About NikiAnarchy
Ouroboros can have a little Ouroboros for a treat. Life is full of surprises. And some, not so much.
I got my start in tattooing in 2005 and ran the gamut of street shops through 2009, where I ended up in a really chaotic scenario where it was sink or swim. I tread water the only way I knew how.
Opening my own studio was my only option, yet required a skillset I did not yet possess, but I learned fast.
By 2016, my burnout was pretty obvious, but I could tattoo and pierce 6 days a week like any well-seasoned vet.
I was started to sound like one, too.
I really loved piercing, but demands as a tattooist made it impossible to dive in fully, so I initially focused on just the basics. Admittedly, this was not my best decision, but I did what made sense at the time.
When I shattered my elbow in 2016, rollerskating, I never expected anything that would come next.
I weighed nearly 300lbs and was severely at risk of stroke. I was found to have autoimmune disorders including a thyroid disorder and dozens of food and environmental allergies.
I closed my shop in 2018 after a painful 2 year long battle trying to uncover the mysterious healing complications causing nerve pain in my arm. I couldn’t stretch skin long enough to tattoo and suffered deeply from the decision.
I was not a good enough piercer to survive in the industry, and my heart wasn’t in it if I couldn’t tattoo.
Trying to remove myself from the body modification industry was even more numbing than I had anticipated.
I found solace in my own art again, and in music, and in helping music artists discover the rigorous modes of self-promotion that tattooists and body piercers use.
I found solace in Life Coaching, enhancing my Spiritual Guidance practice, developing my own unique style and helping my first clients along their own path to energy healing work.
I found solace in seeking out the healthy lifestyle I desired, living in the new body I had sacrificed for, and experiencing all life had to offer with a new mindset.
I joined a bariatric program, lost 150lbs, and began doing intensive workouts that included my angry arm.
Fast forward, in 2023, I started doing social media for a candle shop, owned by the same people who still owned the first tattoo shop I called home. I was unable to turn away from the energy of body modification.
I got sucked back in to help out with piercings on the busy days, and realized that I was still madly in love with it.
Now I didn’t have anything else taking away my attention.
Today, I find myself fully immersed in Body Piercing, Spiritual Guidance, and Social Media Management, and I can’t imagine living without all three.
Not to mention, I spend all my free time rollerskating, and I’m pretty good at it.
All of these pathways have come together to redefine my philosophy behind a hygienic, natural, holistic and spiritually and personally fulfilling body piercing curation experience for my clients- complete with built-in self-promotional skills.
I have 7+ years total body piercing experience with 5 years break, and have spent all of 2024 so far fully absorbing and putting new knowledge behind re-honed skills.
I am available to visit your studio to cover staff for short and longer-term visits anywhere in the world!
I have a 2.5yr old female pibble, and she comes with me, but my son is in his early 20’s and college.
While my personal experience stems back from my own first piercings in 1997, my training extends from my first performed piercing procedures in 2007. I then picked back up with professional mentor (and best friend @str8tothepointpiercings in Allen Park, MI) for my own tattoo shop Dynamic Ink&Steel in Saginaw, MI from 2011 through 2018. Starting back in December 2023, and entirely of 2024 thus far, I have been focused on learning the most up-to-date techniques. I am employed at VooDoo Tattoo in Bay City, MI currently, and in good standing.
I am not currently, but want to be an APP member in a studio that is, or wants to be. I’m looking to further enhance my skills and learn even more.
I work with only implant-grade titanium internally threaded or threadless jewelry but would love to offer higher end options! I love learning, I’m determined to be among the greats, known for the kind of top tier experience that calms even the most tumultuous and anxious brain before their piercing. I would love to be considered for your studio!
LGBTQ+ safe and friendly, trauma-informed, BBP Certified, momma-bear Life Coach mature Body Piercer, High Priestess and Social Media Guru, at your service!