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New tattoo parlor opens in Hensall
Brenda Burke T -A staff
HENSALL - You can now get
tattoos at a Hensall parlor.
It's the only one that exists in the
area, according to Cambo Cox,
owner and tattoo artist at Dragons
Lair Tattoo Studio, which opened
in his apartment above Kelly's
Place on October 1.
Bringing experience with him
from Hamilton and Oakville, the
27 -year-old entrepreneur spe-
cializes in fine line artistry and cov-
er ups, which involve a process of
putting new tattoos over older ones,
sometimes combining the two to
create an original design.
After receiving a skull tattoo on
his arm while in Toronto about 10
years ago, Cox decided the art form
was for him.
"I figured why pay for (tattoos)
when I could do it myself. It gets
pretty expensive. Plus, I've been ar-
tistically inclined my whole life,"
said Cox. "I like tattooing as an art
form."
Cox buys some of his art work
ideas from a local artist, imports
other drawings from Toronto and
the United States and deals with an
equipment supplier in London.
After six years of collecting
equipment to start his own busi-
ness, Cox was able to get a loan to
purchase the remainder of his sup-
plies through the Huron Business
Development Centre.
His 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. weekday
studio hours make it convenient for
customers to drop by after school
or work. The average price for a
tattoo ranges from $40 to $80. Cox
charges by the design, not by the
hour, explaining more detailed
pieces take more work and are
therefore more expensive.
According to Cox, tattooing is "a
really big trend right now."
"In Hamilton you can't walk
down the street without seeing
someone with a tattoo," he said,
adding London now contains nu-
merous tattoo parlors.
Although men were pre-
dominantly getting tattoos when
Cox began in the industry, more
women are now attracted to the art
form. Seventy per cent of the Drag-
ons Lair Tattoo Studio's customers
are females.
Women commonly get their an-
kles, thighs or breasts tatooed
whereas men prefer to ornate their
backs and arms. According to Cox,
many younger people are getting
tattoos lately, with names and ban-
ners as well as tribal, flowered and
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Walter and Elizabeth Nlsula with one of their many automo-
tive collectibles, a pink Cadillac convertable.
Hobby becomes a
business for collector
Exeter Automotive Col-
lectibles will host
grand opening Friday
EXETER - What started out as a
hobby has turned into a business
for automotive collector, Walter
Nisula.
"It's been a hobby of mine for
about 20 years," said Nisula.
After retiring, Nisula wondered
what he was going to do with all
the car magazines and accessories
he had collected over the years.
Soon the idea of a shop began to
take shape.
Nisula relocated to Exeter from
Toronto with his wife Elizabeth in
April. Since moving to their home
on Nelson Street which Nisula calls
a "hobbyist's dream", he has spent
much time setting up the lower lev-
el as the showroom for his consid-
erable collection. In addition to
original auto and truck sales lit-
erature, Exeter Automotive Collect -
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ibles has an extensive collection of
books, magazines, manuals, post
cards, posters, model cars, licence
plates and maps as well as obsolete
auto parts and accessories. Al-
though the stock is predominantly
automotive there are also items of
general interest such as used house-
wares and flea market items. The
prize of Nisula's automotive collec-
tion is a 1984 Lincoln dealer show-
case poster which captures all the
glitz of one of North America's
most glamorous cars. He also fa-
vors a model of a pink Cadillac
covertahle. Nisula has collected To-
ronto Sun newspapers since the
1970's and recently sold The King
is Dead edition at an Elvis conven-
tion. With over 1,000 issues, he
needs a showroom just to house his
ever-growing collections. The
store's grand opening at 20 Nelson
St. will be on Friday and store
hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-
day to Thursday with later hours on
Friday.
cartoon designs proving popular.
When a customer decides to get a
tattoo, first the art work, along with
custom colors or theme variations,
is chosen. Next the skin is cleaned
with alcohol and shaved if nec-
essary. First the stencil outline is
put on using a high speed machine
equipped with a needle. The next
step involves drawing ink colors
into the well of the tattoo machine
before they are blended on the skin.
After a disinfectant soap is used to
wash away minor bleeding during
and after the session, a bandage is
applied for 12 to 24 hours.
When the bandage is removed,
cleaning and applications of oint-
ment are required for the healing
process. It takes about a week and a
half for a tattoo to heal and slight
scabbing can be expected. People
should avoid scratching newly ap-
plied. designs as this may deform
them.
Questions Cox hears most in-
clude the cleanliness of tattoo
equipment. Cox sterilizes his tools
using a combination of a cidex so-
lution, an ultrasonic machine and a
dry heat sterilizer.
"All my needles are used once
and only once," he stressed.
He also wears gloves while he
works and prepares needles in front
of customers if they prefer.
Not only is Cox careful about
cleanliness, he sticks by rules of his
own.
"I won't tattoo a face," said the
artist who's had every section of
his body tattooed, with the excep-
tion of his face.
He also refuses to tattoo hands.
He considers tattooing these body
parts as well as the creation of ra-
cist or hate tattoos unacceptable.
And, he's strict about the legal as-
pects of the business.
"You must be 18 to get tattooed
unless you have written permission
from your parents," he said.
Furthermore, Cox refuses to tat-
too people who are intoxicated
since excessive alcohol in the blood
system causes more bleeding than
usual during a tattooing session.
"It makes my work look second
rate after it heals," he said, adding
people who are drinking may not
know what they're doing when get-
ting tattooed.
"You shouldn't rush into it be-
cause you're going to have it for
the rest of your life, really." said
Cox.
Another question people often
ask Cox concerns pain tolisrance.
Getting fatty areas of the body tat-
tooed hurts less while feet, palms
and breast bones are more sen-
sitive. Tattoos are imprinted
through three to four layers of skin,
"about the thickness of a paper
plate," explained Cox.
"It just depends on your pain tol-
erance and where you put (the tat-
too)," he said, explaining some cus-
tomers get a tattoo finished through
several separate sittings.
When Cox had his back tattooed
in 1987, he had four hour long ses-
sions. His back took six months to
complete including time for heal-
ing.
"If you can sit though a dentist
appointment and say 'I don't need
freezing,' you can take a tattoo," he
said. An option for those with a low
pain tolerance is topical freezing of
the skin with a patch-like object.
This technique, which is a little
more costly, and lasts for an hour at
a time, is generally used for smaller
designs.
Although there are many meth-
ods to remove tattoos, scarring of
ten results. Dermabraison, which
involves using a sander -like object
to grind away the design by layers,
is one of the more painful options.
A laser technique is less painful but
more costly. Skin grafting is an-
other method of removal. Also, a
severe sunburn will often peel
away a tattoo.
Cox has •rembved some of his
own tattoos using a home remedy
that bleaches the pigment of the
skin. He has available a special re-
moval agent for smaller tattoos.
Although he doesn't believe in
the current trendy method of brand-
ing the skin, Cox plans to expand
his business to include temporary
tattoos, which last one to too
weeks, as well as piercing, another
method of body adornment that has
gained popularity.
Seat belt program wraps up
TORONTO - Police across the
province are targeting the more
than one million drivers and pas-
sengers who don't buckle -up dur-
ing an October 7-21 campaign.
Unbelted drivers will be fined
$90 plus two demerit points on
their driving record. During a col-
lision, seat belts anchor occupants
securely to their seats, allowing the
driver to control the vehicle and
preventing occupants from being
thrown against one another, against
the inside of the vehicle, or into
traffic.
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