Topics discussed include: Ed Hardy changing sanitation standards in tattooing, latex gloves, the Old Timer Splotch, tattooing in photo booth, re-using needles, Crown Needles, cartridge needles, loupe, fineline tattooing, carving and printing, support from her students, support from fans, apprenticeships, Nalla Smith, teaching, wardrobe, wig making, learning from Black girls, difficulties for college teachers, concussion, first meeting with Mike, Gifts from the Universe, the LA “Springboard” mentality, moving to Italy, tattoo tribes, side gigs going full-time, Shanti the service dog, Florence Tattoo Convention, Kai Uwe Faust, Druid tattoos, punks, throat tattoos, Laguna College of Art and Design, Ed Swanson, learn what not to do, private/public spaces for tattooing, shops full of specialists, tattoo TV shows, backstory, Karen Roze, private ritual tattooing, benefits of a support system, Paper Crane Studios, COVID restrictions, side projects to maintain a living, Joy Shannon and the Beauty Marks, the “Liam Neeson” video, vocalizing to relieve pain.

Link to "Liam Neeson" video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E7JvpBsUz0

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@joyshannon
@triplegoddesstattoos

Topics discussed include: Culture magazine, art/music writing, offering a tattoo apprenticeship, growing up in Santa Ana, early years in Chicago, Irish bloodline, Celtic art, history of Celtic tattooing, tattooed mummies, Viking burials, personal tattoo tools, Ancient Ink, self-tattooing, continuing ancient traditions, The Audience Will Come To You, changes in how to enter the tattoo business, “specialty” tattooers, playing music and signing as a child, Elton John, understanding metaphors, costume design, Orange County, being a “weirdo”, Goths in California, avoiding people on the street, cheap used records, 90s home video editing, Headbanger’s Ball, Yo! MTV Raps!, Immortal, Symphonic Metal, the music students, Show and Prove, skater applause, cello, appreciating orchestral music, Jazz standards, inherited skills, Celtic harps, advances in technology, keyboard sensitivity, signing and playing instruments simultaneously, Natural Desire, family music connections, Lyle Lovett, Ancestral Karma, Old Souls, Bodhisattvas, The Magdalene Laundries, Catholicism, ancient Irish history, O’Carolan, Dead Can Dance, tattooing herself, Ogham, messages in a dream states/meditation, old school vs. current modes of tattooing, finding your clientele, tattooing through the pandemic, surviving the AIDS era.

joyshannon.com
@joyshannon
@triplegoddesstattoos