before your appointment if it’s a long session. It won’t make much difference to your pain levels, but it helps to minimize swelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> bring something to read (or listen to via headphones) in case you find yourself with a tattoo artist who doesn’t want to talk during the session. Having something to focus on that isn’t painful will help your entire appointment move a lot faster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>At your appointment:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Don’t\u003c/em> walk into your appointment and ask if getting tattooed hurts. The answer is yes, but to varying degrees depending on the tattoo’s location on your body, the length of the session, and your physical health. Everyone is different, so the question is moot (and a little annoying).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> take the advice of your tattoo artist. They have studied the ways that bodies move more than most of us, so they usually know the best positions for certain work. They will also tell you when to size up a little so text or small details in the work don’t get lost later. They know better than you, so listen to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> feel free to express delight when the tattoo is not as painful as you thought it was going to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> also feel free to speak up if the pain you are in is becoming overwhelming. Your artist should check in with an occasional “You doing OK?” throughout, but if you’re struggling, let them know immediately. It’s better to stop and catch your breath than for you to pass out in the chair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> remember to breathe. The best advice I ever got from a tattoo artist was to focus on taking deep, slow breaths during particularly painful portions. This helps to take the edge off, whereas clenching your teeth and tensing up does not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A tattoo artist crouches with one knee on the floor to wipe down a new tattoo on the back of a man's leg.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don’t worry! Your tattoo artist will clean you up and bandage you before they send you on your way. \u003ccite>(JUAN MABROMATA/ AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Aftercare for your new tattoo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Stay out of the sun and do not swim until you’re healed. Period. Avoid chlorine like it’s going to burn you alive. (Because that’s actually what it \u003cem>will\u003c/em> feel like right before it destroys your new tattoo.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the third or fourth day, when your tattoo starts flaking, try not to pick at it or pull at the skin. (This one is easier said than done.) Trying to hurry along the healing process this way raises the chance of you creating holes in the tattoo and needing to go back to the shop for a re-inking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of these basic rules, no two tattooed people care for their tattoos in the exact same way. If it’s your first tattoo, feel free to follow whatever instructions your artist gives you. (I am skeptical about the benefits of expensive, tattoo-specific ointments sold in some shops, but you do you.) Honestly, the basic principle is pretty simple: Keep it clean, but don’t over-wash it to the point that it dries out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s my personal post-tattoo routine, for those of you who want an example:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>After I’ve been tattooed, I keep it wrapped overnight.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Once the bandage is off, the tattoo gets a warm wash in the morning and again before I go to bed. I use very diluted Dr. Bronner’s liquid mint soap (a lot of people like unscented Soft Soap) to gently clean it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Then I pat the tattoo dry with a clean towel and put \u003ca href=\"https://adskinhealth.com/ad-products/ad-original-ointment/index.html\">A&D Ointment\u003c/a> — a diaper rash ointment that seals out wetness and forms a protective barrier on skin — over it. A lot of folks swear by \u003ca href=\"https://www.aquaphorus.com/products/body-care/healing-ointment\">Aquaphor Healing Ointment\u003c/a>, but I personally find it overly greasy.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Instead of traditional bandages, a lot of artists are now using \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthproductsforyou.com/p-a3m-tegaderm-transparent-film-dressing-picture-frame-style.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=shopping%20feed&utm_content=free%20google%20shopping%20clicks&gclid=CjwKCAjw1t2pBhAFEiwA_-A-NLYah2oBjReAbl5qggs2Lq6IXsmbkGOiih_f-MrYDfMShpQnoBwyNhoCPGYQAvD_BwE\">Tegaderm\u003c/a> — a sticky “second skin” that holds fast for about three days, even if you shower daily. Tegaderm is specifically designed to help wounds heal and will save you from sticking to an aftercare routine for the first few days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some, this is a magical, low-maintenance solution to tattoo care. For others (including me) Tegaderm is more hassle than it’s worth. I’ve used it twice and on both occasions, the sticky edges of the bandage pulled against my skin and left me with a significant amount of red irritation around the edges that felt worse than the new tattoo did. If you have sensitive skin, you may consider skipping Tegaderm for this reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you have an allergic reaction to your tattoo\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have over 50 tattoos (I can’t figure out the exact number), and I’ve only ever had an allergic reaction to ink twice. Even so, it’s best that \u003cem>you\u003c/em> know what to do in the event that an allergic reaction occurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the session, an allergy to a type of ink is not usually immediately obvious. It generally rears its head later during the healing process. If you are having a reaction, you will notice that, while the rest of the tattoo is healing normally, one specific color is rising up into thick scabs and stinging to high heaven. Your body is doing its best to get the thing it doesn’t like out of your skin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking antihistamines and ibuprofen will take the edge off but, to some degree, you just have to ride it out. If you’re dealing with a minor reaction of this kind, one way to speed up the healing process is to use a hot compress on the affected area a few times a day, followed by healing ointment. It goes without saying that, as with all matters relating to your health, if you’re seriously concerned about any bodily reaction you should consult a health care professional as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having an allergic reaction may well affect how your finished tattoo looks. Don’t panic. You can fix it later, once the area has completely healed. Ask your artist what shade and type of ink they used in those spots, so you can avoid it in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Finally…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Be prepared to want more. Tattoos are addictive, and you might find that your first one turns into a full-blown habit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stay safe, and have fun!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"How much does a tattoo cost, and how much should you tip your tattoo artist? How can you find a shop near you, and what can you expect during the session itself? Here's everything you wanted to know.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705003087,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":71,"wordCount":3437},"headData":{"title":"How to Get a Tattoo That's Actually Good | KQED","description":"How much does a tattoo cost, and how much should you tip your tattoo artist? How can you find a shop near you, and what can you expect during the session itself? Here's everything you wanted to know.","ogTitle":"How to Navigate Getting Your First Tattoo","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"How to Navigate Getting Your First Tattoo","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"How to Get a Tattoo That's Actually Good %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Thinking of Getting Your First Tattoo? What You Should Know","datePublished":"2023-11-17T14:30:51.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T19:58:07.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13935864/first-tattoo-ideas-guide","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">S\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>o, you’ve decided you want to get your first tattoo. Congratulations! This is going to be great! (I promise.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only problem is you currently have no idea which artist to pick. Or how to ask for what you want, how not to make a fool of yourself in the tattoo shop, or how to look after the damn thing afterward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t worry. In this handy guide, we will cover everything you need to know — and probably a little bit more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Disclaimer: I am a very tattooed person who has spent more than 20 years in and out of chairs in tattoo shops around the United States and abroad. What I am about to share is a personal guide based on my own long-standing experiences and the most common themes I’ve seen across all tattoo shops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tattooshopnearme\">How can I find the right tattoo artist for me?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#howmuchtiptattoo\">How much can a tattoo cost, and how much do I tip a tattoo artist?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#dayoftattooappointment\">What should I \u003cem>not\u003c/em> do on the day of my appointment?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>There will be exceptions to these rules once you’re out in the wild. I’m just trying to give you the most solid starting point that I can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with that …\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Before you embark on getting a tattoo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are you sure you really want this tattoo?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good rule of thumb to follow when getting tattooed for the first time is to consider how long you’ve been thinking about getting the tattoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it’s something you’ve been thinking about for years, you absolutely should start looking for the right artist. If it’s been months of consideration then, yeah, you’re probably good to go. But if it’s something you’ve been thinking about for a few weeks, days, or even hours, you might want to hold off — especially if you’re someone who isn’t planning on getting a lot of tattoos. (Why: If your only tattoo is something you never really thought through, you’re more likely to grow to hate it later.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A great way to make sure you don’t regret a tattoo down the line is to make sure there’s some meaning attached to it. If you are marking a person, event, memory or something with deep personal meaning to you, you are more likely to love it forever. If you are getting a tattoo based solely on the fact that you think it’ll look cool? Good luck and Godspeed, buddy, because trends change — especially tattoo trends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The more personal you make the tattoo, the better. Your artist will thank you for original ideas as well. (I once listened to a tattoo artist in New York rant for a full hour about \u003ca href=\"https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1077838123303169518/\">those feathers-turning-into-a-flock-of-birds tattoos\u003c/a>. He genuinely sounded like he might quit his profession altogether if one more person asked for one.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hey you! Maybe you \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> actually want a tattoo!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the first tattoo you want to get is comprised of white ink only, you don’t really want a tattoo. (Search inside yourself — deep down you know this.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want your tattoo to be absolutely minuscule, you probably don’t want a tattoo. Just buy some \u003ca href=\"https://inkbox.com/products/all-tattoos\">high-quality fake ones (they exist!\u003c/a>) and be done with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re someone who has ever considered getting one of those tattoos that \u003ca href=\"https://ephemeral.tattoo/\">supposedly only lasts two years\u003c/a>, I would put money on the fact that you too don’t actually want a real tattoo. (I’d also put money on the fact that you’re not going to enjoy \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/ephemeral-tattoo-closing-18359832.php\">watching the temporary one slowly falling out of your body\u003c/a> like a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/83542/stick-and-poke-tattoos-a-guide-to-whos-got-them-and-how-to-do-them-yourself\">stick and poke\u003c/a> that’s gone wrong.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s okay. Not everyone needs to have a tattoo. No one will judge you for not getting the thing. If you have a friend who’s pushing you to get matching tattoos and you find yourself worrying about the consequences, just mark the friendship with some \u003ca href=\"https://littlerooms.com/collections/necklaces/products/dusk-dawn-bff-necklaces\">meaningful jewelry\u003c/a>, give them a smooch, and be on your merry way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13937588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13937588\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of a manicured hand with bracelets and ring, placed on a hip.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2007\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-800x627.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-1020x800.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-160x125.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-768x602.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-1536x1204.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-2048x1605.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/GettyImages-607411328-1920x1505.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tattoos on the tops of fingers tend to stay longer than those between fingers or on the palms of hands. Either way, they’re not a great choice for a first tattoo. \u003ccite>(Amanda Edwards/ WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Think very carefully about \u003cem>very\u003c/em> visible tattoos\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an un-tattooed human, you don’t yet know the baggage that can come with them. Not only will being tattooed get you treated differently in certain public places, but a surprising number of employers still have rules about visible tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The body locations that garner the most attention and, yes, judgment are the face, head, throat and hands. Wanting to start with any of these areas for your very first tattoo is a little bit like learning to swim by parachuting into the ocean: You’re not ready, so just don’t do it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Important side-note: Finger and palm tattoos have a tendency to fall out anyway. A \u003cem>lot\u003c/em>. If you really want your hands done, you might want to factor in how much you’re willing to spend to get the ink topped up all the time. And whether you’re willing to live with a tattoo that isn’t pristine on one of the most visible places on your body.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tattooshopnearme\">\u003c/a>Planning for your tattoo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Finding the right tattoo artist for you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What you want done will dictate how you go about finding the right artist every single time. Because I don’t stick to one style of tattoo, I do not go to the same artist every time I get tattooed — no matter how much I love them. It’s important to find the right person for each individual piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are dedicated to finding the artist that’s right for you, then you have to do some research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first thing is to figure out what style you want and narrow down your artist options accordingly. Do not just hastily follow a recommendation from a pal unless you want similar work done. This is not a one-size-fits-all situation.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13918368,pop_83542,pop_107581,pop_13523","label":"More Tattoo Stories From KQED "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want fine lines, for example, you don’t want to end up in a shop that specializes in old-school Americana. If you want a colorful tattoo, you should probably avoid going to someone who specializes in black and grey work. And if you want a portrait of someone done, you’re going to need to exercise extra caution — that is a very particular specialty that could, in the wrong hands, go very, very wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have darker skin, you may also want to look for an artist with a demonstrable record of skillfully tattooing melanated skin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finding the right artist can then be an arduous slog through the artist galleries of every tattoo shop in your vicinity, or it can be as easy as seeing great art on someone else and asking them where they got it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A slight exception: If all you want is some basic lettering or a simple symbol, your research doesn’t need to be exhaustive. You can basically pick an artist in any reputable shop in your area and be fine. (Tattoo artists learn lines and letters before anything else. Anyone decent can handle these kinds of pieces.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be prepared to wait for in-demand artists. I know you want the tattoo right this minute, but waiting a few months (or even a year) is worth it to get the piece you want done right. Follow your artist-to-be on social media — that’s where they’ll post if they have a last-minute cancelation. Instagram in particular is a popular platform for tattoo artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936832\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Top view of an unrecognizable tattoo artist tattooing an octopus design on his client's leg.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1322535791-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Word of warning: Once you have one tattoo, you’re probably going to want more… \u003ccite>(Alvaro Medina Jurado/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"howmuchtiptattoo\">\u003c/a>Work out how much you need to spend\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tattoo artists usually charge by the hour, as opposed to by the piece. And their rates can vary wildly, depending on how in demand they are. If you are getting something small that takes less than an hour to make, you will be charged the shop minimum — usually around the $100 mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ideal approach to getting a tattoo you actually want is to find the right artist, get an estimate for what it’s going to cost, and then scrape together the appropriate amount of money to pay for it — factoring in a tip of 15-20% on top of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It once took me an entire year to finish half an arm because I would save for one session, get two hours of work done and then have to take a break while I saved enough money for the next session. Did I look like a partially finished coloring book for months on end? Sure! Was it worth it? Absolutely. Because the artist was exactly who I wanted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast, if you want a tattoo artist to talk to you through gritted teeth while stifling an eye roll, walk into a shop and ask: “What can I get for [x number of] dollars?” This question tells them that not only have you not thought this tattoo through at all, but you also might be the kind of person who calls the shop complaining in a few weeks because you’ve decided you don’t actually like the thing that fit your budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you really do have a fixed budget in your mind that you’re unwilling to waver from, and you’re only in this for the experience of getting a tattoo? Your best option is to find a tattoo shop with a “Get What You Get” gumball machine on the front desk. Shops that offer this service will accept a flat rate for anything in the machine. The catch is you can’t see what you’re getting in advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(If you are a heavily tattooed person, going the Get What You Get route is a fun thing to do. If it’s your first tattoo, this is a fairly unhinged way to start your body art journey. Still, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention it.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want a low price but a say in what you’re getting, follow all of your good local tattoo shops on social media and wait for them to hold special events. Shops regularly host themed flash days that are usually linked to holidays like Valentine’s Day or Halloween, or even just a Friday the 13th. That day, artists will give clients a choice of art from one or two flash sheets at a fixed rate, usually to be applied to arms and legs only. If this idea appeals to you, get to the shop very early on the day of the event. (Probably before it even opens. These affairs are usually incredibly busy.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Making your tattoo appointment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some artists like to be contacted directly on social media. Others will ask that you call the shop and come by for a quick consultation. Either way, they will want a fairly detailed description of what you want before it’s time for your appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Provide images to help illustrate your idea, and be as specific as possible. If you do an in-person consultation, the artist might trace the area of your body you want the tattoo on, so they can draw the design based on the exact size of the area. (This takes literally seconds — don’t worry.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If everyone is happy to move forward, you will make an appointment and be asked for a deposit that will ultimately be subtracted from the final cost of the tattoo. How to provide that payment — and how to pay on the day — will depend entirely on the preference of the artist. They will let you know. A lot of tattoo shops are still cash-only businesses, but they usually have an ATM on the premises that you can use. Don’t forget: Even if a tattoo shop accepts credit cards, it is always better to tip in cash.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve never been tattooed before and you don’t know your limits, do \u003cem>not\u003c/em> make a super-long appointment. As an experienced tattoo receiver, I try not to ever sit for longer than two and a half hours if I can help it. Not only is that the point that my endorphins stop working and I start getting antsy, but I also find my tattoos heal better if I don’t sit for an overly long time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As with everything else in life, don’t feel pressured to do anything you’re not comfortable with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936941\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Woman's hand making thumbs up sign against a light blue wall. She has red nail polish and delicate flowers tattooed on her forearm.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1283837766-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Food and water are key to making your first tattoo go smoothly. \u003ccite>(Francesco Carta fotografo/ Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"dayoftattooappointment\">\u003c/a>Some do’s and don’ts for the day itself\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Before your appointment:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Don’t\u003c/em> drink alcohol the night before your appointment. You don’t want to be hungover while getting tattooed, particularly if you have a long session ahead of you. (TRUST ME.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Don’t\u003c/em> drink alcohol the day of your appointment. It thins the blood. (Do not get high either — it is essential that you can clearly communicate with your artist.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> eat a meal before you go. Also, pack snacks and a large bottle of water for the duration of the tattoo. Hydration is your friend!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> take ibuprofen before your appointment if it’s a long session. It won’t make much difference to your pain levels, but it helps to minimize swelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> bring something to read (or listen to via headphones) in case you find yourself with a tattoo artist who doesn’t want to talk during the session. Having something to focus on that isn’t painful will help your entire appointment move a lot faster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>At your appointment:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Don’t\u003c/em> walk into your appointment and ask if getting tattooed hurts. The answer is yes, but to varying degrees depending on the tattoo’s location on your body, the length of the session, and your physical health. Everyone is different, so the question is moot (and a little annoying).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> take the advice of your tattoo artist. They have studied the ways that bodies move more than most of us, so they usually know the best positions for certain work. They will also tell you when to size up a little so text or small details in the work don’t get lost later. They know better than you, so listen to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> feel free to express delight when the tattoo is not as painful as you thought it was going to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> also feel free to speak up if the pain you are in is becoming overwhelming. Your artist should check in with an occasional “You doing OK?” throughout, but if you’re struggling, let them know immediately. It’s better to stop and catch your breath than for you to pass out in the chair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Do\u003c/em> remember to breathe. The best advice I ever got from a tattoo artist was to focus on taking deep, slow breaths during particularly painful portions. This helps to take the edge off, whereas clenching your teeth and tensing up does not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13936931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13936931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A tattoo artist crouches with one knee on the floor to wipe down a new tattoo on the back of a man's leg.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/GettyImages-1245811230-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don’t worry! Your tattoo artist will clean you up and bandage you before they send you on your way. \u003ccite>(JUAN MABROMATA/ AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Aftercare for your new tattoo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Stay out of the sun and do not swim until you’re healed. Period. Avoid chlorine like it’s going to burn you alive. (Because that’s actually what it \u003cem>will\u003c/em> feel like right before it destroys your new tattoo.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the third or fourth day, when your tattoo starts flaking, try not to pick at it or pull at the skin. (This one is easier said than done.) Trying to hurry along the healing process this way raises the chance of you creating holes in the tattoo and needing to go back to the shop for a re-inking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of these basic rules, no two tattooed people care for their tattoos in the exact same way. If it’s your first tattoo, feel free to follow whatever instructions your artist gives you. (I am skeptical about the benefits of expensive, tattoo-specific ointments sold in some shops, but you do you.) Honestly, the basic principle is pretty simple: Keep it clean, but don’t over-wash it to the point that it dries out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s my personal post-tattoo routine, for those of you who want an example:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>After I’ve been tattooed, I keep it wrapped overnight.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Once the bandage is off, the tattoo gets a warm wash in the morning and again before I go to bed. I use very diluted Dr. Bronner’s liquid mint soap (a lot of people like unscented Soft Soap) to gently clean it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Then I pat the tattoo dry with a clean towel and put \u003ca href=\"https://adskinhealth.com/ad-products/ad-original-ointment/index.html\">A&D Ointment\u003c/a> — a diaper rash ointment that seals out wetness and forms a protective barrier on skin — over it. A lot of folks swear by \u003ca href=\"https://www.aquaphorus.com/products/body-care/healing-ointment\">Aquaphor Healing Ointment\u003c/a>, but I personally find it overly greasy.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Instead of traditional bandages, a lot of artists are now using \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthproductsforyou.com/p-a3m-tegaderm-transparent-film-dressing-picture-frame-style.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=shopping%20feed&utm_content=free%20google%20shopping%20clicks&gclid=CjwKCAjw1t2pBhAFEiwA_-A-NLYah2oBjReAbl5qggs2Lq6IXsmbkGOiih_f-MrYDfMShpQnoBwyNhoCPGYQAvD_BwE\">Tegaderm\u003c/a> — a sticky “second skin” that holds fast for about three days, even if you shower daily. Tegaderm is specifically designed to help wounds heal and will save you from sticking to an aftercare routine for the first few days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some, this is a magical, low-maintenance solution to tattoo care. For others (including me) Tegaderm is more hassle than it’s worth. I’ve used it twice and on both occasions, the sticky edges of the bandage pulled against my skin and left me with a significant amount of red irritation around the edges that felt worse than the new tattoo did. If you have sensitive skin, you may consider skipping Tegaderm for this reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you have an allergic reaction to your tattoo\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have over 50 tattoos (I can’t figure out the exact number), and I’ve only ever had an allergic reaction to ink twice. Even so, it’s best that \u003cem>you\u003c/em> know what to do in the event that an allergic reaction occurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the session, an allergy to a type of ink is not usually immediately obvious. It generally rears its head later during the healing process. If you are having a reaction, you will notice that, while the rest of the tattoo is healing normally, one specific color is rising up into thick scabs and stinging to high heaven. Your body is doing its best to get the thing it doesn’t like out of your skin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking antihistamines and ibuprofen will take the edge off but, to some degree, you just have to ride it out. If you’re dealing with a minor reaction of this kind, one way to speed up the healing process is to use a hot compress on the affected area a few times a day, followed by healing ointment. It goes without saying that, as with all matters relating to your health, if you’re seriously concerned about any bodily reaction you should consult a health care professional as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having an allergic reaction may well affect how your finished tattoo looks. Don’t panic. You can fix it later, once the area has completely healed. Ask your artist what shade and type of ink they used in those spots, so you can avoid it in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Finally…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Be prepared to want more. Tattoos are addictive, and you might find that your first one turns into a full-blown habit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stay safe, and have fun!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13935864/first-tattoo-ideas-guide","authors":["11242"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835"],"tags":["arts_21742","arts_10278","arts_3224"],"featImg":"arts_13938108","label":"arts"},"arts_13930207":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13930207","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13930207","score":null,"sort":[1686166301000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-simpsons-flash-tattoo-party-parallax-art-studio-milpitas","title":"Silicon Valley Artists Converge for ‘The Simpsons’ Flash Tattoo Party","publishDate":1686166301,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Silicon Valley Artists Converge for ‘The Simpsons’ Flash Tattoo Party | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Flash tattoos aren’t something I would typically suggest you do on a calm Sunday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, when it comes local artistry and reverent fanfare of \u003ci>The Simpsons\u003c/i> converging at a tattoo parlor in Milpitas — with weirdly creative renditions of characters like Blinky the three eyed fish alongside Homer as Mr. Sparkle — how could anyone resist?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one day only, a group of seven ink artists will be on hand at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/parallaxartstudio/\">Parallax Art Studio\u003c/a> to immortalize your favorite moments from \u003ci>The Simpsons\u003c/i> on your non-yellow flesh. From a drippy, psychedelic-induced head shot of Lisa Simpson to a video game-inspired can of Duff Beer — or, my personal favorite, a spring flower with the face of Springfield’s most notorious bartender, Moe Szyslak — customers can choose from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs_4ADLPJ6D/\">25 pre-determined designs\u003c/a> drawn by the featured artists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs_4ADLPJ6D/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In honor of the cult animation’s 34th running season, each tattoo will cost $134 a pop. Though the individual artist’s styles diverge from one another — \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/crystalchariot/\">Crystal Chariot\u003c/a> specializes in an anime style, while \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/louiseflowerbloom/\">Louise Flower Bloom\u003c/a> uses Japanese watercolor effects — each flash tattoo will remain consistently simple. Expect clean line work, minimal fill-ins and no modifications. Each tattoo will measure about two inches, and will only be done on arms, backs or legs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featured guests at the event include \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sanjosesimpsons/\">San Jose Simpsons\u003c/a>, a social media account that posts original art and rare memorabilia, and hosts collaborative \u003ci>The Simpsons\u003c/i>-themed \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/ChGF9XiPBhg/\">pop-ups\u003c/a> with independent Bay Area clothing brands like Courtesy of the Bay and Cukui.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, there will be food for the expected long waits (yes, even flash tattoos take time and cannot be rushed). San Jose’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/westaymixin/\">Mestizo Food Truck\u003c/a> will be on site, dishing out their Stay Rooted burrito (fried chicken, gravy, mac salad, rice and over-easy egg on flour tortilla), KaluaQuiles (kalua pork chilaquiles, with mole, macerated mango, pickled onion, avocado crema and chili-lime flakes) and Mestizo lumpia (pork lumpia, house orange sauce, crema, cilantro).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This cartoon extravaganza isn’t the first time Parallax Art Studio will rally a community of cool Bay Area nerds to celebrate their diehard, nostalgic fandom together — the shop previously hosted a May the Fourth Be With You flash tattoo function. Similarly, this occasion highlights the bizarrely rich worlds of tattoo culture, animation styles, Bay Area bootlegging and South Bay pride. So, lovers of \u003ci>The Simpsons\u003c/i>, if this is your thing, I doubt you’ll walk away feeling disappointed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After getting inked up, you can flex your new skin art by walking off while \u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/03/20-simpsons-quotes-to-use-in-everyday-situations\">quoting one of America’s greatest rebels and infamous graffiti artists\u003c/a>, Bart Simpson. “There’s only one thing to do at a moment like this: strut!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The Simpsons flash tattoo party will take place at \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parallaxartstudio.com/\">\u003ci>Parallax Art Studio\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> (1819 Houret Ct., Milpitas) on Sunday, June 11, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Carpooling is recommended due to limited parking space. A foldable chair, snacks, water and sun protection are also encouraged.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Tattoo artists are offering flash of Bart, Blinky and Homer at an event featuring Mestizo Food Truck and San Jose Simpsons.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705005405,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":523},"headData":{"title":"Artists Stage ‘The Simpsons’ Flash Tattoo Party in Milpitas | KQED","description":"Tattoo artists are offering flash of Bart, Blinky and Homer at an event featuring Mestizo Food Truck and San Jose Simpsons.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","socialTitle":"Artists Stage ‘The Simpsons’ Flash Tattoo Party in Milpitas %%page%% %%sep%% KQED","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Silicon Valley Artists Converge for ‘The Simpsons’ Flash Tattoo Party","datePublished":"2023-06-07T19:31:41.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T20:36:45.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13930207/the-simpsons-flash-tattoo-party-parallax-art-studio-milpitas","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Flash tattoos aren’t something I would typically suggest you do on a calm Sunday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, when it comes local artistry and reverent fanfare of \u003ci>The Simpsons\u003c/i> converging at a tattoo parlor in Milpitas — with weirdly creative renditions of characters like Blinky the three eyed fish alongside Homer as Mr. Sparkle — how could anyone resist?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one day only, a group of seven ink artists will be on hand at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/parallaxartstudio/\">Parallax Art Studio\u003c/a> to immortalize your favorite moments from \u003ci>The Simpsons\u003c/i> on your non-yellow flesh. From a drippy, psychedelic-induced head shot of Lisa Simpson to a video game-inspired can of Duff Beer — or, my personal favorite, a spring flower with the face of Springfield’s most notorious bartender, Moe Szyslak — customers can choose from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs_4ADLPJ6D/\">25 pre-determined designs\u003c/a> drawn by the featured artists.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"instagramLink","attributes":{"named":{"instagramId":"Cs_4ADLPJ6D"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In honor of the cult animation’s 34th running season, each tattoo will cost $134 a pop. Though the individual artist’s styles diverge from one another — \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/crystalchariot/\">Crystal Chariot\u003c/a> specializes in an anime style, while \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/louiseflowerbloom/\">Louise Flower Bloom\u003c/a> uses Japanese watercolor effects — each flash tattoo will remain consistently simple. Expect clean line work, minimal fill-ins and no modifications. Each tattoo will measure about two inches, and will only be done on arms, backs or legs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Featured guests at the event include \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sanjosesimpsons/\">San Jose Simpsons\u003c/a>, a social media account that posts original art and rare memorabilia, and hosts collaborative \u003ci>The Simpsons\u003c/i>-themed \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/ChGF9XiPBhg/\">pop-ups\u003c/a> with independent Bay Area clothing brands like Courtesy of the Bay and Cukui.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, there will be food for the expected long waits (yes, even flash tattoos take time and cannot be rushed). San Jose’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/westaymixin/\">Mestizo Food Truck\u003c/a> will be on site, dishing out their Stay Rooted burrito (fried chicken, gravy, mac salad, rice and over-easy egg on flour tortilla), KaluaQuiles (kalua pork chilaquiles, with mole, macerated mango, pickled onion, avocado crema and chili-lime flakes) and Mestizo lumpia (pork lumpia, house orange sauce, crema, cilantro).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This cartoon extravaganza isn’t the first time Parallax Art Studio will rally a community of cool Bay Area nerds to celebrate their diehard, nostalgic fandom together — the shop previously hosted a May the Fourth Be With You flash tattoo function. Similarly, this occasion highlights the bizarrely rich worlds of tattoo culture, animation styles, Bay Area bootlegging and South Bay pride. So, lovers of \u003ci>The Simpsons\u003c/i>, if this is your thing, I doubt you’ll walk away feeling disappointed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After getting inked up, you can flex your new skin art by walking off while \u003ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/03/20-simpsons-quotes-to-use-in-everyday-situations\">quoting one of America’s greatest rebels and infamous graffiti artists\u003c/a>, Bart Simpson. “There’s only one thing to do at a moment like this: strut!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The Simpsons flash tattoo party will take place at \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parallaxartstudio.com/\">\u003ci>Parallax Art Studio\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> (1819 Houret Ct., Milpitas) on Sunday, June 11, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Carpooling is recommended due to limited parking space. A foldable chair, snacks, water and sun protection are also encouraged.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13930207/the-simpsons-flash-tattoo-party-parallax-art-studio-milpitas","authors":["11748"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835","arts_990","arts_70"],"tags":["arts_8086","arts_1084","arts_3001","arts_3224","arts_4190","arts_585"],"featImg":"arts_13930221","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13923317":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13923317","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13923317","score":null,"sort":[1674514367000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"year-of-the-tiger-111-minna-tattoo-artists-seventh-son","title":"Tattoo Artists Keep the ‘Year of the Tiger’ Roaring in New SF Exhibit","publishDate":1674514367,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Tattoo Artists Keep the ‘Year of the Tiger’ Roaring in New SF Exhibit | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Over the weekend, the Lunar New Year transitioned the world from the Year of the Tiger — a period of action and strength — into the much gentler Year of the Rabbit, a time of peace and reflection. Not everyone was quite ready to let go of all that big cat energy, however. Case in point: the tattoo artists who banded together over the weekend to throw the tiger one last hurrah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Year of the Tiger\u003c/em>, now on display at downtown San Francisco’s 111 Minna Gallery is a collection of works curated by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lukeseventhson/?hl=en\">Luke Stewart\u003c/a>, the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.seventhsontattoo.com/\">Seventh Son Tattoo\u003c/a> in the SoMa. Most of Seventh Son’s artists contributed paintings to the exhibition, including local body art legends \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/henrylewis77/?hl=en\">Henry Lewis\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.seventhsontattoo.com/grime.html\">Grime\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.jeffcrocitattoo.com/\">Jeff Croci\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13923998\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13923998\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.01.55-PM-800x518.png\" alt=\"a painting depicts an aggressive tiger, teeth bared, eyes glowing yellow, as it prowls across the canvas.\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Soma Tiger,’ one of four paintings by Henry Lewis currently on display as part of 111 Minna’s ‘Year of the Tiger’ show. \u003ccite>(Rae Alexandra)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Year of the Tiger\u003c/em> also gathers talent from other Bay Area tattoo shops, including San Francisco’s Black Heart, Berkeley’s War Horse and Albany’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.andretattoos.com/\">André Malcolm Studio\u003c/a>. Artists from further afield — like Austin’s David Grizzle and Los Angeles’ Christina Ramos — also feature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surprisingly, where \u003cem>Year of the Tiger\u003c/em> often excels is in the moments that stretch outside the realms of traditional tattoo aesthetics. \u003ca href=\"https://warhorsetattoo.com/george-campise\">George Campise\u003c/a>’s \u003cem>Tony and His Goddamn Ducks\u003c/em> is a hilarious mash up of Tony the Tiger and Tony Soprano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13923999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13923999\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.26.20-PM-800x1070.png\" alt=\"A painting depicts a cool looking tiger, walking on two legs and wearing gold chains, a bath robe and underwear. The tiger is holding a cigar. In front of him are four ducks of differing sizes with deranged facial expressions.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.26.20-PM-800x1070.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.26.20-PM-160x214.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.26.20-PM-768x1027.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.26.20-PM.png 918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Campise’s ‘Tony and His Goddamn Ducks.’ \u003ccite>(Rae Alexandra)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area muralist \u003ca href=\"http://www.alynnpaint.com/\">Amandalynn\u003c/a> is one of only two non-tattoo artists featured in the show. Her piece \u003ci>Painted Lady\u003c/i> is a stand-out moment, bringing a soupçon of feminine street style to the proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13924000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13924000\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/amandalynn-800x921.jpg\" alt=\"a wooden canvas in the shape of a woman kneeling down and looking over her shoulder assertively. Her skin is covered in tattoos, including a large tiger on her back.\" width=\"800\" height=\"921\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Painted Lady’ by fine artist and muralist Amandalynn. \u003ccite>(Rae Alexandra)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beautiful paintings by \u003ca href=\"https://www.seventhsontattoo.com/kim_stace_thomas.html\">Kim Stace Thomas\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sweetleib/?hl=en\">Matt Leibowitz\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jaredsmith_art/?hl=en\">Jared Smith\u003c/a> — all Seventh Son artists — include rabbits in their tiger renditions, respectful nods to the Lunar New Year’s influx of fresh energy. All of which are delightful additions to a show that tattoo lovers will definitely want to take a prowl around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13924001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 634px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13924001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.54.08-PM.png\" alt=\"A painting featuring a tiger sitting upright, viewed from the rear. On its head sits a white rabbit facing forwards.\" width=\"634\" height=\"1234\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.54.08-PM.png 634w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.54.08-PM-160x311.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Welcome the Rabbit’ by Kim Stace Thomas. \u003ccite>(Rae Alexandra)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cem>‘Year of the Tiger’ is on view at 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, through March 23, 2023. \u003ca href=\"https://111minnagallery.com/event-space/\">Exhibition details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"To mark the Lunar New Year, a new group show at 111 Minna celebrates the end of the Year of the Tiger. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705005947,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":9,"wordCount":408},"headData":{"title":"‘Year of the Tiger’ Review: Artists Fill 111 Minna with Big Cats | KQED","description":"To mark the Lunar New Year, a new group show at 111 Minna celebrates the end of the Year of the Tiger. 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Not everyone was quite ready to let go of all that big cat energy, however. Case in point: the tattoo artists who banded together over the weekend to throw the tiger one last hurrah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Year of the Tiger\u003c/em>, now on display at downtown San Francisco’s 111 Minna Gallery is a collection of works curated by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lukeseventhson/?hl=en\">Luke Stewart\u003c/a>, the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.seventhsontattoo.com/\">Seventh Son Tattoo\u003c/a> in the SoMa. Most of Seventh Son’s artists contributed paintings to the exhibition, including local body art legends \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/henrylewis77/?hl=en\">Henry Lewis\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.seventhsontattoo.com/grime.html\">Grime\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.jeffcrocitattoo.com/\">Jeff Croci\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13923998\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13923998\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.01.55-PM-800x518.png\" alt=\"a painting depicts an aggressive tiger, teeth bared, eyes glowing yellow, as it prowls across the canvas.\" width=\"800\" height=\"518\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Soma Tiger,’ one of four paintings by Henry Lewis currently on display as part of 111 Minna’s ‘Year of the Tiger’ show. \u003ccite>(Rae Alexandra)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Year of the Tiger\u003c/em> also gathers talent from other Bay Area tattoo shops, including San Francisco’s Black Heart, Berkeley’s War Horse and Albany’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.andretattoos.com/\">André Malcolm Studio\u003c/a>. Artists from further afield — like Austin’s David Grizzle and Los Angeles’ Christina Ramos — also feature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surprisingly, where \u003cem>Year of the Tiger\u003c/em> often excels is in the moments that stretch outside the realms of traditional tattoo aesthetics. \u003ca href=\"https://warhorsetattoo.com/george-campise\">George Campise\u003c/a>’s \u003cem>Tony and His Goddamn Ducks\u003c/em> is a hilarious mash up of Tony the Tiger and Tony Soprano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13923999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13923999\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.26.20-PM-800x1070.png\" alt=\"A painting depicts a cool looking tiger, walking on two legs and wearing gold chains, a bath robe and underwear. The tiger is holding a cigar. In front of him are four ducks of differing sizes with deranged facial expressions.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.26.20-PM-800x1070.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.26.20-PM-160x214.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.26.20-PM-768x1027.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.26.20-PM.png 918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Campise’s ‘Tony and His Goddamn Ducks.’ \u003ccite>(Rae Alexandra)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area muralist \u003ca href=\"http://www.alynnpaint.com/\">Amandalynn\u003c/a> is one of only two non-tattoo artists featured in the show. Her piece \u003ci>Painted Lady\u003c/i> is a stand-out moment, bringing a soupçon of feminine street style to the proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13924000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13924000\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/amandalynn-800x921.jpg\" alt=\"a wooden canvas in the shape of a woman kneeling down and looking over her shoulder assertively. Her skin is covered in tattoos, including a large tiger on her back.\" width=\"800\" height=\"921\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Painted Lady’ by fine artist and muralist Amandalynn. \u003ccite>(Rae Alexandra)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beautiful paintings by \u003ca href=\"https://www.seventhsontattoo.com/kim_stace_thomas.html\">Kim Stace Thomas\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sweetleib/?hl=en\">Matt Leibowitz\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/jaredsmith_art/?hl=en\">Jared Smith\u003c/a> — all Seventh Son artists — include rabbits in their tiger renditions, respectful nods to the Lunar New Year’s influx of fresh energy. All of which are delightful additions to a show that tattoo lovers will definitely want to take a prowl around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13924001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 634px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13924001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.54.08-PM.png\" alt=\"A painting featuring a tiger sitting upright, viewed from the rear. On its head sits a white rabbit facing forwards.\" width=\"634\" height=\"1234\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.54.08-PM.png 634w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-23-at-12.54.08-PM-160x311.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Welcome the Rabbit’ by Kim Stace Thomas. \u003ccite>(Rae Alexandra)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-800x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cem>‘Year of the Tiger’ is on view at 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, through March 23, 2023. \u003ca href=\"https://111minnagallery.com/event-space/\">Exhibition details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13923317/year-of-the-tiger-111-minna-tattoo-artists-seventh-son","authors":["11242"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_11615","arts_70"],"tags":["arts_10278","arts_3224","arts_585"],"featImg":"arts_13923997","label":"arts_140"},"arts_13919311":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13919311","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13919311","score":null,"sort":[1663927246000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"permanent-behavior-self-taught-artist-to-tattoo-legend","title":"Permanent Behavior: Self-Taught Artist to Tattoo Legend","publishDate":1663927246,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Permanent Behavior: Self-Taught Artist to Tattoo Legend | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>“Permanent Behavior: Getting Tatted in the Bay,” is our\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918368/rightnowish-presents-permanent-behavior-getting-tatted-in-the-bay\"> four-part series\u003c/a>, about local tattoo artists. In these stories, we dive into the permanence of ink as it resides on impermanent beings.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s only on you for the rest of your life,” reads the Instagram bio of tattoo artist Shannon Anderson aka \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mbtat2/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mo’Better\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A widely recognized tattoo artist, he’s done notable pieces on famous athletes and entertainers. But he’s also inked multiple generations of Bay Area families. He’s a self-taught tattoo veteran paving the way for others to traverse an industry that hasn’t been to kind to Black people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13919315 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"At the center of Mo'Better's workspace, his client sits on a black leather recliner chair. Bottles of color ink are arranged on a shelf on the wall. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mo’ Better at work inside of his Livermore tattoo studio, Inkestry. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the past twelve years, Mo’Better’s been the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.inkestry.com/\"> Inkestry Custom Tattoos\u003c/a> in Livermore. But before he held a tattoo gun, he was known as a talented airbrush artist, and before that he was a skilled barber. He learned each craft out of necessity. And each craft has earned him money, broadened his following and expanded his community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13919379 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup of a black ink tattoo design, a skeleton with florals. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon “Mo’Better” Anderson tattoos longtime client Leslie Howerton. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of this experience has led to a wealth of knowledge on the ins-and-outs of tattoo culture in the Bay Area and a profound stance on the ideas of permanence and impermanence when it comes to tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the final entry in our series on tattoo culture in the Bay Area, we talk to Mo’ Better about his craft, and his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919316\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13919316 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Tattoo artist Mo' Better focuses on his client's forearm. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mo’ Better gives intense focus during a tattoo session. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC7215377139&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d5NgTGPvL6LrmLqyMNqBVXE8fHqouSvk/view\">\u003cem>Read the podcast transcript.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of our conversation with Mo’Better. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pen: \u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What’s the difference in approach between doing airbrush work and doing tattoo work?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\nMo’Better: \u003c/em>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">T\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he only thing with tattooing is \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I can’t make mistakes. I can’t just go grab another shirt like I can with airbrush. It’s somebody’s skin, you know? So I have to have to think that this is on somebody literally for the rest of their life. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s why I get so mad at so many people that when they’re like, ‘Oh, I just want to go grab somebody, I don’t care who does it.’ Nah, you should care who does who do it.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You should focus a little bit more on like the permanency of the tattoo and think of the longevity of the tattoo.\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: I guess tattoo artists catch people when they’re going through some transition in life. And so you are kind of an usher as people go through this gateway of transition. Do you ever feel that way or am I tripping? \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mo’Better: \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nah, you not tripping at all. W\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">hen you’re happy, you get a tattoo. When you’re sad, you get a tattoo. When you get a new job, you get a tattoo. When you lose your job, you get a tattoo. When someone’s born, you get a tattoo. When someone dies, you get a tattoo. No matter what goes on in your life, there’s a reason for you to get a tattoo. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: Why? \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Mo’Better\u003c/em>: Mental comfort. Different people have different ways of soothing themselves, different ways of coping with different things. And some people like the physical pain of a tattoo. Some people like the emotional attachment of a tattoo. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">S\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ometimes I have to get out of my head because not every tattoo needs to have a meaning. I had a dude that came in one day and he wanted a gerbil on his knee with a bee. The gerbil has sunglasses on, too. And I was like, ‘Why?’ He’s like, ‘Because he’s cool, he’s the bee’s knees. And I’m like, ‘Oh, my God. All right, let’s do this.’ \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I couldn’t quantify anything to make sense for it. But it came out hella cool.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Rightnowish is an arts and culture podcast produced at KQED. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or click the play button at the top of this page and subscribe to the show on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish\">NPR One\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I\">Spotify\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Rightnowish-p1258245/\">TuneIn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish\">Stitcher\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]=\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Tattoo artist Mo'Better has worked on generations of Bay Area families, marking births, deaths and everything in-between.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705006345,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":778},"headData":{"title":"Permanent Behavior: Self-Taught Artist to Tattoo Legend | KQED","description":"Tattoo artist Mo'Better has worked on generations of Bay Area families, marking births, deaths and everything in-between.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Permanent Behavior: Self-Taught Artist to Tattoo Legend","datePublished":"2022-09-23T10:00:46.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T20:52:25.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"source":"Rightnowish ","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/rightnowish","audioUrl":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC7215377139.mp3?updated=1663883228","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/arts/13919311/permanent-behavior-self-taught-artist-to-tattoo-legend","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>“Permanent Behavior: Getting Tatted in the Bay,” is our\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918368/rightnowish-presents-permanent-behavior-getting-tatted-in-the-bay\"> four-part series\u003c/a>, about local tattoo artists. In these stories, we dive into the permanence of ink as it resides on impermanent beings.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s only on you for the rest of your life,” reads the Instagram bio of tattoo artist Shannon Anderson aka \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mbtat2/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mo’Better\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A widely recognized tattoo artist, he’s done notable pieces on famous athletes and entertainers. But he’s also inked multiple generations of Bay Area families. He’s a self-taught tattoo veteran paving the way for others to traverse an industry that hasn’t been to kind to Black people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13919315 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"At the center of Mo'Better's workspace, his client sits on a black leather recliner chair. Bottles of color ink are arranged on a shelf on the wall. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/qPZwTGp8.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mo’ Better at work inside of his Livermore tattoo studio, Inkestry. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the past twelve years, Mo’Better’s been the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.inkestry.com/\"> Inkestry Custom Tattoos\u003c/a> in Livermore. But before he held a tattoo gun, he was known as a talented airbrush artist, and before that he was a skilled barber. He learned each craft out of necessity. And each craft has earned him money, broadened his following and expanded his community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13919379 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup of a black ink tattoo design, a skeleton with florals. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/011_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMoBetter_0812022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon “Mo’Better” Anderson tattoos longtime client Leslie Howerton. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of this experience has led to a wealth of knowledge on the ins-and-outs of tattoo culture in the Bay Area and a profound stance on the ideas of permanence and impermanence when it comes to tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the final entry in our series on tattoo culture in the Bay Area, we talk to Mo’ Better about his craft, and his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13919316\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13919316 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Tattoo artist Mo' Better focuses on his client's forearm. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/ZvYlMQY.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mo’ Better gives intense focus during a tattoo session. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC7215377139&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d5NgTGPvL6LrmLqyMNqBVXE8fHqouSvk/view\">\u003cem>Read the podcast transcript.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of our conversation with Mo’Better. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pen: \u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What’s the difference in approach between doing airbrush work and doing tattoo work?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\nMo’Better: \u003c/em>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">T\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he only thing with tattooing is \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I can’t make mistakes. I can’t just go grab another shirt like I can with airbrush. It’s somebody’s skin, you know? So I have to have to think that this is on somebody literally for the rest of their life. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s why I get so mad at so many people that when they’re like, ‘Oh, I just want to go grab somebody, I don’t care who does it.’ Nah, you should care who does who do it.\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You should focus a little bit more on like the permanency of the tattoo and think of the longevity of the tattoo.\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: I guess tattoo artists catch people when they’re going through some transition in life. And so you are kind of an usher as people go through this gateway of transition. Do you ever feel that way or am I tripping? \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mo’Better: \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nah, you not tripping at all. W\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">hen you’re happy, you get a tattoo. When you’re sad, you get a tattoo. When you get a new job, you get a tattoo. When you lose your job, you get a tattoo. When someone’s born, you get a tattoo. When someone dies, you get a tattoo. No matter what goes on in your life, there’s a reason for you to get a tattoo. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: Why? \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Mo’Better\u003c/em>: Mental comfort. Different people have different ways of soothing themselves, different ways of coping with different things. And some people like the physical pain of a tattoo. Some people like the emotional attachment of a tattoo. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">S\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ometimes I have to get out of my head because not every tattoo needs to have a meaning. I had a dude that came in one day and he wanted a gerbil on his knee with a bee. The gerbil has sunglasses on, too. And I was like, ‘Why?’ He’s like, ‘Because he’s cool, he’s the bee’s knees. And I’m like, ‘Oh, my God. All right, let’s do this.’ \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I couldn’t quantify anything to make sense for it. But it came out hella cool.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Rightnowish is an arts and culture podcast produced at KQED. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or click the play button at the top of this page and subscribe to the show on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish\">NPR One\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I\">Spotify\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Rightnowish-p1258245/\">TuneIn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish\">Stitcher\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>=\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13919311/permanent-behavior-self-taught-artist-to-tattoo-legend","authors":["11491","11528"],"programs":["arts_8720"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835","arts_21759"],"tags":["arts_8054","arts_18522","arts_6764","arts_3224"],"featImg":"arts_13919372","label":"source_arts_13919311"},"arts_13918872":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13918872","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13918872","score":null,"sort":[1662717651000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"permanent-behavior-collective-ownership-bodily-autonomy-through-stick-and-poke","title":"Permanent Behavior: Collective Ownership + Bodily Autonomy Through Stick-and-Poke","publishDate":1662717651,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Permanent Behavior: Collective Ownership + Bodily Autonomy Through Stick-and-Poke | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":8720,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>“Permanent Behavior: Getting Tatted in the Bay,” is our\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918368/rightnowish-presents-permanent-behavior-getting-tatted-in-the-bay\"> four-part series\u003c/a>, about local tattoo artists. In these stories, we dive into the permanence of ink as it resides on impermanent beings.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sophia Blum, also known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pio.poke/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pio Poke, \u003c/a>is a master of the stick-and-poke (or hand poke) method of tattooing. With a handheld needle, she creates detailed textile designs and images of feathers, arrows, birds and botanicals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13935864']Her designs are a nod to her Berkley roots, where she grew up with an affinity for flowers. Her personal stick-and-poke style stems from her family roots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My family is Mennonite,” she says, “and so they do a lot of hand stitching, hand sewing stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s amazing what she can do with thin, black lines of permanent ink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13918876 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Pio Poke at work!\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophia Blum, also known as Pio Poke, at work tattooing a client at Thorns Tattoo, Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On top of being a skilled artist, she’s in the business of changing the industry — after recognizing unfair labor practices within traditional tattoo parlors, where owners get the lion’s share of the the revenue and workers make a small percentage, Blum organized with other artists and formed \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thorns.tattoo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thorns Tattoo\u003c/a>, a worker-owned studio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s deeper than aesthetics too. Blume has used her craft to support social justice causes by organizing tattoo fundraisers donating the proceeds to folks on the front lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13918877 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Pamphlets and periodicals at Thorns Tattoo in Berkeley\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pamphlets and periodicals at Thorns Tattoo in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For our second episode of ‘Permanent Behavior: Getting Tatted In The Bay’ we talk to Sophia Blum a.k.a. Pio Poke about \u003cem>manually\u003c/em> making her mark, as well as the importance of workers’ rights and bodily autonomy.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5 id=\"embed-code\" class=\"inconsolata\">\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC6346815878&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read the episode transcript \u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3BsJ1zk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.\u003c/a> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Sophia Blum a.k.a. Pio Poke. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sophia Blum:\u003c/em> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The origins of tattooing is pretty, pretty far back. Stick-and-poke feels like more of a modern iteration, but non-mechanical or non-machine tattoos have been around for as long as like humans have been wanting to mark their bodies. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hand poke or stick-and-poke, that style, in my head is tied to prison tatts or even punk tatts… \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sophia:\u003c/em> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sure, sure \u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pen: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You know, like, am I wrong for having that assumption or connection?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918918\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918918\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A hand in a black medical gloves uses a needle to poke ink to a client's shoulder.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophia Blum specializes in hand poke tattoos. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Sophia:\u003c/em> That’s definitely true. I mean, it’s like the simplest form, you know? So it’s just accessible. You know, all you need is like a needle or something pointy and some ink. \u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">T\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he first tattoos that I ever made were, you know, like a BIC pen and a sewing needle. But that was like when I was like 14 before I knew what I was doing at all\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ahh. That sounds aggressive! \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sophia:\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem> \u003c/em>It’s not something I would recommend for anybody to do. But I feel like that, you know, like the prison tattoo or the punk tattoo, it’s just kind of what you have. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s a DIY kind of experience. But there’s also just so many simple ways you can make a machine too. I think that simplicity is kind of a part of all of that. But in terms of indigenous tattooing, practices like those have been around so much longer and there’s like a wide range of tools and specific practices that go into that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918916\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophia Blum at Thorns Tattoo Studio in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pen:\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Perusing your Instagram, I see that you have a lot of influence from like, nature. What’s your connection to flowers?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sophia\u003c/span>: \u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’ve been a florist for ten years now. Nope! Twelve years. Oh, time is a wild thing!\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I just have an affinity for plants and flowers and I’m from the Bay — I grew up like hiking, backpacking all around California.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I get all my color work done with the flower side of things, so I don’t really bring it into like tattoos or like my art. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Working with flowers has taught me everything that I know about design and composition. It’s just sculptural, but it’s also ephemeral. Like, it doesn’t last. You’re working with something that is temporary, and I’ll draw that parallel with tattoos pretty often.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918899\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13918899 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophia Blum, also known as Pio Poke, tattoos a client at Thorns Tattoo Studio in Berkeley on September 1, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen\u003c/span>\u003cb>: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You said something that stuck with me: Tattoos essentially don’t last forever. When I think of tattoos, I think like, that’s probably the most permanent form of art that I can think of — what lasts longer than tattoos, you know? And so why? Why are they impermanent?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sophia\u003c/span>:\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> To me, I think of it in the opposite sense. Most art lasts so much longer than your body does. Like a painting lasts for hundreds of years. A piece of sculpture will last way longer than the artist itself will last. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A photograph lasts for a really long time. But you only last as long as you last. Tattooing is essentially just like decorating your vessel, and that can end at any moment. So to me, tattooing is one of the most temporary art forms. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Rightnowish is an arts and culture podcast produced at KQED. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or click the play button at the top of this page and subscribe to the show on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish\">NPR One\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I\">Spotify\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Rightnowish-p1258245/\">TuneIn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish\">Stitcher\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Sophia Blum, also known as Pio Poke, is a master of the stick-and-poke (or hand poke) method of tattooing.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705006399,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":983},"headData":{"title":"Permanent Behavior: Collective Ownership + Bodily Autonomy Through Stick-and-Poke | KQED","description":"Sophia Blum, also known as Pio Poke, is a master of the stick-and-poke (or hand poke) method of tattooing.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Permanent Behavior: Collective Ownership + Bodily Autonomy Through Stick-and-Poke","datePublished":"2022-09-09T10:00:51.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-11T20:53:19.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"audioUrl":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC6346815878.mp3?updated=1662682155","sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/arts/13918872/permanent-behavior-collective-ownership-bodily-autonomy-through-stick-and-poke","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>“Permanent Behavior: Getting Tatted in the Bay,” is our\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918368/rightnowish-presents-permanent-behavior-getting-tatted-in-the-bay\"> four-part series\u003c/a>, about local tattoo artists. In these stories, we dive into the permanence of ink as it resides on impermanent beings.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sophia Blum, also known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pio.poke/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pio Poke, \u003c/a>is a master of the stick-and-poke (or hand poke) method of tattooing. With a handheld needle, she creates detailed textile designs and images of feathers, arrows, birds and botanicals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13935864","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Her designs are a nod to her Berkley roots, where she grew up with an affinity for flowers. Her personal stick-and-poke style stems from her family roots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My family is Mennonite,” she says, “and so they do a lot of hand stitching, hand sewing stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s amazing what she can do with thin, black lines of permanent ink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13918876 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Pio Poke at work!\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/7EqF2nX4.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophia Blum, also known as Pio Poke, at work tattooing a client at Thorns Tattoo, Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On top of being a skilled artist, she’s in the business of changing the industry — after recognizing unfair labor practices within traditional tattoo parlors, where owners get the lion’s share of the the revenue and workers make a small percentage, Blum organized with other artists and formed \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thorns.tattoo/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thorns Tattoo\u003c/a>, a worker-owned studio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s deeper than aesthetics too. Blume has used her craft to support social justice causes by organizing tattoo fundraisers donating the proceeds to folks on the front lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13918877 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Pamphlets and periodicals at Thorns Tattoo in Berkeley\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/8Sj5o4jA.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pamphlets and periodicals at Thorns Tattoo in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For our second episode of ‘Permanent Behavior: Getting Tatted In The Bay’ we talk to Sophia Blum a.k.a. Pio Poke about \u003cem>manually\u003c/em> making her mark, as well as the importance of workers’ rights and bodily autonomy.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5 id=\"embed-code\" class=\"inconsolata\">\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC6346815878&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read the episode transcript \u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3BsJ1zk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.\u003c/a> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Sophia Blum a.k.a. Pio Poke. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sophia Blum:\u003c/em> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The origins of tattooing is pretty, pretty far back. Stick-and-poke feels like more of a modern iteration, but non-mechanical or non-machine tattoos have been around for as long as like humans have been wanting to mark their bodies. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pendarvis Harshaw: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hand poke or stick-and-poke, that style, in my head is tied to prison tatts or even punk tatts… \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sophia:\u003c/em> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sure, sure \u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pen: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You know, like, am I wrong for having that assumption or connection?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918918\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918918\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A hand in a black medical gloves uses a needle to poke ink to a client's shoulder.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/008_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophia Blum specializes in hand poke tattoos. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Sophia:\u003c/em> That’s definitely true. I mean, it’s like the simplest form, you know? So it’s just accessible. You know, all you need is like a needle or something pointy and some ink. \u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">T\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he first tattoos that I ever made were, you know, like a BIC pen and a sewing needle. But that was like when I was like 14 before I knew what I was doing at all\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ahh. That sounds aggressive! \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sophia:\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem> \u003c/em>It’s not something I would recommend for anybody to do. But I feel like that, you know, like the prison tattoo or the punk tattoo, it’s just kind of what you have. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s a DIY kind of experience. But there’s also just so many simple ways you can make a machine too. I think that simplicity is kind of a part of all of that. But in terms of indigenous tattooing, practices like those have been around so much longer and there’s like a wide range of tools and specific practices that go into that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918916\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09072022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophia Blum at Thorns Tattoo Studio in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pen:\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Perusing your Instagram, I see that you have a lot of influence from like, nature. What’s your connection to flowers?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sophia\u003c/span>: \u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’ve been a florist for ten years now. Nope! Twelve years. Oh, time is a wild thing!\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I just have an affinity for plants and flowers and I’m from the Bay — I grew up like hiking, backpacking all around California.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I get all my color work done with the flower side of things, so I don’t really bring it into like tattoos or like my art. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Working with flowers has taught me everything that I know about design and composition. It’s just sculptural, but it’s also ephemeral. Like, it doesn’t last. You’re working with something that is temporary, and I’ll draw that parallel with tattoos pretty often.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918899\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13918899 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistSophiaBlum_09012022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophia Blum, also known as Pio Poke, tattoos a client at Thorns Tattoo Studio in Berkeley on September 1, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen\u003c/span>\u003cb>: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You said something that stuck with me: Tattoos essentially don’t last forever. When I think of tattoos, I think like, that’s probably the most permanent form of art that I can think of — what lasts longer than tattoos, you know? And so why? Why are they impermanent?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sophia\u003c/span>:\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> To me, I think of it in the opposite sense. Most art lasts so much longer than your body does. Like a painting lasts for hundreds of years. A piece of sculpture will last way longer than the artist itself will last. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A photograph lasts for a really long time. But you only last as long as you last. Tattooing is essentially just like decorating your vessel, and that can end at any moment. So to me, tattooing is one of the most temporary art forms. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Rightnowish is an arts and culture podcast produced at KQED. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or click the play button at the top of this page and subscribe to the show on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish\">NPR One\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I\">Spotify\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Rightnowish-p1258245/\">TuneIn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish\">Stitcher\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13918872/permanent-behavior-collective-ownership-bodily-autonomy-through-stick-and-poke","authors":["11491","11528"],"programs":["arts_8720"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_21759"],"tags":["arts_1270","arts_10278","arts_2639","arts_3226","arts_18522","arts_4640","arts_6764","arts_5265","arts_3224"],"featImg":"arts_13918897","label":"arts_8720"},"arts_13918498":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13918498","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13918498","score":null,"sort":[1662112832000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"permanent-behavior-with-miguel-bounce-perez","title":"Permanent Behavior: Repping 'Cali-Chicano' Tattoo Style","publishDate":1662112832,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Permanent Behavior: Repping ‘Cali-Chicano’ Tattoo Style | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC6818480529&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>“Permanent Behavior: Getting Tatted in the Bay,” is our\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918368/rightnowish-presents-permanent-behavior-getting-tatted-in-the-bay\"> four-part series\u003c/a>, about local tattoo artists. In these stories, we dive into the permanence of ink as it resides on impermanent beings.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read the transcript \u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3cFNogV\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tattoo artist \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.instagram.com/misterbouncer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.instagram.com/misterbouncer/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Miguel “Bounce” Perez\u003c/a> has vivid childhood memories of art created by his family: His mother drew “chola-style” portraits of women with feathered hair and sharp brows, while his uncles created lettering in “Cali-Chicano” Old English script. His father was part of a car club in his West Berkeley community, a neighborhood that was also home to a number of graffiti murals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918596\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel “Bounce”Perez at the new location of Philthy Clean Tattoo in Berkeley on Aug. 31, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of this poured into Perez, and laid the foundation for what he does today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13935864']He’s a versatile artist, who sees collaboration with his clients as central to his work. He’s done touch-ups for people who’ve been incarcerated, and even inked a team of mathletes. His art is detailed and graphic, ranging from Mayan goddesses to anime characters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez says he doesn’t have a “specialty,” but he’s often asked to do cover-ups of faded tattoos; a community service of sorts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also part of the art collective\u003ca href=\"https://www.trustyourstruggle.org/\"> Trust Your Struggle\u003c/a>, which paints murals in other countries that have been historically colonized and thus, under-resourced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13918626 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Bounce Perez works with Lindsey Tran to create her leg and sleeve tattoos at the new location of Philthy Clean Tattoo in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Given Perez’s experiences with both impermanent aerosol and indelible ink, I figured he’d be the best person to start this exploration into the culture of tattooing in the Bay Area, and what it feels like to create \u003cem>permanent\u003c/em> artwork— if such a thing exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Miguel “Bounce” Perez:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pen: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bring us back to the origins, how’d you get started in art in general?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Miguel:\u003c/em> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first influences are like from my mom. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She used to draw these kind of chola drawings, you know, the Chicano style cholas with feathered hair, all nice and detailed. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I remember I used to create my own little comic characters and my uncles drew too. They all kind of did that same kind of that Cali-Chicano style. My uncles did the cholo letters. We’d see them around the house, like written on books and all this stuff. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So how did, how did Berkeley, as a city, pour into your work as an artist?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Miguel:\u003c/em> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I feel like there’s a lot of murals around Berkeley that influenced me. The Che mural, the West Campus one, the recycling mural that was on MLK. I went from seeing all the Chicano styles that my family was doing and seeing graff and murals on the street. I think that definitely seeped its way in. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13918624 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Bounce Perez tattoos the sleeve of Lindsey Tran at the new location of Philthy Clean Tattoo in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: Miguel also came up with a crew known as Trust Your Struggle. The collective of artists do work for low or no cost in communities that could benefit from murals or other visual art that supports local culture. They started in 2003, and they’ve done work not only in the Bay but in Hawaii and the Philippines, and other places. \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Miguel\u003c/em>\u003c/span>:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">T\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">rust Your Struggle it was definitely like-minded folks who had a lot of the same passions and same views on the world, politics and life and everything. I think we’re more just like a crew of homies. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some of the earlier things we were doing was these mural tours. We went started in Mexico and like worked our way down, on bus all the way to Nicaragua. Basically donated murals, linked up with different organizations and painted. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Miguel:\u003c/em> I remember one of the last ones we did in 2009, we went to the Philippines. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We were meeting up with these orgs and stuff. Like this was the one we’d probably raised the most money for and we get out there and we’re like, ‘Yeah, we’re gonna do this mural for y’all, it’s free, blah, blah, blah.’ And they’re like, ‘Great, this is beautiful.’ And then we see like how they living and they’re like, ‘Oh shit. Like, they don’t need a mural. They need food, some clothes.’ \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918597\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Bounce Perez continues working on Lindsey Tran’s sleeve at Philthy Clean Tattoo in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Miguel: \u003c/em>It humbled us. You ain’t gonna save the world with a painting. It might look pretty. So, some of us have got more into, actual legislation. My boy \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918019/robert-liu-trujillo-on-creating-books-for-kids-like-me\">Rob [Liu-Trujillo]\u003c/a> is, like, doing, like, children’s books.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Miguel: \u003c/em>I’m doing tattoos, which is just like not like a political thing, but the thing that’s cool about tattoos, it’s always some transitional period in most people’s lives when they’re getting it. And it’s pretty cool to share that with them and even help guide them through it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen\u003c/span>: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s so tight, bro, like thinking about life in those transitional periods and change is the only constant. But to get something to signify that you’ve gone through a transitional period is to say that ‘I want something to last forever from this doorway that I’m going through.’ And you’re more or less holding that door open or helping construct the doorway.\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Miguel:\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem> \u003c/em>Even sometimes I’m closing it, like, don’t go through that door! \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I don’t know if you want that door. 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Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or click the play button at the top of this page and subscribe to the show on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish\">NPR One\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I\">Spotify\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Rightnowish-p1258245/\">TuneIn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish\">Stitcher\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Tattoo artist Miguel \"Bounce\" Perez takes inspiration from the art created by his family and the West Berkeley neighborhood he grew up in. 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In these stories, we dive into the permanence of ink as it resides on impermanent beings.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read the transcript \u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3cFNogV\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tattoo artist \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.instagram.com/misterbouncer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.instagram.com/misterbouncer/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Miguel “Bounce” Perez\u003c/a> has vivid childhood memories of art created by his family: His mother drew “chola-style” portraits of women with feathered hair and sharp brows, while his uncles created lettering in “Cali-Chicano” Old English script. His father was part of a car club in his West Berkeley community, a neighborhood that was also home to a number of graffiti murals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918596\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/005_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel “Bounce”Perez at the new location of Philthy Clean Tattoo in Berkeley on Aug. 31, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of this poured into Perez, and laid the foundation for what he does today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13935864","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>He’s a versatile artist, who sees collaboration with his clients as central to his work. He’s done touch-ups for people who’ve been incarcerated, and even inked a team of mathletes. His art is detailed and graphic, ranging from Mayan goddesses to anime characters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez says he doesn’t have a “specialty,” but he’s often asked to do cover-ups of faded tattoos; a community service of sorts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also part of the art collective\u003ca href=\"https://www.trustyourstruggle.org/\"> Trust Your Struggle\u003c/a>, which paints murals in other countries that have been historically colonized and thus, under-resourced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13918626 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/016_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Bounce Perez works with Lindsey Tran to create her leg and sleeve tattoos at the new location of Philthy Clean Tattoo in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Given Perez’s experiences with both impermanent aerosol and indelible ink, I figured he’d be the best person to start this exploration into the culture of tattooing in the Bay Area, and what it feels like to create \u003cem>permanent\u003c/em> artwork— if such a thing exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Below are lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Miguel “Bounce” Perez:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pen: \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bring us back to the origins, how’d you get started in art in general?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Miguel:\u003c/em> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first influences are like from my mom. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She used to draw these kind of chola drawings, you know, the Chicano style cholas with feathered hair, all nice and detailed. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I remember I used to create my own little comic characters and my uncles drew too. They all kind of did that same kind of that Cali-Chicano style. My uncles did the cholo letters. We’d see them around the house, like written on books and all this stuff. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So how did, how did Berkeley, as a city, pour into your work as an artist?\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Miguel:\u003c/em> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I feel like there’s a lot of murals around Berkeley that influenced me. The Che mural, the West Campus one, the recycling mural that was on MLK. I went from seeing all the Chicano styles that my family was doing and seeing graff and murals on the street. I think that definitely seeped its way in. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13918624 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/022_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Bounce Perez tattoos the sleeve of Lindsey Tran at the new location of Philthy Clean Tattoo in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen: Miguel also came up with a crew known as Trust Your Struggle. The collective of artists do work for low or no cost in communities that could benefit from murals or other visual art that supports local culture. They started in 2003, and they’ve done work not only in the Bay but in Hawaii and the Philippines, and other places. \u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Miguel\u003c/em>\u003c/span>:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">T\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">rust Your Struggle it was definitely like-minded folks who had a lot of the same passions and same views on the world, politics and life and everything. I think we’re more just like a crew of homies. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some of the earlier things we were doing was these mural tours. We went started in Mexico and like worked our way down, on bus all the way to Nicaragua. Basically donated murals, linked up with different organizations and painted. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Miguel:\u003c/em> I remember one of the last ones we did in 2009, we went to the Philippines. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We were meeting up with these orgs and stuff. Like this was the one we’d probably raised the most money for and we get out there and we’re like, ‘Yeah, we’re gonna do this mural for y’all, it’s free, blah, blah, blah.’ And they’re like, ‘Great, this is beautiful.’ And then we see like how they living and they’re like, ‘Oh shit. Like, they don’t need a mural. They need food, some clothes.’ \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13918597\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/032_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel Bounce Perez continues working on Lindsey Tran’s sleeve at Philthy Clean Tattoo in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Miguel: \u003c/em>It humbled us. You ain’t gonna save the world with a painting. It might look pretty. So, some of us have got more into, actual legislation. My boy \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918019/robert-liu-trujillo-on-creating-books-for-kids-like-me\">Rob [Liu-Trujillo]\u003c/a> is, like, doing, like, children’s books.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem>Miguel: \u003c/em>I’m doing tattoos, which is just like not like a political thing, but the thing that’s cool about tattoos, it’s always some transitional period in most people’s lives when they’re getting it. And it’s pretty cool to share that with them and even help guide them through it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cb>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pen\u003c/span>: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s so tight, bro, like thinking about life in those transitional periods and change is the only constant. But to get something to signify that you’ve gone through a transitional period is to say that ‘I want something to last forever from this doorway that I’m going through.’ And you’re more or less holding that door open or helping construct the doorway.\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Miguel:\u003c/em>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cem> \u003c/em>Even sometimes I’m closing it, like, don’t go through that door! \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I don’t know if you want that door. [laughs]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13918620\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13918620 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/027_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/027_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/027_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/027_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/027_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/027_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/027_KQEDArts_TattooArtistMiguelBouncePerez_08312022.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The neon sign for Philthy Clean Tattoo in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Rightnowish is an arts and culture podcast produced at KQED. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or click the play button at the top of this page and subscribe to the show on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish\">NPR One\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I\">Spotify\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Rightnowish-p1258245/\">TuneIn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish\">Stitcher\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13918498/permanent-behavior-with-miguel-bounce-perez","authors":["11491","11528"],"programs":["arts_8720"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835","arts_21759"],"tags":["arts_1270","arts_3419","arts_5747","arts_1737","arts_18522","arts_3224"],"featImg":"arts_13918593","label":"source_arts_13918498"},"arts_13918368":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13918368","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13918368","score":null,"sort":[1661977992000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"rightnowish-presents-permanent-behavior-getting-tatted-in-the-bay","title":"Roll Up Your Sleeves, We're Talking Tattoos...Rightnowish","publishDate":1661977992,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Roll Up Your Sleeves, We’re Talking Tattoos…Rightnowish | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Hey Rightnowish listeners, you can help shape the future of the podcast!\u003ca href=\"https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6838454/2e522245cbb6\"> Just fill out a short survey.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On \u003cem>Rightnowish\u003c/em>, we feature a lot of stories about art that’s \u003cem>here today, gone tomorrow\u003c/em>—and we wanted to focus on art that lasts forever. So, we turned to tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘Permanent Behavior: Getting Tatted in the Bay,’ our four-part series, kicks off this week. In these stories, we dive into the permanence of ink as it resides on impermanent beings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We hear from the creators of the tattoos—the artists behind the needles—all of whom come from a unique mixture of crews, cultures and countries of origin. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The artwork, as well as the stories behind the art, are proud byproducts of the Bay.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In anticipation of the rollout, the Rightnowish producer and I decided to chop it up about our affinity for the ink. We talk about what stories our own tattoos memorialize and what we hope y’all get out of this series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC1656945105&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Below are short descriptions of each artist we are highlighting this series. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca style=\"font-weight: bold\" href=\"https://www.instagram.com/misterbouncer/\">Miguel “Bounce” Perez\u003c/a>\u003cb> is showing the culture of his community through his designs. \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He grew up in West Berkeley, and recalls seeing cholo-style lettering done by his uncle, and the illustrations his mom created while sitting at the kitchen table. His father was a member of a local car club, and folks in his community were employed by the local factories. But when the factories went, so did the soul of the neighborhood. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through graffiti murals and tattooing, Perez tells the story of his neighborhood while amplifying communities around the world; he’s part of an art collective called\u003ca href=\"https://www.trustyourstruggle.org/\"> Trust Your Struggle\u003c/a>, which paints murals in countries for historically colonized and under-resourced communities.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918498/permanent-behavior-with-miguel-bounce-perez\">Listen to Miguel’s episode. \u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pio.poke/\">Sophia Blum a.k.a. Pio Poke\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cb style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a stick-and-poke (or hand poke) artist who \u003c/b>\u003cb>specializes\u003c/b>\u003cb style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in detailed botanical and textile \u003c/b>\u003cb>designs\u003c/b>\u003cb style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/b>But Sophia is more than just a tattoo artist. Raised in Berkeley, she is part owner of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thorns.tattoo/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thorns Tattoo\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. After some sour experiences working in shops where owners made the lion’s share of the income, she found a way to work with friends to create an artist-owned shop. Beyond artistic and financial liberation Sophia, along with the other artists at Thorns, use their craft to support social justice causes — hosting benefits and donating the proceeds to organizers on the front lines.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918872/permanent-behavior-collective-ownership-bodily-autonomy-through-stick-and-poke\">\u003cem>Listen to Sophia’s episode.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ritualbydesign/\">Sabreena Haque\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong> is a highly regarded henna artist who specializes in artwork for people celebrating life transitions\u003c/strong>—occasions such as, weddings, pregnancies, or breakups—as well as “menna,” or henna for men. From her time in Pakistan, learning under the tutelage of family, Haque gained her mastery of the rich and varied craft—which is popular in India, as well as countries throughout Africa, the Middle East region and Pakistan. Now, Haque is taking on a new endeavor: permanent tattoos through her work at \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/goldleaf.ink/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gold Leaf Ink\u003c/span>\u003c/a> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">in San Francisco.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13919160\">\u003cem>Listen to Sabreena’s episode.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mbtat2/\">Mo’ Better\u003c/a> is the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/inkestry_tattoos/\">Inkestry tattoo shop\u003c/a> in the East Bay suburb of Livermore. \u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He started off as an airbrush artist in the early ’90s, and is now one of the most sought-after tattoo artists in the Bay Area. He’s inked multiple generations of families as well as professional football players. Surprisingly, he has zero permanent ink on his body—and has no plans to change that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mo’ Better’s success didn’t come without hurdles. When he first picked up the craft, people laughed at the idea of a Black man getting into the industry. He tried to apprentice in different shops, but was ignored. Mo’ Better cuts through the racial bias tampering the industry, and is an example of what happens when you take your work seriously and invest in yourself.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13919311/permanent-behavior-self-taught-artist-to-tattoo-legend\">\u003cem>Listen to Mo’Better’s episode. \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our four featured artists come from different backgrounds, have different visions for their craft as well as their own visual styles—and while their work is only as permanent as the canvases they paint, their stories about ink are archived with us forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>If you enjoyed this story, you can show your love for KQED’s podcasts by going to \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts\">https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Rightnowish is an arts and culture podcast produced at KQED. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or click the play button at the top of this page and subscribe to the show on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish\">NPR One\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I\">Spotify\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Rightnowish-p1258245/\">TuneIn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish\">Stitcher\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]=\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"These Bay Area tattoo artists come from a unique mixture of crews, cultures, and countries of origin. This means the art they create is unlike anything you’ll see anywhere else. 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So, we turned to tattoos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘Permanent Behavior: Getting Tatted in the Bay,’ our four-part series, kicks off this week. In these stories, we dive into the permanence of ink as it resides on impermanent beings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We hear from the creators of the tattoos—the artists behind the needles—all of whom come from a unique mixture of crews, cultures and countries of origin. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The artwork, as well as the stories behind the art, are proud byproducts of the Bay.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In anticipation of the rollout, the Rightnowish producer and I decided to chop it up about our affinity for the ink. We talk about what stories our own tattoos memorialize and what we hope y’all get out of this series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC1656945105&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Below are short descriptions of each artist we are highlighting this series. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca style=\"font-weight: bold\" href=\"https://www.instagram.com/misterbouncer/\">Miguel “Bounce” Perez\u003c/a>\u003cb> is showing the culture of his community through his designs. \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He grew up in West Berkeley, and recalls seeing cholo-style lettering done by his uncle, and the illustrations his mom created while sitting at the kitchen table. His father was a member of a local car club, and folks in his community were employed by the local factories. But when the factories went, so did the soul of the neighborhood. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through graffiti murals and tattooing, Perez tells the story of his neighborhood while amplifying communities around the world; he’s part of an art collective called\u003ca href=\"https://www.trustyourstruggle.org/\"> Trust Your Struggle\u003c/a>, which paints murals in countries for historically colonized and under-resourced communities.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918498/permanent-behavior-with-miguel-bounce-perez\">Listen to Miguel’s episode. \u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pio.poke/\">Sophia Blum a.k.a. Pio Poke\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cb style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a stick-and-poke (or hand poke) artist who \u003c/b>\u003cb>specializes\u003c/b>\u003cb style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in detailed botanical and textile \u003c/b>\u003cb>designs\u003c/b>\u003cb style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/b>But Sophia is more than just a tattoo artist. Raised in Berkeley, she is part owner of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thorns.tattoo/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thorns Tattoo\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. After some sour experiences working in shops where owners made the lion’s share of the income, she found a way to work with friends to create an artist-owned shop. Beyond artistic and financial liberation Sophia, along with the other artists at Thorns, use their craft to support social justice causes — hosting benefits and donating the proceeds to organizers on the front lines.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918872/permanent-behavior-collective-ownership-bodily-autonomy-through-stick-and-poke\">\u003cem>Listen to Sophia’s episode.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ritualbydesign/\">Sabreena Haque\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong> is a highly regarded henna artist who specializes in artwork for people celebrating life transitions\u003c/strong>—occasions such as, weddings, pregnancies, or breakups—as well as “menna,” or henna for men. From her time in Pakistan, learning under the tutelage of family, Haque gained her mastery of the rich and varied craft—which is popular in India, as well as countries throughout Africa, the Middle East region and Pakistan. Now, Haque is taking on a new endeavor: permanent tattoos through her work at \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/goldleaf.ink/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gold Leaf Ink\u003c/span>\u003c/a> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">in San Francisco.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13919160\">\u003cem>Listen to Sabreena’s episode.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mbtat2/\">Mo’ Better\u003c/a> is the owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/inkestry_tattoos/\">Inkestry tattoo shop\u003c/a> in the East Bay suburb of Livermore. \u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He started off as an airbrush artist in the early ’90s, and is now one of the most sought-after tattoo artists in the Bay Area. He’s inked multiple generations of families as well as professional football players. Surprisingly, he has zero permanent ink on his body—and has no plans to change that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mo’ Better’s success didn’t come without hurdles. When he first picked up the craft, people laughed at the idea of a Black man getting into the industry. He tried to apprentice in different shops, but was ignored. Mo’ Better cuts through the racial bias tampering the industry, and is an example of what happens when you take your work seriously and invest in yourself.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13919311/permanent-behavior-self-taught-artist-to-tattoo-legend\">\u003cem>Listen to Mo’Better’s episode. \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our four featured artists come from different backgrounds, have different visions for their craft as well as their own visual styles—and while their work is only as permanent as the canvases they paint, their stories about ink are archived with us forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>If you enjoyed this story, you can show your love for KQED’s podcasts by going to \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts\">https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Rightnowish is an arts and culture podcast produced at KQED. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or click the play button at the top of this page and subscribe to the show on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish\">NPR One\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I\">Spotify\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Rightnowish-p1258245/\">TuneIn\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish\">Stitcher\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>=\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13918368/rightnowish-presents-permanent-behavior-getting-tatted-in-the-bay","authors":["11491","11528"],"programs":["arts_8720"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_835","arts_21759"],"tags":["arts_1331","arts_1118","arts_18522","arts_6764","arts_3224"],"featImg":"arts_13918410","label":"source_arts_13918368"},"arts_13878393":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13878393","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13878393","score":null,"sort":[1586476288000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-a-23-year-old-tattoo-artist-sidelined-by-shutdown-is-getting-by","title":"How a 23-Year-Old Tattoo Artist, Sidelined by Shutdown, Is Getting By","publishDate":1586476288,"format":"image","headTitle":"How a 23-Year-Old Tattoo Artist, Sidelined by Shutdown, Is Getting By | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":4525,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>Emma Pierce was driving home from the airport when she got the call from her tattoo shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since she’d been on vacation in Japan for three weeks, the shop owner explained, and since this new thing called the coronavirus seemed pretty dangerous, some coworkers had expressed concern about her returning to work after traveling abroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align='right' size='small']\u003cb>By the numbers…\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Rent: $1,400/mo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Car Payment and Insurance: $250/mo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Groceries: $100-$200/mo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Average Income Before Shutdown: $700–$900/wk.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unemployment Compensation After Shutdown: $450/wk.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Still Waiting On: $1,200 Federal Stimulus Check\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pierce agreed to self-quarantine at home for the next 14 days, foregoing income. When she finally returned to work, after paying for a vacation and having no income for over a month, she got a week of work in before the shelter-in-place order closed the shop entirely. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, sitting on the couch in a $1,400-a-month, 600-square-foot Santa Rosa apartment she just started renting with her boyfriend, Pierce doesn’t know when she’ll be able to work again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with over 6 million others in the United States, she’s filed for unemployment. And she considers herself lucky to have a cushion of money saved up—about $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Which is not that much,” she says. “But I feel like for someone my age, at 23, it’s a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopefully it will be enough. Pierce has no idea when the shop will reopen. When it does, “I think it’ll be slow, especially walk-ins,” she says, aware that people may be cautious of skin-to-skin contact with strangers. “Everything will be different. It’s worrying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13878432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Countertop-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Pierce draws at her kitchen counter in Santa Rosa.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13878432\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Countertop-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Countertop-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Countertop-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Countertop-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Countertop.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Pierce draws at her kitchen counter in Santa Rosa. \u003ccite>(Graham Holoch / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Income and Expenses\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s a marked change from the upward trajectory of the young tattoo artist’s career. Pierce had been consistently booked out two-to-three weeks in advance at Santa Rosa’s Glass Beetle Tattoo, bringing in an average of $700–$900 a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So sometimes as much as $4,000 a month. And that’s after taxes, plus cash,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pierce also benefited from changes at the shop brought on by AB5, the California assembly bill meant to reclassify gig workers and independent contractors as employees. While other rent-your-station businesses like hair salons, barber shops and tattoo parlors struggled with the bill’s byzantine restrictions, the owner of Pierce’s shop simply put everyone on payroll and proposed a commission model. For every tattoo Pierce does, the shop gets 40%, and she gets 60% plus tips. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Often, like many restaurant servers, Pierce lives off those cash tips for day-to-day expenses. She and her boyfriend spend $100–$200 a week on groceries (a book laying on her shelf is titled \u003cem>101 Things to Do With Ramen Noodles\u003c/em>). Between her insurance and loan payment on her 2017 Mistubishi Mirage, she spends $250 a month on the car. A therapist helps with the stress of work (“I recommend it literally for everyone,” Pierce says); she pays on a sliding scale at $40–$60 a week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13878433\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Station-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Pierce at her station, which has been empty since the shutdown closed the tattoo shop where she works.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13878433\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Station-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Station-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Station-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Station-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Station.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Pierce at her station, which has been empty since the shutdown closed the tattoo shop where she works. \u003ccite>(Graham Holoch / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pierce saves money in other ways. She bought a used iPad Pro for $500 on eBay (about half the cost of a new one), which she uses to draw tattoos for appointments. When she’s working, she has enough bookings that she doesn’t need to pay for Instagram ads, and the shop owner buys communal supplies like needles, tubes, inks, gloves and paper towels. And she’s still covered under her mom’s health insurance plan for another month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her most emphatic advice, for young people especially, is to set up a direct deposit into a savings account. She sends 10% of each paycheck into her savings automatically. “It’s really helpful, you don’t have to even think about it, and then you have a little bit in savings after a while,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She does note that she was privileged to live with her mom until a month ago, and to not have experienced much financial hardship. But she also works hard, coming home from work at 8 or 9pm and then drawing the next day’s appointments until midnight. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Considering how she learned to tattoo, you could say Pierce is used to hard work. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13878431\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Couch_-800x500.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Pierce at her apartment in Santa Rosa. The 23-year-old tattoo artist has been out of work for weeks due to the coronavirus shutdown.\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13878431\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Couch_-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Couch_-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Couch_-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Couch_-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Couch_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Pierce at her apartment in Santa Rosa. The 23-year-old tattoo artist has been out of work for weeks due to the coronavirus shutdown. \u003ccite>(Graham Holoch / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Getting Her Start\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Pierce was in college when she got her first tattoo, the mention of which evokes an embarrassed “\u003cem>Ooooohhhh, God\u003c/em>” from its owner. “It’s the feminist symbol, with the fist,” she says, sheepishly. “It’s the typical liberal college arts kid thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she was fascinated by tattoos, giving herself a few stick-and-pokes, and hanging around shops. Once she knew she wanted to become a tattoo artist instead of going to Santa Rosa Junior College, she found a mentor willing to take her on as an apprentice at Glass Beetle, right across the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most tattoo artists get their start as an apprentice, and it’s not easy: Pierce put in 40 hours a week for a year, and paid $1,400 up front and $200 per month for the experience. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was hard,” Pierce says. “I was a softie, and that’s not good for a tattoo shop.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pierce heard of other apprenticeships costing $5,000–$10,000, and lasting over two years, but she picked up skills quickly and had a good mentor who was hard on her in all the right ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Side Gigs and Successes' link1='https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861452/talk-to-us-bay-area-artists-whats-your-hustle,Are you a Bay Area artist? Tell us about your hustle.' target=_blank]“If you’re gonna be a tattoo artist, you have to be able to tell people ‘this is not a good idea’ or ‘this is not gonna work.’ You have to be able to assert yourself and be confident in what you’re saying. And I was not very confident. He did a really good job in hammering out the soft, cushy attitude I had,” Pierce says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During her apprenticeship, to pay the bills, she also worked at a coffee shop from 6am to noon, where she made $12 an hour plus tips. Then she would go to the tattoo shop for another eight to ten hours of tattooing and clean-up. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had it pretty easy, compared to how it used to be,” Pierce says of her apprenticeship. “It used to be abuse, like, straight-up hazing. I didn’t have it that bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13878434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Gate_-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Pierce closes the gates at the tattoo shop.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13878434\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Gate_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Gate_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Gate_-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Gate_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Gate_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Pierce closes the gates at the tattoo shop. \u003ccite>(Graham Holoch / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What Next?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nowadays, with the shop closed, Pierce has cut back on as much spending as possible. In her under-decorated new apartment are houseplants, cooking utensils and manga books, evidence of her modest hobbies during the shelter-in-place order. When she’s not watching anime or talking to her mom, she draws at the kitchen counter, an ad hoc work station. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her boyfriend is still working at a local winery, where he makes $20 an hour; since the tasting room he tended is now closed, he’s helping out in the warehouse. Pierce still hasn’t received any unemployment, but she’s been notified she’ll get $450 a week, the state maximum. Hopefully, the extra $600 promised by Governor Newsom will be part of it. The federal stimulus check of $1,200 feels like a distant thought. “It’s going to be interesting not having income,” Pierce says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As someone used to working hard, Pierce feels a little rootless. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I haven’t been online shopping. I haven’t been going out,” she says. “I’m just not spending money, because I’m just sitting at home doing nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Emma Pierce had already self-quarantined for two weeks when her tattoo shop closed and income dried up.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705020917,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":31,"wordCount":1440},"headData":{"title":"How a 23-Year-Old Tattoo Artist, Sidelined by Shutdown, Is Getting By | KQED","description":"Emma Pierce had already self-quarantined for two weeks when her tattoo shop closed and income dried up.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"How a 23-Year-Old Tattoo Artist, Sidelined by Shutdown, Is Getting By","datePublished":"2020-04-09T23:51:28.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T00:55:17.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"standard","featuredImageType":"standard","path":"/arts/13878393/how-a-23-year-old-tattoo-artist-sidelined-by-shutdown-is-getting-by","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Emma Pierce was driving home from the airport when she got the call from her tattoo shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since she’d been on vacation in Japan for three weeks, the shop owner explained, and since this new thing called the coronavirus seemed pretty dangerous, some coworkers had expressed concern about her returning to work after traveling abroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"\u003cb>By the numbers…\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Rent: $1,400/mo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Car Payment and Insurance: $250/mo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Groceries: $100-$200/mo.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Average Income Before Shutdown: $700–$900/wk.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Unemployment Compensation After Shutdown: $450/wk.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Still Waiting On: $1,200 Federal Stimulus Check\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"small","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pierce agreed to self-quarantine at home for the next 14 days, foregoing income. When she finally returned to work, after paying for a vacation and having no income for over a month, she got a week of work in before the shelter-in-place order closed the shop entirely. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, sitting on the couch in a $1,400-a-month, 600-square-foot Santa Rosa apartment she just started renting with her boyfriend, Pierce doesn’t know when she’ll be able to work again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with over 6 million others in the United States, she’s filed for unemployment. And she considers herself lucky to have a cushion of money saved up—about $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Which is not that much,” she says. “But I feel like for someone my age, at 23, it’s a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopefully it will be enough. Pierce has no idea when the shop will reopen. When it does, “I think it’ll be slow, especially walk-ins,” she says, aware that people may be cautious of skin-to-skin contact with strangers. “Everything will be different. It’s worrying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13878432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Countertop-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Pierce draws at her kitchen counter in Santa Rosa.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13878432\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Countertop-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Countertop-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Countertop-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Countertop-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Countertop.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Pierce draws at her kitchen counter in Santa Rosa. \u003ccite>(Graham Holoch / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Income and Expenses\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s a marked change from the upward trajectory of the young tattoo artist’s career. Pierce had been consistently booked out two-to-three weeks in advance at Santa Rosa’s Glass Beetle Tattoo, bringing in an average of $700–$900 a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So sometimes as much as $4,000 a month. And that’s after taxes, plus cash,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pierce also benefited from changes at the shop brought on by AB5, the California assembly bill meant to reclassify gig workers and independent contractors as employees. While other rent-your-station businesses like hair salons, barber shops and tattoo parlors struggled with the bill’s byzantine restrictions, the owner of Pierce’s shop simply put everyone on payroll and proposed a commission model. For every tattoo Pierce does, the shop gets 40%, and she gets 60% plus tips. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Often, like many restaurant servers, Pierce lives off those cash tips for day-to-day expenses. She and her boyfriend spend $100–$200 a week on groceries (a book laying on her shelf is titled \u003cem>101 Things to Do With Ramen Noodles\u003c/em>). Between her insurance and loan payment on her 2017 Mistubishi Mirage, she spends $250 a month on the car. A therapist helps with the stress of work (“I recommend it literally for everyone,” Pierce says); she pays on a sliding scale at $40–$60 a week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13878433\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Station-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Pierce at her station, which has been empty since the shutdown closed the tattoo shop where she works.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13878433\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Station-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Station-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Station-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Station-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Station.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Pierce at her station, which has been empty since the shutdown closed the tattoo shop where she works. \u003ccite>(Graham Holoch / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pierce saves money in other ways. She bought a used iPad Pro for $500 on eBay (about half the cost of a new one), which she uses to draw tattoos for appointments. When she’s working, she has enough bookings that she doesn’t need to pay for Instagram ads, and the shop owner buys communal supplies like needles, tubes, inks, gloves and paper towels. And she’s still covered under her mom’s health insurance plan for another month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her most emphatic advice, for young people especially, is to set up a direct deposit into a savings account. She sends 10% of each paycheck into her savings automatically. “It’s really helpful, you don’t have to even think about it, and then you have a little bit in savings after a while,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She does note that she was privileged to live with her mom until a month ago, and to not have experienced much financial hardship. But she also works hard, coming home from work at 8 or 9pm and then drawing the next day’s appointments until midnight. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Considering how she learned to tattoo, you could say Pierce is used to hard work. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13878431\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Couch_-800x500.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Pierce at her apartment in Santa Rosa. The 23-year-old tattoo artist has been out of work for weeks due to the coronavirus shutdown.\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13878431\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Couch_-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Couch_-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Couch_-768x480.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Couch_-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Couch_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Pierce at her apartment in Santa Rosa. The 23-year-old tattoo artist has been out of work for weeks due to the coronavirus shutdown. \u003ccite>(Graham Holoch / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Getting Her Start\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Pierce was in college when she got her first tattoo, the mention of which evokes an embarrassed “\u003cem>Ooooohhhh, God\u003c/em>” from its owner. “It’s the feminist symbol, with the fist,” she says, sheepishly. “It’s the typical liberal college arts kid thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she was fascinated by tattoos, giving herself a few stick-and-pokes, and hanging around shops. Once she knew she wanted to become a tattoo artist instead of going to Santa Rosa Junior College, she found a mentor willing to take her on as an apprentice at Glass Beetle, right across the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most tattoo artists get their start as an apprentice, and it’s not easy: Pierce put in 40 hours a week for a year, and paid $1,400 up front and $200 per month for the experience. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was hard,” Pierce says. “I was a softie, and that’s not good for a tattoo shop.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pierce heard of other apprenticeships costing $5,000–$10,000, and lasting over two years, but she picked up skills quickly and had a good mentor who was hard on her in all the right ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Side Gigs and Successes ","link1":"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861452/talk-to-us-bay-area-artists-whats-your-hustle,Are you a Bay Area artist? Tell us about your hustle.","target":"_blank"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“If you’re gonna be a tattoo artist, you have to be able to tell people ‘this is not a good idea’ or ‘this is not gonna work.’ You have to be able to assert yourself and be confident in what you’re saying. And I was not very confident. He did a really good job in hammering out the soft, cushy attitude I had,” Pierce says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During her apprenticeship, to pay the bills, she also worked at a coffee shop from 6am to noon, where she made $12 an hour plus tips. Then she would go to the tattoo shop for another eight to ten hours of tattooing and clean-up. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had it pretty easy, compared to how it used to be,” Pierce says of her apprenticeship. “It used to be abuse, like, straight-up hazing. I didn’t have it that bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13878434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Gate_-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Emma Pierce closes the gates at the tattoo shop.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13878434\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Gate_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Gate_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Gate_-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Gate_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/EmmaPierce.Gate_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emma Pierce closes the gates at the tattoo shop. \u003ccite>(Graham Holoch / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What Next?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nowadays, with the shop closed, Pierce has cut back on as much spending as possible. In her under-decorated new apartment are houseplants, cooking utensils and manga books, evidence of her modest hobbies during the shelter-in-place order. When she’s not watching anime or talking to her mom, she draws at the kitchen counter, an ad hoc work station. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her boyfriend is still working at a local winery, where he makes $20 an hour; since the tasting room he tended is now closed, he’s helping out in the warehouse. Pierce still hasn’t received any unemployment, but she’s been notified she’ll get $450 a week, the state maximum. Hopefully, the extra $600 promised by Governor Newsom will be part of it. The federal stimulus check of $1,200 feels like a distant thought. “It’s going to be interesting not having income,” Pierce says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As someone used to working hard, Pierce feels a little rootless. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I haven’t been online shopping. I haven’t been going out,” she says. “I’m just not spending money, because I’m just sitting at home doing nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13878393/how-a-23-year-old-tattoo-artist-sidelined-by-shutdown-is-getting-by","authors":["185"],"series":["arts_4525"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_76","arts_70"],"tags":["arts_10126","arts_2639","arts_2721","arts_3224","arts_4213","arts_10648"],"featImg":"arts_13878435","label":"arts_4525"},"arts_13875857":{"type":"posts","id":"arts_13875857","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"arts","id":"13875857","score":null,"sort":[1583258769000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"tattooed-tenacious-explores-the-history-of-inked-californian-women","title":"'Tattooed & Tenacious' Explores the History of Inked Californian Women","publishDate":1583258769,"format":"standard","headTitle":"‘Tattooed & Tenacious’ Explores the History of Inked Californian Women | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":140,"site":"arts"},"content":"\u003cp>In pop culture lore, the history of modern American tattooing started in the 1920s with Sailor Jerry, a man who worked hard to bring some respectability to the often-bawdy art form he’d fallen in love with in the Navy. It’s too often forgotten that old school tattoos were just as beloved by women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the 19th century, permanent body art had a female fan base that crossed social boundaries. Upper class women enjoyed discreet tattoos as far back as the 1880s, while working class \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattooed_lady\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tattooed ladies\u003c/a> (including the likes of \u003ca href=\"https://www.thehumanmarvels.com/nora-hildebrandt-the-first-tattooed-lady/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nora Hildebrandt\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://vintagenewsdaily.com/the-original-tattooed-lady-portraits-of-irene-woodward-aka-la-belle-irene-in-the-late-19th-and-early-20-centuries/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Belle Irene\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Broadbent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Betty Broadbent\u003c/a>) were most commonly seen in circus sideshows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout this spring and summer, the Camron-Stanford house at Lake Merritt is using photos, historical testimonies and even a mannequin painted by contemporary female tattoo artists to uncover and explore the rich history of tattooed women in California. This includes the Native American girls for whom tattoos were a rite of passage, up to present day women, who are \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tattoos-women/tattooed-women-outnumber-men-in-a-new-poll-idUSTRE8241SF20120305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statistically more likely\u003c/a> to be tattooed than men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curated by \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyecohen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Cohen\u003c/a>, the \u003ci>Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California History\u003c/i> collection comes to Oakland after popular runs at the \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55d50499e4b0b8db603593d1/t/561163ece4b02a15fa427a47/1443980268348/2015_06+Tattooed+and+Tenacious+Inked+Women+in+California%27s+History.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hayward Area Historical Society\u003c/a> in 2015 and at \u003ca href=\"http://historysanjose.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">History San Jose\u003c/a> in 2016. \u003ci>–Rae Alexandra\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"An exhibit at Oakland's Camron-Stanford uncovers and explores the rich history of the state's tattooed women.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1705021178,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":6,"wordCount":219},"headData":{"title":"'Tattooed & Tenacious' Explores the History of Inked Californian Women | KQED","description":"An exhibit at Oakland's Camron-Stanford uncovers and explores the rich history of the state's tattooed women.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"'Tattooed & Tenacious' Explores the History of Inked Californian Women","datePublished":"2020-03-03T18:06:09.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-12T00:59:38.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"sticky":false,"templateType":"event","featuredImageType":"standard","startTime":1584291600,"endTime":1600822800,"startTimeString":"March 15–Sept. 22","venueName":"Camron-Stanford House","venueAddress":"1418 Lakeside Dr., Oakland","eventLink":"https://cshouse.org/event/new-exhibit-tattooed-tenacious-inked-women-in-california-history/","path":"/arts/13875857/tattooed-tenacious-explores-the-history-of-inked-californian-women","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In pop culture lore, the history of modern American tattooing started in the 1920s with Sailor Jerry, a man who worked hard to bring some respectability to the often-bawdy art form he’d fallen in love with in the Navy. It’s too often forgotten that old school tattoos were just as beloved by women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the 19th century, permanent body art had a female fan base that crossed social boundaries. Upper class women enjoyed discreet tattoos as far back as the 1880s, while working class \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattooed_lady\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tattooed ladies\u003c/a> (including the likes of \u003ca href=\"https://www.thehumanmarvels.com/nora-hildebrandt-the-first-tattooed-lady/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nora Hildebrandt\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://vintagenewsdaily.com/the-original-tattooed-lady-portraits-of-irene-woodward-aka-la-belle-irene-in-the-late-19th-and-early-20-centuries/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Belle Irene\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Broadbent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Betty Broadbent\u003c/a>) were most commonly seen in circus sideshows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout this spring and summer, the Camron-Stanford house at Lake Merritt is using photos, historical testimonies and even a mannequin painted by contemporary female tattoo artists to uncover and explore the rich history of tattooed women in California. This includes the Native American girls for whom tattoos were a rite of passage, up to present day women, who are \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tattoos-women/tattooed-women-outnumber-men-in-a-new-poll-idUSTRE8241SF20120305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statistically more likely\u003c/a> to be tattooed than men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curated by \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyecohen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Cohen\u003c/a>, the \u003ci>Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California History\u003c/i> collection comes to Oakland after popular runs at the \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55d50499e4b0b8db603593d1/t/561163ece4b02a15fa427a47/1443980268348/2015_06+Tattooed+and+Tenacious+Inked+Women+in+California%27s+History.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hayward Area Historical Society\u003c/a> in 2015 and at \u003ca href=\"http://historysanjose.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">History San Jose\u003c/a> in 2016. \u003ci>–Rae Alexandra\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/arts/13875857/tattooed-tenacious-explores-the-history-of-inked-californian-women","authors":["11242"],"programs":["arts_140"],"categories":["arts_1","arts_7862","arts_75"],"tags":["arts_3224","arts_1334"],"featImg":"arts_13875859","label":"arts_140"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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