Upcoming events:
June 17-22 2012 APP 2012 Conference
Recent Events:
MARCH 2012 : APTPI CONGRESSO IN MILAN, ITaly
MARCH 2012 : Tribe 20th IN Gothenburg, sweden
December 2011 : APP affiliate Conference in Brasil : CONGRESSO Educativo para Perforadores Corporais da América do Sul
October 2011 : BMXnet conference in Essen, Germany:
- Adv. Freehand Piercing (with Ron Garza)
- Integrative Piercing with less Tools
- Standard Materials: focus on initial piercing jewelry
- Working with Statim autoclave
- Freehand Piercing Techniques (with Ron Garza)
- Needleblade Piercing (with Bethra Szumski & Steve Joyner)
- Anodizing Jewelry
- APP International Roundtable
June 2011 : APP 16th annual conference and expo in Las Vegas
- Monday June 6 (10:45-12:15) Working with a Statim Autoclave
This educational session will cover the proper use of a Statim autoclave for body art procedures, important work practices for a busy studio, and how to safely maintain these machines in your everyday operation, and answers to your questions. Brian introduced these autoclaves to our industry in the 1990′s, and hundreds of professionals have come to work with them over the years. The Statim has fully validated fast sterilization cycles, which makes them ideal for sterilizing jewelry and all the items as needed for each piercing. In this class we will explore how they should be handled in our daily routine. If you have a Statim in your studio or you plan to invest in one, this will be a familiarizing perspective you won’t want to miss! - Thursday June 9 (2:30-5:00) Materials: Steel & Titanium 2011
(with Jason King & Chris Glunt)
Part of being a professional piercer is understanding the materials we use for initial piercings. After attending the class you will have a working understanding of why we use the grades of Titanium and Stainless Steel that we do, with an emphasis on understanding the importance of ASTM designations F-136 and F-138. Although the class has been offered several times, the extensive research allows the class to be updated so it is always current and factual. The class is highly technical, detailed and informative.
February 2011 : Seminarios Educativos para Artistas del Body Piercing. Atacama – Chile 2011
- Una breve historia de la esterilización presented from Barcelona, ES via video conference
(with translation by Javier Fingazz)
May 2010 : APP 15th annual conference and expo in Las Vegas
- Workshops on Asepsis and Sterilization
- Biocompatibility testing
(with Bethra Szumski)
September 2010 : BMXnet conference in Berlin:
- Advanced sterilization and instrument management
- Anodizing Body Jewelry
- Biomaterials
- A Brief History of Sterilization
- Piercing Asepsis: Working Out of Your Hands
- Freehand Piercing Techniques
(with Ron Garza)
October 2010 : Tattoo Expo in Barcelona
- A Brief History of Sterilization
- Advanced sterilization and instrument management
October 2010 : APP in Mexico City
- Autoclave/Statim Usage
- Live freehand technique demonstration