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Archive-name: bodyart/piercing-faq/professional-resources/partA
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Summary: This posting contains information about body piercing. Anyone
interested in the subject and/or who wishes to read/post to
rec.arts.bodyart should read the Piercing FAQ first.
The rec.arts.bodyart Piercing FAQ is divided into 30 parts:
1--Introduction
2A--Jewelry Materials
2B--Jewelry Sizes & Designs
2C--Facial Piercings & Their Suggested Jewelry
2D--Body Piercings & Their Suggested Jewelry
2E--Genital Piercings & Their Suggested Jewelry
3--Getting A New Piercing
4A--Professional Organizations, Piercing Instruction
4B--Professional Piercers - United States - Alabama - California
4C--Professional Piercers - United States - Colorado - Iowa
4D--Professional Piercers - United States - Kansas - Nevada
4E--Professional Piercers - United States - New Hampshire - North Dakota
4F--Professional Piercers - United States - Ohio - Pennsylvania
4G--Professional Piercers - United States - Rhode Island - Wyoming
4H--Professional Piercers - Canada
4I--Professional Piercers - Beyond N. America
4J--Professional Piercers - Beyond N. America Cont'd
5--Care Of New Piercings
6--The Healing Process & Healing Problems
7--Healed Piercings
8--Historical Information
9A--Resource List
9B--Resource List Cont'd
10A--Personal Experiences - Facial & Unisex Piercings
10B--Personal Experiences - Genital Piercings
10C--Personal Experiences - Genital Piercings Cont'd
10D--Personal Experiences - Genital Piercings Cont'd
11A--Jewelry Manufacturers
11B--Jewelry Manufacturers Cont'd
11C--Jewelry Manufacturers Cont'd
This section includes:
4A Professional Organizations, Instruction
4A.1 Professional Organizations
4A.2 Piercing Instruction
All texts written and (c) 2000 by Anne Greenblatt unless otherwise
noted.
Please see Part 1 of the FAQ for information regarding copyright and
dissemination of the FAQ.
4A.1 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL PIERCERS, PO Box 90987, San Diego,
California 92169
1-888-515-4APP
http://www.safepiercing.org
Non-profit organization.
Publishes "The Point" newsletter, information on techniques,
products,
sterilization, and laws that affect the piercing profession. Back
issues
on view at website. Members must comply to a number of strict safety
and
hygiene requirements including but not limited to autoclave testing,
completion of Red Cross First Aid/CPR Course, and submission of
studio
photos. The APP presents an annual conference with educational
seminars
open to anyone in the piercing industry.
AMERICAN BODY ART ASSOCIATION, 2309 Ft. Henry Drive, Kingsport,
Tennessee 37664
(423) 378-6402
http://www.body-art.com/abaa.htm
abaa@body-art.com
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF BODY ARTS
http://www.bme.freeq.com/caba/index.html
Contact Denise Robinson of AMBIENT <ambient@ambient.on.ca>
"A non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of the Body Art
industry as safe and ethical, and eliminating misinformation while
maintaining high standards in member shops. Membership not limited
to Canadian shops."
EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL PIERCERS ASSOCIATION, Bristol, England
0117 960 3923
Contact Phil Barry, Chairman
ILLINOIS COALITION OF PROFESSIONAL TATTOOISTS AND PIERCERS,
fax (708) 709--0145
http://www.bodybasics.com/coalit/coal.html
tatpierce@aol.com
NATIONAL PIERCING ASSOCIATION**, PO Box 14345, San Luis Obispo,
California
93406
(805) 549-9346, 1-800-549-4NPA
**The NPA was "put on hold" in the summer of 1995. The future of the
NPA is unknown.
PENNSYLVANIA COALITION OF PROFESSIONAL TATTOOISTS AND BODY PIERCERS
http://www.pa-tattoo.com/
President Tim Azinger, PO Box 502, Carnegie, PA 15106
(412) 531-5319, <Amazinger@aol.com>
Vice-President Drake Cox, (814) 726-2860, fax (814) 716-2850,
<tattoo@pa-tattoo.com>
4A.2 PIERCING INSTRUCTION
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AMERICAN BODY ART ASSOCIATION
Prevention of Disease Transmission Via Bloodborne Pathogens Training
and
Certification program
2309 Ft. Henry Drive, Kingsport, Tennessee 37664
(423) 378-6402
http://www.body-art.com/abaa.html
ÄSTHETIC PIERCING, David Scheidl, Sulzdorfer Weg 7, 86655 Mündling
Harburg,
Germany
(0 90 80) 20 15, fax (0 90 80) 40 77
http://www.piercing.de
info@piercing.de
ECLIPSE INK, INC. PIERCING WORKSHOP, 7615 Aurora Avenue N., Seattle,
Washington 98103
(206) 706-0333, fax (206) 706-3100
THE EXOTIC BODY, 1219 19th Street, Sacramento, California 95815
Office: 2804 T Street, Sacramento, 95815
1-800-411-OUCH (6824), Fax (916) 455-8239
mike@exoticbody.com
http://www.exoticbody.com
FAKIR MUSAFAR PROFESSIONAL BODY PIERCING INTENSIVES
Insight Books, P.O. Box 2575, Menlo Park, California 94026
(415) 324-0543
http://www.bodyplay.com/school/
FREEDOM DESIGN EMPORIUM TATTOOING, Jeff or Vicki Fuhrmann
PO Box 1173, Clarkdale, Arizona 86324-9998
(520) 639-3036
http://www.sedona.net/fdetat2/apprent.html
flashtat@sedona.net
HEALTH EDUCATORS, INC., 2710 Detroit Avenue, Lower Level,
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
(216) 623-0815, fax (216) 623-0745
healtheducators@earthlink.net
David Vidra, C.L.P.N., M.A., Authorized Outreach Instructor for
OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration) General Industry
IMAX INTERNATIONAL, Via Emilia, 41, PO Box 240, 47036 Riccione Rn Italy
Tel. +39 541 642160, Fax +39 541 643542
http://www.imaxint.com
imax@rimini.com
Contact Max Grassi
METAL MORPHOSIS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BODY PIERCING, Unit 4 Peterly
Business Centre, 472 Hackney Road, London E2 9EQ, England
0171 729 9223
http://www.metalmorphosis.co.uk/metal.morphosis
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/estate/gx18
metal.morphosis@dial.pipex.com
4 and a half day course with an average of 10 to 15 piercings done
under the guideness of our senior lecturer Mr David J Potasnick.
NEW MILLENIUM BODY PIERCING AND SEMINARS at Patrick Bear Body Shop,
808 E. Roy Street, Seattle, 98102
Mailing Address: Al D. Sowers, 1122 East Pike Street PMB #737,
Seattle, 98122-3934
(206) 325-6565, voice mail (206) 783-0884
http://www.piercingeducation.com
ald@piercingeducation.com
Piercer / instructor: Al D. Sowers (former Board Member of the APP, a
committee member for National Environmental Health Association Body
Art
Committee)
NEXT! BODY PIERCING & AFTERCARE, 1068 Granville Street, Vancouver,
V6Z 1L4 Canada
(604) 684-6398
PIERCING PRO'S INC., 5925 Newport Avenue, Portage, Indiana 46368
(219) 764-2759, pager 1-800-483-0094 pin#4916862
Contact Jim Trafny <jimie1@juno.com>
Piercing needles, tools, supplies.
Onsite consultations for studio design and training programs.
PROFESSIONAL PIERCING INFORMATION SYSTEMS, PO Box 390288, Anza,
California 92539
(415) 201-2181, (909) 763-9728, fax (909) 763-9729
ppis@koan.com
Contact Debra Miller and Sky Renfro
Providing information, consultation and piercing seminars in a
variety
of geographical locations.
STAINLESS STUDIOS, 609 Queen St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2B7 Canada
(416) 504-1433, 1-800-548-7615
http://home.ican.net/~bodyart/
bodyart@io.org
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Anne Greenblatt
Manager of the rec.arts.bodyart Piercing FAQ
Piercing Exquisite
http://www.piercingexquisite.com
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