Elayne Angel
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'''Elayne Angel''' is a professional [[body piercing|body piercer]] and [[body modification]] enthusiast. Her long career has impacted many of the defining people and places associated with the movement. She is well known for her "[[angel]] [[wing]]s" back [[tattoo]] and for being the first person to register a tattoo with the [[United States Patent and Trademark Office]]. [http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=registration&entry=2%2C645%2C270&action=Request+Status ]
==Early career==
Angel became interested in [[body piercing]] after a casual encounter with a woman bearing a [[nipple piercing]] at a [[Renaissance Faire]] in [[1981]]. Through her encounter, she became involved with and employed by [[Gauntlet (body piercing studio)|Gauntlet]], the first, and at the time only professional body piercing studio in the United States. While employed by Gauntlet, she worked at the Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco branches. She was the first recipient of a [[Master Piercer]] certificate, from Gauntlet founder [[Jim Ward (body piercer)|Jim Ward]]. Her technical contributions to the field of body piercing include the invention, naming and popularizing of several placements, including the [[fourchette piercing|fourchette]] and the [[lorum piercing]]s. She is also widely credited with popularizing and promoting the [[tongue piercing]].
==Later career==
In 1993 Angel opened her own studio, [[Rings of Desire]], in the [[French Quarter]] of [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. Rings of Desire was the first body piercing studio to receive state licensing from the Health Department in Louisiana, and the only licensed body art business within the French Quarter. Elayne has been involved with the crafting of regulatory legislation regarding body piercing in Louisiana, and the training of the professionals who enforce those laws. She also distributed the research study for doctors at the University of South Alabama on the relationship between female sexual satisfaction and vertical [[clitoral hood piercing]]. Positive results were published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.<ref>[http://pt.wkhealth.com/pt/re/ajog/abstract.00000447-200509000-00012.htm;jsessionid=FjTTVp9GjKThQrMTGpdD3TghPYVhhLW2n7Fmypm1MfRnnkTSQ64C!-471263508!-949856145!8091!-1 American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology - Abstract: Volume 193(3) September 2005 p 675-676 First glimpse of the functional benefits of clitoral hood piercings<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Following Hurricane Katrina, Angel closed her New Orleans studio and relocated to Merida, Mexico, in the Yucatan. She planned to operate a Bed & Breakfast & Piercing establishment there, however those plans did not come to fruition.
==Involvement with the Association of Professional Piercers==
Angel is a member of the [[Association of Professional Piercers]] (APP) and previously served on its board of directors in the position of Outreach Coordinator and Medical Liaison. She has edited their newsletter [http://safepiercing.org/point.html "The Point"], authored a variety of brochures that have gone on to be industry standard for piercing care, taught workshops internationally and attended and participated in yearly APP conventions.
==Her modifications==
Angel is best known for her large tattoo of angel wings on her back. The lower right wing is interrupted by a [[heart]] with a [[banner]] across it reading "slave". This design, the logo for her studio, is registered as a U.S. [[service mark]] (No. 2,645,270, issued [[November 5]], [[2002]]) and was done by Bob Roberts of [[Spotlight Tattoo]] in [[Los Angeles, California]] in [[1986]]. After receiving the service mark for this design, the circled "R" was added to her buttock by Joey Galiger in Los Angeles, California, at the advice of her attorney.
Her entire lower body has been tattooed with fish-like [[scale (zoology)|scales]] and fins, giving her a [[mermaid]]-like appearance from the waist down. This was done over an eleven-day period by artist Juli Moon at her studio, [[Juli's Bed and Breakfast]] in [[Seabrook, New Hampshire]]. [[Symmetrical]] tattoos of [[flowers]] and [[vine]]s extend from her wrists to her [[biceps]], done in [[1991]] by her former husband, [[United Kingdom|British]] tattoo artist [[Alex Binnie]]. Small flames were tattooed over her eyebrows by Cap Szumski of Timeless Tattoo in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] in January 1998. She also has small tattoos of flames behind each ear, which were also done by Galiger. Her most recent work, done in 2005 by Walt Clark of NOLA Tattoo, is a miniaturized version of the vines and flowers from her arms, which covers both hands.
Over the years, Angel has had a variety of body piercings, including multiple (5) [[tongue piercing]]s, various [[genital piercing]]s, [[nipple piercing]]s, [[ear piercing]]s and [[facial piercing]]s.
==Trivia==
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* Angel is married to [[female-to-male]] [[transsexual]] [[porn star]] [[Buck Angel]].
* Angel has an [[Associate of Arts Degree]] in [[Sign Language]] Interpreting from [[Pierce College]], in [[Woodland Hills, California]].
==References==
<references/>Millner, W.S., Eichold, B.H., Sharpe, T.H., & Lynn, S.C. (2005). First glimpse of the functional benefits of clitoral hood piercings. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 193(3), 675-676.<br />
Lawdit Reading Room UK [http://www.lawdit.co.uk/reading_room/room/view_article.asp?name=../articles/TM9.htm Article About Copyright/Registration of Tattoos]<br />
Los Angeles Times [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61631005.html?dids=61631005:61631005&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+5%2C+1992&author=ROBERT+BURNS&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=5&desc=Stuck+on+a+Statement+Body+Piercing+Opens+a+Whole+New+Realm+of+Self-Expression Abstract of archived 1992 Los Angeles Times article on the piercing career of Elayne Angel née Binnie]<br />
BME (Body Modification Ezine) [http://www.bmezine.com/news/steppingback/20050527.html Article on Elayne Angel and Wing Tattoos] And [http://www.bmezine.com/news/people/A10101/angel/index.html Interview]
==External links==
* [http://www.ringsofdesire.com/ Rings of Desire, her former studio with current information on her whereabouts]
* [http://www.ringsofdesire.com/wingsregistration/images/tattoo.jpg Photo of Angel's wings]
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