...& we await the official word...

It was with many huge & mixed emotions that i closed my tattoo studio in Phoenicia, New York after over 10 wonderful years… i loved my space, right in the middle of such a sweet wee hamlet in the heart of the beautiful Catskill mountains… i opened up there officially on July 1st, 2009 & i did the last tattoo i would do in that space on my husband on October 31st, 2019… it was, after all, where we met & where we got to know each other… we decided to make a massive change in lifestyle & move to New Mexico… we went all in for a different climate, different color palette, different topography, different latitude & altitude… we chose the town of Truth or Consequences, 2 hours south of Albuquerque & 2 hours northwest of El Paso… there are natural hotsprings here & the Rio Grande & mountains & canyons & sunshine a plenty… we bought a fixer upper of a mid-century house with a possible studio space, part of the house, yet separated from the house with it’s own entrance & yard… it has been an incredible amount of hard work, physical labor & logistical & emotional work, & during a pandemic no less! but at last i have a lovely space ready for doing tattoos~ it’s clean & bright & comfortable & filled with art & books & i am very eager to begin tattooing & making art in here… at this moment, i am still doing a few things to finish off the physical space & i expect to be wrapping these things up for some time, but the place is ready for work… the only reason i have not begun booking appointments is that i am waiting for 3 things: i need my New Mexico body art license as an individual tattooer, i need my establishment license in order to open the studio space, & there is a spanking new business registration requirement by the town of Truth or Consequences, which i will need the other 2 licenses to obtain… so, please bear with me while i make my way thru the processes involved… at the moment, my livelihood is in the hands of the New Mexico Body Art Board… i hope to wrap all this bureaucratic bosh up very soon as this town has a lively interesting art scene that i can hardly wait to become a part of…

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here’s hoping we meet up soon!

peace, sunday