Tea with Dea

Special Christmas episode your way This week I have the wonderful Jo on to chit chat about her upcoming "Goal Setting Party" which for piercers is on the 3rd January, and for non piercers/public it's on 4th January, we go into depth about that, the history of how she got into piercing and little memory moments of her family. Jo is the owner and piercer at Ornate Piercing & Tattoo...

This week I had a chit chat with Hazel, I first interacted with her via Instagram back in 2021, and ever since then we've nerd out about jewellery and send each other work we've done or funny stuff. Hazel is located in Edinburgh at Sanctuary Body Art, you can find her via @botanical.piercer and her jewellery @fenestrafinejewellery. We have a chit chat about jewellery, AGATE and piercings w...

This week I had a chit chat with Leah, meeting her in person at London Tradeshow and have been talking on social media for a while, I had to get her on, mainly due to us both having interest to the piercing archive, I knew it would be great! Leah is the piercer at Old Sarum Tattoo in Salisbury, Wiltshire. We have a good natter about jewellery, history and more.

New episode after a little break, I've been working hard behind the scenes with this podcast. Please give it a listen! More info about South Seminars, mini mics, and more.

I had the opportunity to interview/chat with Stephen Clarke, owner of Apex Body Piercing studio in Antrim, Northern Ireland. ALSO the manufacturer/creator/owner/wizard of APEX Jewellery. We have a chat about business, prior covid and jewellery making. It's always a good chuckle talking with Stephen.

This week I had a chit chat with Josh, after taking his webinar on the cognition website I knew we had to have a catch up. Josh is a piercer who works at Degenerate Art Studio in Staffordshire UK. We go into depth about dream jobs, past apprenticeship, future dreams and more.

This episode is dedicated to Warren Deane, pioneer of the piercing / body modification industry in 90s-2000s in Brighton UK. In this I go into the History of Warren, what piercing was like back then, speak with clients/friends/work colleagues to get an understanding. It was a true honour to create this episode on Warren, I truly appreciate everyone helping.

This episode is a long one, an interview done with a fellow piercer buddy Elizabeth, who works at BodyAlter in Worksop UK. We go into depth about traineeships, what is required, the UK law, and more.

An interview done with a fellow piercer buddy Charlotte, who works/owns Solstice Piercing in Shrewsbury UK. We go into depth about owning a business, personal health and more.

In this episode we dive into Operation Spanner, how it happened and what happened prior, during and after. How was the piercing industry involved, why is Alan aka Mr Sebastian involved. This is a deep episode with a lot of questions and emotions.

This episode goes into depth about how I got interested in piercing, where I learned, who I met and where I am going.