The piece I attached a photo of was a cover-up. I won't let anyone else tattoo my pieces. He's patient, always chill, and super-upbeat all the time. That collaboration between your vision and his expertise (he knows what your tattoo will look like even before he puts it on your body!) produces some of the best skin art around. This may put some people off, but Kevin is a true artist. After you figure it out, he draws something up and you guys continue to work together to perfect it. He makes it a team effort to develop a custom piece that's what you've been looking for only even better than you thought it would look. Your first step is to go in and tell him what you have in mind - have a general idea, but don't be too specific. ![]() Every time it's the same process - the one he insists on to maximize the quality of the tattoo and make sure you get exactly what you want and what you'll be happy with. The audio engineer is Aaron Doerr.Flag as inappropriate Kevin is an absolutely amazing artist! I've had him do three different pieces now. Jane Mather-Glass is our production assistant. The show is hosted by Sarah Fenske and produced by Alex Heuer, Emily Woodbury, Evie Hemphill and Kayla Drake. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region. Louis on the Air” brings you the stories of St. “But I explained to them, tattooing has changed drastically in the last two decades. Especially now, people are trying to preserve everything in keeping with other parts that are starting to modernize,” Miller said. “Lafayette Square, as we know, is a very beautiful historic area. She added that though some residents deeply value preserving the history of Lafayette Square, she’s been able to show them that a tattoo shop doesn’t have to take away from the neighborhood’s history. The space in the back is where tattooing will take place - by appointment only, and by just two or three artists. Miller said the front half of her space is devoted to showcasing the work of local artists, many of them her friends from grad school years at Wash U. I can't even tell it's a tattoo shop.’ And I said ‘Well, that's the intention.’” ![]() “And she's like, ‘But I got to say, I'm inside and it really looks like a gallery. “During that conversation, she said, ‘First I just want to tell you, I was not that thrilled to hear there's a tattoo shop coming, in particular, this visible on Park,’” Miller said. That includes the neighborhood association’s vice president, who stopped by to see the shop for herself. I made my first tattoo, having discovered a method to insert ink under the skin. Miller said she faced some initial pushback from Lafayette Square lifers and elected representatives, but her unique vision for her shop won them over. Published: 01 April, 2011 - Featured in Skin Deep 132, April, 2006. The new shop will be part tattoo parlor and part gallery that showcases local artists’ work. Now, Onyx Dagger is set to have its grand opening in its location on Park Avenue in March. ![]() Then an opportunity came about for Miller to move her shop to the first neighborhood she lived in in St. Miller put the shop on hold when she went back to school, but reopened in Benton Park a few years later under the name Onyx Dagger.Īfter a few years, she felt the shop had run its course. “And it's still a process, don’t get me wrong.” “I’m very grateful for the neighborhood taking me in as they did, because at that time, it was even harder to open a tattoo shop,” she said. A year later, she opened up her first shop, Ink Gallery, in Benton Park. And then on top of that, a woman of color back then - 15-plus years ago - it was not the easiest scene to find a consistent apprenticeship.”Īfter spending time learning under Funk and Martin at the oldest tattoo shop in Hawaii, in 2014 Miller moved to St. “And a few apprenticeships that I'd gone through were difficult being a woman. “On top of being my mentors and best friends, the most amazing women I've ever met,” Miller said on Wednesday’s St. Miller, a lifelong artist, started her tattoo apprenticeship as a teenager.
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