the shop I work at, Blue Star Tattoo and Body
Piercing, owned by Darrin Walters. The shop
is my family and I love each and every one
of them: Darrin, Nicole Miller, Tiana McGuire,
and Dante Firewalker.
SD: What do you think are (if any) problems
within the piercing industry?
PT: That’s a huge can of worms. First of all,
the powers-that-be do not care about our
industry. We are treated as a mental illness
and/or freaks. All they care about is making
money off of what we do, despite how they
feel about it. So, long legislation is a big
factor. I’m very thankful to my friends in the
industry who work really hard to make this
better, including the APP. and other non-profit
organizations that are doing their best to
make the legal situation better.
I also feel this industry is flooded. There are
too many professional piercers out there
without work and yet shop owners are still
bringing in apprentices to basically make
them c ܙH