Piercing Wizard Podcast

Piercing Wizard Podcast

By Ryan OuelletteSociety & CultureEducationArts
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Piercing Wizard Podcast episodes

  • Ep. 53 - Becky Dill (piercing kids)
    Episode 53 with Becky Dill of Cold Steel in San Francisco. We're teaching a class on piercing young minors at the 2018 APP conference, listen to our conversation about how we're planning for it.
    56 min
  • ep. 53 - Becky Dill (piercing kids)

    Episode 53 with Becky Dill of Cold Steel America in San Francisco. Becky and I are co-instructing a class on piercing young minors at the 2018 APP conference so I figured we could record our first meeting while we plan it out. We discuss our opinons on appropriate ages to pierce minors, and how we incorporate this specialty service into our shops.

    1 hr 2 min
  • ep. 52 - Cody Vaughn (Fainting, prevention and management)
    Episode 52 with Cody Vaughn of Vaughn Body Arts in Monterey, California. Cody is currently serving on the APP's board of directors as membership liaison. We discuss a common issue in the piercing industry, clients getting light headed. Every piercer should know ways to prevent clients from getting faint, but should also know what to do in the rare situation where a client does pass out. Listen to our discussion of the lessons we've learned for making the client's visit as easy and safe as possible.
    47 min
  • ep. 51 - Jim Sens (High Priestess)

    Episode 51 with Jim Sens of High Priestess Piercing in Eugene, Oregon.

    Jim is a long time piercer working at High Priestess, one of the industry's largest companies of high end piercing studios. Jim talks about what its like to manage a high volume shop, the importance of having a life outside of work, and how he performed over 200 piercings in a single day at work!

    1 hr 2 min
  • Ep. 50 - Eduardo Chavarria (All about Aftercare)
    Episode 50 with travelling piercer Ed Chavarria. Ed was in New England for another guest spot at Piercing Emporium so we decided to get in another episode, this time talking all about aftercare. We chat about a little of everything from soap to soaks to saline. Stay sharp and stay clean.
    1 hr 4 min
  • Ep. 49 - Aaron Pollack (APP secretary)
    Episode 49 with Aaron Pollack of Dandyland Piercing in San Antonio, Texas. Aaron is a piercer, the former head of the APP' social media committee, and the current APP secretary. We talk about using social media effectively, but mostly we talk about what the APP means to us in our careers. We also talk about War Eagle (its some sports thing).
    1 hr 13 min
  • Ep. 48 - Lee Horton (Piercer & Laser Tattoo Removal Technician)

    Episode 48 with Lee Horton of Legacy Tattoo & Piercing in London, Ontario.

    Lee is a talented piercer and laser tattoo removal technician from Canada. We talk about boh of his professions, preparing a studio walk through video for APP membership, and the frustrations of a piercer trying to do their best in a market full of ...not the best.

    1 hr 6 min
  • Ep. 46 - Perry Doig (Rose Gold's San Francisco)
    Episode 46 with Perry Doig of Rose Gold's in San Francisco, CA. Perry is a talented piercer known more for his work than for his online presence, and its intentional. We talk about piercing in the age of the internet and how focusing on real life experiences can be beneficial to both the piercer and the client.
    57 min
  • Ep. 45 - Brianna Sheehan part 2: electric boogaloo
    Episode 45, a second conversation with Brianna Sheehan of Mint Piercing Studio in Iowa. This time we get into the hard work behind the scenes in a successful studio. Team communication and inventory management, and how apps and systems can make it much easier. Training piercers and counter staff. Is it better to start from scratch, or retrain someone with existing experience? And of course, jewelry. We talk a lot about how we learn from our vendors and how to apply those lessons.
    2 hr 14 min

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Join host Ryan Ouellette as he discusses the professional body piercing industry with friends and colleagues.