Thank you Angelina Jolie for sharing such a brave story about your recent double mastectomy due to your BRCA 1 positive in the New York Times! Already having so many conversations about issues surrounding the topic, you have really broken the ice in a good way and made women feel comfortable about talking about something that can be very difficult!! read her full story HERE

Tattoos and East Asian Arts Talk at the VMFA

 Join me and Dr. Lee Anne Chesterfield,Assistant Curator of Ancient American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts November 1st at 6pm in the VMFA Theater for an visual presentation and discussion on East Asian Art themes and their connections to tattoos and tattooing! This is the 2nd in a series of Tattoo themed events at the VMFA! Please purchase your tickets online here 5$ for VMFA members, 8$ for non members!www.vmfa.state.va.us

New work from July 2012

So I've been pretty busy and very grateful for all the support and influx of requests! So busy that it has been difficult to update this blog site! Please follow the facebook page for me, and/or the Instagram or Pinterest pages I have posted. In an effort to make my work more accesible and still free I've been developing into multiple social media networks. Thanks for everyone's patience. I am also working on this blog to adjust payment buttons! 

 Anime inspired Princess Leia with R2D2 and Xwing and Tie Fighter accents....LOVE STAR WARS!

Skull, Lily and Orchid sleeve in progress

Katie's 1st tattoo

look for me in BUST MAGAZINE JAN 24th!

Check out my lil' shout out in BUST MAGAZINE that hits the street JAN 24th! The excellent Lori Forty (Lori Cie) wrote an awesome article and they included a small pic of the work! BIG THANK YOU to BUST for helping letting ladies (and gents!) know they've got some serious options out there for their reconstruction choices after a mastectomy!

GREAT MEDIA for the FUNDRAISER tonight thanks to my amazing friends in LAMB of GOD

http://puregrainaudio.com/news/lamb-of-god-members-randy-blythe-chris-adler-and-willie-adler-join-mekong-vietnamese-restaurant-and-pink-ink-fund-at-its-innaugural-fund-raiser


http://gunshyassassin.com/news/lamb-of-god-members-team-up-for-breast-cancer-survivors/

http://social.memberemail.com/Publish.aspx?qs=71b8883ce06d4a857e80e94c94eb741bf3b9f1fc9cc7ae5535e8e55a129358203c83502448cb25313ff7b19119a129352567e245eddb965fa015de88c404eccea9b246ae112b3c08e006e64a7fbcbc24b8662787c4d4a273d010fa53d7c74e9b1bc51b69585d5752

http://rvamag.com/articles/full/12663/thursday-lamb-of-god-join-mekong-restaurant-and-pink-ink-fund-for-inaugural-fund


http://www.hailsandhorns.com/news/members-of-lamb-of-god-join-vietnamese-restaurant-for-fund-raiser/

unveiling the new logo for PINK INK FUND!!!

LOOK for updates on where you can find this logo and buy great items with it that will help benefit PINK INK FUND! pre order for tshirts will be available soon!

Inaugural Fundraiser for Pink Ink Fund kicks off tonight at Mekong

TONIGHT at Mekong in Richmond VA PINK INK FUND will be kicking off its FIRST FUNDRAISER starting at 7pm-11:30pm! Come join Amy Black and also guest appearances by members of the infamous metal band LAMB OF GOD as we raffle off amazing items. ALSO a RARE and VINTAGE BEER SILENT AUCTION will be taking place with all proceeds benefitting PINK INK FUND, there will be a few special kegs tapped with sales going to PINK INK FUND and more!
MEKONG restaurant:6004 West Broad Street
Henrico, VA 23230
FACEBOOK LINK: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=226028497455495&ref=ts