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Issue 48 • the Point 1 CONFERENCE 2009 MODERN PRIMITIVES TURNS 20 P.16 ISSUE 48 • THE POINT 1 From THE EDItor THE POINT THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL PIERCERS JAMES WEBER APP President Infinite Body Piercing, Inc. Philadelphia, PA APP BOARD MEMBERS President: James Weber Vice President: Didier Suarez Secretary: Bethra Szumski Outreach Coordinator: Eric “Sque3z” Anderson International Outreach Coordinator: Danny Yerna Medical Liaison: Elayne Angel In late 1999, I went to a book signing by J.K. Rowling at a small, suburban bookstore for the release of Membership Liaison: Eduardo Chavarria the third Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. As we all waited several hours in line for our quick meeting with the author (she was quite gracious, for those who want to know), we all Treasurer: Paul King marveled at the young attendees. There were hundreds of kids there—many were dressed as their favorite APP Administrator: Caitlin McDiarmid characters from the series—all waiting excitedly with their copy of one of the three Harry Potter books they were hoping to get signed. One image from that day I remember—so vividly, in fact, I wonder if the memory isn’t one of a The Association of Professional Piercers photograph of the event—is of three kids, probably around 10 years old, sitting three-across on a parking is a California-based, international non-profit organization stop in the lot next to the bookstore. They were all dressed as characters from the series, and they all had dedicated to the dissemination of vital health and safety their noses in a copy of the new book, absorbed. Remember: this was two years before the first movie information about body piercing to piercers, health care came out. It was a book that was making this impression on them, a book that was having such a profound professionals, legislators, and the general public. influence. I was amazed at the power this book had. Material submitted for publication is subject to editing. This is the same way I felt about Modern Primitives when it came out. Submissions must be in a digital format, and should be sent Any of you who have followed my tenure as editor of The Point know I often focus on the place of writing via e-mail to [email protected]. Modern Primitives and media as it relates to our industry. Coming of age as a piercer, I was changed by . I The Point is not responsible for claims made by our read through it repeatedly. I collected PFIQ and Body Play magazines, hunted down issues of Body Art and advertisers. However, we reserve the right to reject adver- Piercing World from the U.K, and even bought the several issues of In The Flesh magazine. Looking back, I tising that is unsuitable for our publication. see how pivotal these publications were in leading me where I am today. So at Conference this year, I was especially excited by the presentation from both V. Vale (editor and author) and Charles Gatewood (photographer), the duo responsible for the publication of Modern Editors: James Weber & Elayne Angel Primitives 20 years ago. This book had a profound influence on our industry that is hard to fully understand Assisting Editor: Jennifer Heimburg unless you were there. (If, like me, you were there, you know what I’m talking about.) Both men have also Art Direction: Jon Loudon graciously contributed content for this issue of The Point: V. Vale writes about not only Modern Primitives, Advertising: [email protected] but also his experience at this year’s Conference (plus an interview with Danny Yerna). Charles Gatewood contributed several iconic images to this issue, two of which are on pages 16 and 21. Front Cover: Photo by Sean Hartgrove (seanhartgrove.com). (In case you’re wondering about the strategically placed text on these images: The Point goes out not only Jewelry by Phoebe Minona Durland at Tawapa (tawapa.com) to subscribers, but also to health care professionals and legislators on our mailing list, in addition to being sent through international mail. This forces us to be mostly “penis-free” in our print version. If you want to see the full images, an online search will undoubtedly lead you to them. Or better yet, buy your own copy Unless stated otherwise, content of this of Modern Primitives, or go to charlesgatewood.com to purchase prints.) issue of The Point is licensed under the Conference this year also saw the official release of Elayne Angel’s new book, The Piercing Bible, which Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works License. To can be ordered—signed—directly from the APP office. (See the ad on page 25.) But the biggest news from view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ the APP in (digital) publishing was announced at this year’s Members’ Meeting: the new APP Web site is now live. After literally years of false starts, oversight responsibilities passed from one Board member to the next, and developers and designers hired and fired, we finally have the (almost) finished product up and AssoCiatioN of ProfessioNAL PierCers running at safepiercing.org. In addition to all of the content from the old site organized with new navigation 1-888-888-1APP • WWW.sAfePierCiNg.org • iNfo sAfePierCiNg.org and a new look, we are busily working on many new improvements as well. And while we all knew this job @ was a huge one, just how big it was is only now becoming all too obvious. Donations to The Point are always appreciated. So to all the members: thank you for your patience while we get all of the bugs worked out of the members’ listings and searches. For everyone else: keep checking in on the site as we slowly drag the APP publications into a new era. The APP publishes a lot of material: in addition toThe Point and articles written for publication elsewhere, INSIDE THIS ISSUE we have our brochures (seven titles currently, with more on the way) and Spanish translations of these brochures (six total) that are constantly being updated and revised. We have the procedure manual (almost PRESIDENT’S CORNER 2 100 pages of information) and now our even-more-expansive Web site. IN THE OFFICE 4 And while part of the huge impact of Modern Primitives was that it was so much a product of its time (and that time will not ever be repeated), it is still my hope that the APP can—and does—publish writing 2009 CONFERENCE RECAP 6 that for someone, somewhere, gives an introduction to another world, another way of being. Writing that MODERN PRIMITIVES 20TH ANNIVERSARY 16 not only educates on health and safety, but on something bigger than all of us. Just once in a lifetime, it might have the power of a book like Harry Potter had on those 10-year-olds, or Modern Primitives had on INTERVIEW WITH V. VALE 20 that impressionable 19-year-old who had just discovered piercing. I hope so. Welcome to issue #48 of The Point: The Journal of the Association of Professional Piercers. P SURface ANCHOR LEGIslatION ISSUES 24 APP at ACHA 26 In our article about the APP involvement at the Philadelphia Tattoo Convention in last issue, we CALIFORNIA LEGIslatION Update 27 unfortunately neglected to thank the two people responsible for organizing the convention and VOLUNTEER AwaRD 28 inviting us to teach. Troy Timpel and Jared Anderson, thank you. REFLECTIONS ON THE 2009 APP CONFERENCE 32 president’s COrner JAMES WEBER APP President Infinite Body Piercing, Inc. Philadelphia, PA One of the best things about serving as President of the APP Board Lifetime Achievement Award: Michaela Grey is being able to present the APP President’s Award. Since 1999, this Presented by Bethra Szumski award has been given annually to those whose accomplishments have Michaela Grey is a Gauntlet Master Piercer who is credited with positively impacted the field of professional piercing, the APP, or both. founding the APP. During her time with The Gauntlet, among The choice of recipient for each year is solely the prerogative of the other things, she assisted with the PFIQ magazine, led training incumbent APP President, and the award is given out at the banquet seminars and organized a political action group in order to address dinner at the annual APP Conference. pending legislation in the State of California. She was one of the In 2003, in issue #26 of The Point, then-President Bethra Szumski visionaries that steered and developed the political action group did an article on the President’s Award recipients up to that time. This with a single legislative focus toward what we now know as the President’s Corner begins where that one left off—and ends with this APP. Her work to secure the stability of the organization in year’s recipient. Many thanks to Bethra for penning the merits of the the early days was critical to its survival. Piercers have had the recipients during her term, along with the sections for Elayne Angel opportunity to speak up about the regulations that govern them and Paul King. worldwide as the result of her efforts. For information about what she is working on now visit www.michaelagrey.com Sean Christian Presented by Bethra Szumski Elayne Angel 2004 Sean became involved with the piercing Presented by Alicia Cardenas 2006 community in the early 90s. He worked with Elayne is arguably the best-known female piercer in Alternative Accessories (a wholesale jewelry the world and is credited with popularizing many company), Sub-q, as a piercer, and then piercings now done daily worldwide.
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