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la-ink.jpg t76.jpg t110.jpg LAINK001_m.jpg t8.jpg t32.jpg t104.jpg t42.jpg t72.jpg t25.jpg t69.jpg t71.jpg Receiving her first tattoo at age sixteen, Kim Saigh began her apprenticeship in the art two years later in Cleveland, Ohio. She later moved to Chicago to work with Guy Aitchison at Guilty & Innocent Productions. In 1999, Saigh opened her own tattoo shop named Cherry Bomb Tattoo in Wicker Park in Chicago. A yoga enthusiast and practitioner, she applies her love for yoga into her art, simulating allegorical and illustrative art work that exemplify movement and flow. Her inspirations include fairy tales, iconographic images, mythical imagery, world religions and nature. Kim Saigh is one of five known tattoo artists featured on LA Ink, Miami Ink 's spin off. Here, Kim joins established tattoo artist Kat Von D as she manages her own shop, High Voltage Tattoo. Together, they must make it through their unending line of clients each day, and keep a good, working relationship with each other. IMG_5433.jpeg Copy%20of%20tattoos%20july%20august%2007%20143.jpeg IMG_6680.jpeg Henry%20Disk%202%20236.jpeg IMG_6568.jpeg 0000041838_20070801164516.jpg Kat Von D (born Katherine Von Drachenberg on March 8, 1982) is an American tattoo artist and television personality. She is best known for her work as a featured tattoo artist on the TLC reality television show Miami Ink. A subsequent TLC series starring Von D, LA Ink, premiered August 7, 2007 in the United States and November 11, 2007 in the UK. Ask premier tattoo artist Corey Miller how he got into the tattoo business, and he will probably tell you it was “by hanging around the wrong people.” And if you have a sense of humor and you get it, he may tell you the real story. In 1982, a fifteen-year-old Corey Miller was playing drums in a punk rock band and he decided he needed a tattoo. So he carved out his first tattoo on himself using a needle with thread wrapped around it. This inspired Corey to build his own tattooing machine, which consisted of a fish tank pump motor, a bent toothbrush, the tip of a Bic pen, and some guitar string as a needle. He used to carry his homemade contraption around in a Vans shoe box with a bottle of Pelican ink l_d6a06f869bee4b2eb648c5d62361f348.jpeg l_cbcbd9c8897452e6608d638fff223565.jpeg l_adff7e160a8e41cdaa7f7ee2a6a30927.jpeg l_41d3fcc49b3eedc0d1a1e52518ba3174.jpeg 0000041837_20070801164514.jpg l_df76406a1d6dd69d22c3e25eb991e119.jpeg Hannah Aitchison is an American tattoo artist, based in Chicago, Illinois. Hannah is mainly based in Chicago at Deluxe Tattoo, but is most well known for her appearance on the TLC reality television show LA Ink. Her pin-up work, portraits and vibrant color are world-renowned, and she recently gave a seminar at Musink, Kat Von D's Tattoo + Music festival, on drawing and tattooing pin-ups, which was filled to capacity. Aitchison is the sister of renowned tattoo artist, Guy Aitchison. She has one daughter, Holly, who is 24. l_454cdace0770e491c8214ac8ca019dae.jpeg l_016e5e855e4d89eb9b49bbe6091512ee.jpeg l_5a54c04dd61e4cccd61ada382d024dda.jpeg kim-saigh.jpg l_933ba1540071cc98c375199b693ead89.jpeg Pixie Acia is a tattoo artist who has a passion for elaborate color. Her body is adorned with tattoos of Care Bears, cup cakes and other images that scream, "Happy!" This make-up and tattoo artist is a former Fear Factor show winner who used to work as a body piercer in Minnesota before moving to Los Angeles in 2003. Today, she resides in Los Angeles with her two pitbulls and her cat. Pixie Acia is the manager at Kat Von D's High Voltage Tattoos in Los Angeles. She appears on LA Ink with four other tattoo artists who strive to keep up with the unending list of clients from all over the world and from all walks of life. LA Ink follows their trials and triumphs as a team, as they overcome every day’s workload. pixie-acia-89900.jpg b-Pixie-Acia-I40e68a68c958.jpeg b-Pixie-Acia-Club-I4aa9b7c0c254.jpeg 0000041835_20070801164508.jpg s_7a66a1114dfd913699c80415ff0b94e2.jpg LA ink, Kat von D