Joined APP 1996, served on the board as Treasurer 1997-99, as International Liaison 2010-13, as President 2014-2016, Medical Liaison 2017-2020, Vice President 2020-2023, now serving as CIO.
Brian celebrates over three decades of sharing his body art expertise with his clients, colleagues and friends. He specializes in body piercing, safety standards, sterilization and infection control and prevention, and is an authorized dealer for the SciCan family of products. He offers expert mentorship and education for Body Art Professionals. As a long time member ofASTM International and theAssociation of Professional Piercers, he collaborates in the development, interpretation and publication of evidence based standards for continual improvement in the field.
This class is to show an effective use of aseptic technique while performing body piercings, and demonstrate how to improve safety, control, and accuracy.
Very commonly as body piercers we use stands and trays to place our tools on for our procedures; if the piercer is not trained to pay acute attention, this can easily lead to cross contamination during piercing procedures.
The focal point of this presentation is to show achievable practices including sterile gloves and or Aseptic Non Touch Technique that should reduce infection and disease risk with the philosophy of parsimony for simple and graceful solutions.
90 minutes / English (Long form or short form which may be combined with Asepsis)
class description:
How to make needles work for optimal accuracy using bevel geometry and shaping techniques.
In this class, you will find piercers that have pushed a haystack worth of needles, who will demonstrate how to use the needle’s cutting edge to improve safety, control, and accuracy.
We will discuss how the cutting surfaces can be manipulated simply to determine the way jewelry will rest in piercings.
Straight piercing can result in a variety of angles depending on the plastic nature of the tissue and the approach to penetration and exit.
I’m pleased to have first given this class on needle control, together with my esteemed colleague Luis Garcia, at the 2014 annual APP conference in Las Vegas. We have both gotten positive feedback from our previous courses in response to our methods of working with controlling the needle bevel and wound shaping to get optimally angled results for different kinds of piercings.
Brian
I proposed this subject to make these techniques simple and easy to understand, and I believe they will be helpful for everyone. In particular, experienced piercers who are looking for new perspectives, those still finding they could be more precise with certain placements like the septum or multiple helix, and newer piercers could benefit from the practical examples of how we use the cutting form of the needle for accuracy.
We’ll also discuss theory behind needle designs and what we recognize as important to getting from point A to point B with precision while minimizing trauma.
I think you’ll find this class engaging and useful in your daily practice.
Over the last three decades of piercing, Brian has developed conscientious techniques for a safe, simple and gentle piercing experience without the use of clamps.
The focus of this class is to introduce freehand piercing techniques to novice piercers as well as experienced piercers that want to learn methods without clamps. The class will focus on the safety and accuracy aspects of freehand piercing, and different hand positions most commonly used in this technique for alignment and management. The workshop will cover demonstration of an adaptable freehand piercing system that integrates point of process sterilization [Statim 2000], anodization and sterile single-use disposable instruments [primarily blade needles].
slides (versions EN/FR/ES/PT/RU) / support information
Selected highlights regarding the international understanding and development of asepsis, antisepsis, disinfection, and sterilization over the centuries.
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.
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!
Making sense of the APP Minimum Standard for Jewelry for Initial Piercings. This presentation will provide you with an understanding of the materials we use for initial piercings and why standards matter.
Brian Skellie makes it easy for you to anodize your titanium and niobium body jewelry with detailed information and rationale, accompanied by live demonstration and step by step instructions. How can this surface finish process make a difference in your client’s healing results? How can you re-anodize for client jewelry if the color has worn off? These questions and more answered in this class.
Topics covered:
How and why to include anodization into your workflow for a cleaner and less reactive titanium surface finish
How to offer instant coloration / re-colorization for customers
Advanced class is paid or free for those who purchased their anodizer from Brian, and includes membership to Brian’s training group.
About: A LIVE online one-on-one instructional course (Not a DVD) all about anodizing body jewelry. Approximately two hours by Video conference or telephone. *Includes membership to our private professional anodizing forum full of videos, photos and expert user advice.
Mission: Clean, safe, colorful jewelry
Expert Brian Skellie makes it easy for you to anodize your titanium and niobium body jewelry with detailed information and rationale, accompanied by live demonstration and step by step instructions. How can I consistently get higher voltage colors? How can this surface finish process make a difference in your client’s healing results? How can you re-anodize for client jewelry if the color has worn off? These questions and more answered in this class.
Topics covered:
+ How and why to include anodization into your workflow for a cleaner and less reactive titanium surface finish
+ Scientastic live demonstration!
+ How to offer instant coloration / re-colorization for customers
General Information
Free for anodizer owners purchased through our sites.
Discounted for current anodizer owners and those who have already attended one of Brian’s Anodizing workshops
