Links
The following list of links is presented to give you the opportunity to pursue the topics covered here through various other sources. We do not necessarily endorse the information you find there. Wherever there is disagreement between us and the authors represented in these links, it is still our opinion that the authors have presented their material in good faith and with the best of intentions! We applaud anyone who will take the time to try to improve the general level of knowledge about body piercing and tattooing.
This list is juried. The site must have something besides a hastily prepared page on 'aftercare' to recommend it. If you wish to exchange links with us, please fill out the reciprocal links form.
Categories
Our links are categorized into:
- Body Piercing Links
- Body Piercing Shops
- Tattooing Links
- Body Art Shops
- Public Health Links
- Material Safety Data Sheet Links
- Other interesting links
- Software & Hardware
If you have a site that you feel would fit one on these categories, or if you would like to see another category included, email us with your suggestions.
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Body Piercing Links
- A collection of links with piercing-related information. The subject matter varies from the authors' personal experiences to the technical.
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- UCLA - Anthropoetics: No. 7: Saturday August 26, 1995 Chronicles of Love and Resentment by Eric Gans
- UCLA - Anthropoetics: No. 7: Saturday August 26, 1995 Chronicles of Love and Resentment by Eric Gans
- A collection of links with piercing-related information. The subject matter varies from the authors' personal experiences to the technical.
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Body Piercing Shops
- Pages giving information about piercing shops. These links give business-related information. To our knowledge, these shops specialize in piercing, and other services are not available.
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- BlackStar Studio, Kingston
Tooting our own horn! You are here.
- BlackStar Studio, Kingston
- Pages giving information about piercing shops. These links give business-related information. To our knowledge, these shops specialize in piercing, and other services are not available.
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Tattooing Links
- These links, like the piercing links, are varied in nature, and are presented without qualification. Since this category is relatively new to this site, we encourage you to let us know about any sites you think we can include to improve the list.
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- Eikon Device Inc. Tattooists will recognize the name of the needle manufacturer. Far more than that, Eikon has published a series of technical reports, available on line, which every tattoo artist should be obligated to read!
- Eikon Device Inc. Tattooists will recognize the name of the needle manufacturer. Far more than that, Eikon has published a series of technical reports, available on line, which every tattoo artist should be obligated to read!
- These links, like the piercing links, are varied in nature, and are presented without qualification. Since this category is relatively new to this site, we encourage you to let us know about any sites you think we can include to improve the list.
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Body Art Shops
- Pages giving information about body art shops. These links give business-related information. To our knowledge, these shops do not specialize, and offer piercing, tattooing, and possibly other services.
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- Canadian Bodymod DirectoryThe largest on-line directory of piercing and tattoo shops in Canada. Add yours.
- Pages giving information about body art shops. These links give business-related information. To our knowledge, these shops do not specialize, and offer piercing, tattooing, and possibly other services.
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Public Health Links
- These links are strictly related to the public health issues surrounding piercing and tattooing. While there may be no specific mention made of body art, the issues presented here are central to the question of shop safety.
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- Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors These are the people who inspect piercing shops in Canada. Visit their site. Learn about them. Work with them.
- Carol Mulvihill's Homepage! Carol is the Director of Health Services, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. Here you will find back issues of Connections Quarterly, and a lot of really good information on public health issues. 'Piercing care and Precautions' in the Summer 1997 issue can be found at http://www.pitt.edu/~cjm6/s97pierc.html.
- Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta The 'heros' of the ebola movies! Check out their web site for a more accurate version of what they are all about.
- Grand Rounds presentation on Necrotizing fasciitis Flesh-eating disease is one risk in piercing that most piercers turn their back on. We have met one victim, the result of a home-done navel piercing, who is lucky to be alive. Know the risk; it is very real!
- Health Canada - Laboratory Centre for Disease Control Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Personal Services: Tattooing, Ear/Body Piercing, and Electrolysis Canada Communicable Disease Report - Supplement Volume 25S3 July 1999 ISSN 1481-8531 (On-line) ISSN 1188-4169 (Print)
- Health Canada: Laboratory Centre for Disease Control A wealth of information on current public health issues in Canada. MUST SEE!
- Ohio University: Health Topics Health Topics. Common Cold Influenza Hepatitis Meningitis Tattoo and Piercing Care. Bee Stings.
- Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors These are the people who inspect piercing shops in Canada. Visit their site. Learn about them. Work with them.
- These links are strictly related to the public health issues surrounding piercing and tattooing. While there may be no specific mention made of body art, the issues presented here are central to the question of shop safety.
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Other interesting links
- These links are a mixture of sites often unrelated to our topics, but which I just HAD to include!
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- Frontenac Masonic District < > Ever wonder about Freemasonry? In Kingston the fraternity is alive and well, and is playing an active role in the community.
- These links are a mixture of sites often unrelated to our topics, but which I just HAD to include!
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Software & Hardware
- A list of sites for the software used to maintain these pages, and other interesting stuff we have found and support..
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Acrobat Reader allows you to read Portable Document Format (PDF) files, like our aftercare manual. A "Must Have" for anybody serious about using the web to gather information.- Kingston Information Technologies < > These are the people who maintain our web site and mail server.
- A list of sites for the software used to maintain these pages, and other interesting stuff we have found and support..
- Reciprocal Links
- These are links added in response to external links to our site.
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