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Harrisonburg, Virginia
09/04/07
Painted Lady prides itself in offering more than just ink.
South Avenue is home to one of the premier tattoo parlors in Harrisonburg, Painted Lady. Nestled on the corner, the white building is accented with purple and teal trimming, and looks more like a doll house than a tattoo place.
Eric Conley, manager of Painted Lady, is also a part-time tattoo artist, and does anywhere from 10-to-25 tattoos a week. Though he¡¯s been drawing and designing tattoos for years, Conley has only been inking for four years. Tribal art and flowers are his favorite tattoos to do.
Marty Tribble, a senior English major at JMU, has worked at Painted Lady for almost four months. Although he legally can¡¯t touch the tattoo machine, Tribble works at the front desk and does other odds-and-ends jobs around the shop.
Jason Bradford, 30, is the only full-time tattoo artist at Painted Lady. Bradford eats, drinks and dreams ink. "I love tattooing," he said. "I have no regrets and there¡¯s nothing I¡¯d rather be doing with my life."
As the second oldest tattoo parlor only to T.J¡¯s Demographics, which has been in business for 18 years, Painted Lady will soon be blowing out the candles on its birthday cake to celebrate 10 years of expertise and service to the Harrisonburg community. To thank everyone for keeping the inviting doors open at Painted Lady, they will be offering specials and discounts throughout November.
Painted Lady is open on weekdays from noon to 8 p.m.. On Friday and Saturday, it¡¯s open for two more hours, and on Sundays it closes at 5 p.m.. The shop is open to apprenticeships, but it all depends on the inquirer. Style of the apprentice isn¡¯t so much a determining factor as quality of work.
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Courtesy of: thebreeze.org
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Blacksburg, Virginia
06/05/07
Custom tattoos leave a significant mark.
When Shaun Carroll saw his father's Army friends come home from Vietnam covered in tattoos, he was influenced in such a profound way he decided to make his entire body a piece of art.
Carroll, owner of Hot Rod Tattoo in Blacksburg, said he has tattooed at least 10,000 people, some of whom have traveled from as far as New York and Georgia to make themselves his canvas. The tattoo artist and enthusiast said his location farther away from the Virginia Tech campus than other shops, at 1805 S. Main St. between Blacksburg and Christiansburg, is unique because it allows him to run a different type of studio.
"We're the only shop in this part of the state that does only custom tattoos by appointment only," Carroll said.
"I don't tattoo people under 18, even with parental consent," he said. "But we have regular clients all the way into their 70s. Tattoos have been in the media more positively in recent years, and plenty of middle-aged people get tattooed."
Very few people get small tattoos that cost about $50 at Carroll's studio, but most of his clients travel to the shop for large tattoos that take 12 or more hours of work to complete and cost $4,000 or more.
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Courtesy of: roanoke.com
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Norfolk, Virginia
06/02/07
Norfolk opens first tattoo parlor in over 50 years.
For the first time in half a century, people in Norfolk are lining up for tattoos in their own city. The city's first legal tattoo parlor is now open.
Gabriel Cece, a tattoo artist at Fuzion Ink on Granby Street said, "I don't feel like a pioneer. I just feel lucky. Lucky and privileged to be doing this."
In January, Norfolk City Council voted to lift the ban on tattoo parlors, paving the way for Fuzion. Owner Thomas Glaser said it has taken him and his son Thomas Jr. close to a year to get the place ready for this historic day.
By the business seen after its opening, it looks like everyone else wants it to work as well.
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Courtesy of: wavy.com
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Blacksburg, Virginia
04/21/07
One Week Later, Blacksburg Begins to Move On.
Maybe it's because the first horrific week has passed. Maybe it's because spring has finally come to this rural corner of southwestern Virginia. Whatever the reason, the pall of gloom is unmistakably lifting from the Virginia Tech campus and its surroundings.
Classes resume today after being suspended last week because of the tragedy, with students deciding for themselves whether to finish the year. The university said Thursday that students who choose not to return to classes because of the trauma of the shooting will get credit for their courses with the grades they had earned so far.
Moving on doesn't mean forgetting, though. And that was evident at Blacksburg's Ancient Art tattoo parlor.
Tracy Reed was one of 40 people have come to the shop in the past few days to get a Virginia Tech remembrance tattoo. Reed opted for a $100 tattoo with a VT ribbon above the date of the massacre, April 16, 2007, a present from her soon-to-be sister-in-law Amanda Woolwine, who got a remembrance tattoo on her hip the day before.
"I work with a lot of students," said Reed, 29, hunched face-down on a chair while tattoo artist Richie Richardson inscribed the tragedy on her lower back. "It has taken a toll on me, too." She said she got the tattoo because "I always want to remember."
Richardson said the remembrance tattoos were the only ones anyone was asking for this past week. He said most customers wanted either the Hokie bird or an orange and maroon VT ribbon over the date of the massacre and under the word "remember."
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Courtesy of: washingtonpost.com
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Fredericksburg, Virginia
03/25/07
tattoo taboo? not anymore Is there one with your name on it?
Sean Kelly never knows who'll pop into Spark Plug Tattoo & Body Piercing. "I've had judges, lawyers, nurses, doctors. You'd be surprised," said Kelly, who works in the small George Street shop in downtown Fredericksburg.
Wesley Moore is so convinced that college students, tourists and area residents will want them that he recently opened Sorry Mom Tattoos in the heart of downtown Fredericksburg's shopping district.
"Miami Ink has had a big impact on tattooing," said Moore, whose shop is in the former Redfern & Sons at 808 Caroline St. "That gives it a positive name. People see who is getting them and why, and it's getting socially accepted."
Gary Clark, who has been in the business for 17 years, remembers back in the 1980s when about the only people who had tattoos were bikers or older military men.
Clark, who runs Honky Tonk Tattoo & Body Piercing at 2011 Princess Anne St., said people who are thinking of getting a tattoo should shop around, look at various tattoo artists' portfolios and check out their Web sites.
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Courtesy of: fredericksburg.com
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Richmond, Virginia
11/10/06
Tattoo fans show off civic pride.
No body part is sacred for tattooees who want to pledge allegiance to their hometown and state. Ink drawings and logos signifying Richmond and Virginia have been showing up on biceps, knuckles, abdomens, legs and, yes, inner lips.
If Nigel Payton, a piercer at Lucky 13 Tattooing pouts, you'll see "V 804 A" inked on his inner lip. The VA is for Virginia; the 804, Richmond's area code.
Sparky Knotts of River City Tattoo Company notes another hot spot for fans of the city: their knuckles. "It works out well," he says, "because it's eight letters, R-I-C-H [on one hand] and M-O-N-D [on the other]."
"Haystack" Satterwhite, who owns Phat Bottom Tattoo, says the city- and state-themed logos are popular with both men and women, primarily ages 19 to 25.
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Courtesy of: timesdispatch.com
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Harrisonburg, Virginia
06/19/06
Some Opting To Remove Tattoos.
As tattoos have become more popular, so has tattoo removal. According to a study published recently in the Journal of the American Association of Dermatologist, about 17 percent of people with tattoos were considering removal.
Over the past 33 years, James August "T.J." Warsing Jr. says he has helped more than 30,000 people remove unwanted tattoos. While numerous shops in the area offer tattoo application, the owner of T.J.¡¯s Dermagraphics on Elizabeth Street is the only person in Harrisonburg who offers tattoo removal, he says.
Generally tattoos are removed in one of three ways: lasers, skin grafting or skin abrasion. These processes are expensive, costing between $300 and $1,000 per square inch, and can leave serious scarring on the skin, Warsing said.
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Courtesy of: rocktownweekly.com
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Harrisonburg, Virginia
06/19/06
Tattoos, Piercings Gain Popularity.
Tattoos are becoming less taboo, and young adults are not the only ones getting inked for the first time, according to a study released last week by the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatologists. About one in every four Americans between the ages of 18 and 50 has a tattoo, the study found.
Piercings, another form of body art, also appear to be on the rise, according to the study. Researchers discovered about 14 percent of Americans between 18 and 50 have a piercing other than a traditional ear piercing.
The study concluded that nearly half of young Americans have either a tattoo or a non-traditional piercing.
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Courtesy of: rocktownweekly.com
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Abingdon, Virginia
03/04/09
Abingdon Tattoo Business Deserves Provisional Permit.
Trying to strip an Abingdon, Va., tattoo parlor of its business license after it has been operating for six years – apparently successfully and without incident – is a wrong move by town leaders.
But the real problem for the owner is there is no provision in the zoning ordinance for tattoo parlors in the town. Bleeding Canvas sits in the B-3 central business district where allowable businesses include barber shops, beauty shops and similar personal service establishments.
Bleeding Canvas owner, Jerrery Davidson, is understandably upset. The tattoo parlor has existed at the same Main Street location since 2003, albeit under a different name – Crazy Daisy Tattoos. Davidson is a business owner who needs the income his shop provides. He is properly licensed by Virginia to operate a tattoo parlor. The predecessor shop had a business license to operate in Abingdon.
We say if Davidson wants to be taken seriously as a business owner in Abingdon, he needs to get tattoo parlors added as a permitted use under the existing zoning ordinance.
He’s appealed the town’s planning director, Garrett Jackson, decision to deny the business license, at a cost of $450, and will have an appeals hearing March 10 before the Board of Zoning Appeals.
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Courtesy of: tricities.com
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Roanoke, Virginia
03/07/06
That's gotta hurt.
The Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation regulates 31 professions, including hair braiders, nail technicians and tattoo artists. Oddly, people who stick pieces of metal through body parts are not on the list.
Under the proposed rules, licensed body piercers would have to complete an apprenticeship with a state-defined curriculum that includes safety training, professional ethics and performing 250 piercings on 17 different body parts. They would demonstrate mastery on a board examination and receive five hours of health education every two years.
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Courtesy of: roanoke.com
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