When I reached into the shop today I took a bit of a break from tattooing on the fake skins. It was time to learn the other areas of tattooing: Setup and Cleanup. It’s imperative as an artist to know how to set up and clean up due to the amount of dangers it could pose to you and your client if you don’t do things properly. For example, the needles. When you’re working with tattoos though it’s not visible there’s plenty of blood coming out of the person you’re working on. And unfortunately there are many blood borne pathogens that could negatively affect a person’s health. For instance, if you’re working with a person who has contracted HIV and you accidently tattoo yourself, you could contract the disease as well. So I learned how to break down Owen’s station today and the following day I’ll be setting up Kay’s station. I will have to get my own station soon but it’s quite the investment. I have to get a toolbox from the Home Depot. I’m gonna save up for it as best I can.
