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Falling Moon makes its mark
by Christopher Kornelis
assistant a&e editor
Getting a tattoo or a body piercing can be one of the biggest decisions in a young person¹s life. Having something etched onto the skin with permanent ink is going to last longer than the latest trend.
When getting a tattoo or having a hole punched into your body in one place or another, the question arises as to which business to patronize. Falling Moon Tattoo and Body Piercing Studio have proved themselves to be a viable option for for all of your tattoo and body piercing needs.
Falling Moon has been operating in Moscow since May 5, 1992, in their original location above U.S. Bank on Main Street.
Owned and operated by brothers Jeremy and Shaun Hogan, the studio includes four tattoo artists and two body piercers. Just two weeks ago the studio relocated on South Main across the street from BookPeople.
Tattoo studios are a lot like hospitals; they have to be clean, there are needles involved and you must put a lot of trust into the person who is performing the procedure. Falling Moon is not what you would expect from your stereotypical tattoo studio. It is spacious and smoke-free.
Falling Moon also makes sure that all of their instruments and needles are kept very clean. All of the needles are kept in sterilized bags, and needles are never used twice. The studio makes a point to use disposable products whenever possible. Shaun Hogan, owner of the piercing side of Falling Moon, has been taking EMT classes, so there will be an EMT-trained employee at Falling Moon by the new year. Falling Moon makes sure that their customers are completely comfortable with the design of their tattoo or what their ultimate goals are with their piecing. ³We are intense about intent,² says Shaun Hogan. ³I talk with the person to find out what their future intent is with their piercing.² The same can be said about the tattoo side of Falling Moon. While many tattoo studios focus on getting their customers in and out with as little time as possible,
Falling Moon will take the time to make sure you are getting the best possible product even if that means drawing a different image and working with the customer until they are completely satisfied.
³They will spend hours on a piece with you, drawing what they think you want your tattoo to look like and then making changes to the design so it looks just like you want it to,² said Tonya Hart, a customer of Falling Moon.
Making sure there is a clear understanding between the tattoo artist and the customer regarding what the tattoo is going to look like is very important to the artists at Falling Moon.
This communication is especially important since the price to have the tattoo removed is often five times as much as having it put on.
Falling Moon also has established themselves as being an ethical tattoo studio. The studio does not give tattoos to people who are intoxicated and will not tattoo racist propaganda. When asked if he would tattoo someone a swastika on their shoulder, Jeremy Hogan responded, ³For something like that, a person is going to have to explain themselves far more than a couple of times, and that could cause problems. I don¹t want any part of that.² As far as tattooing minors goes, the studio will only tattoo a person under the age of 18 if a parent comes in and gives consent. Other than that, they will only tattoo persons over the age of 18.
For those people who remember Falling Moon as that small tattoo studio above U.S. Bank, be sure and check out their new location. The new location is a very open space with plenty of places to sit down and consider what piece of art to have with you for the rest of your life.
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