About us
Carl
Shirley
We are Carl and Shirley. (Oh, God, these photo's are awful- some people should never have their photo's taken. We don't look bad in real life, because you can see our piercings and our personalities). We have been married since 1991 and have 2 teenage children - Ryan and Hayley. We have worked together in our own studio for most of our married life.
Carl has been piercing professionally for many years and is fully trained and experienced in all aspects of piercing. He has written articles about piercing for various magazines and newspapers and has appeared on television and radio. Currently writing a book about piercing and a piercers procedural manual. If you don't like the weird music we play Carl is the one responsible. ( He particularly likes : Shpongle, Lemon Jelly, Moodswings, Juno Reactor, Stone Roses and The Polyphonic Spree). He tells really bad jokes, so please don't encourage him by actually laughing at any of them.
Shirley is the one who has to listen to Carl's awful jokes over and over again. She does a wonderful job of keeping things organised both at work and at home. Shirley manages to shine, even though she has to juggle looking after the studio with looking after her family. Shirley could, theoretically, make a really good piercer, but tends to fall over when the adrenaline hits. If you need to know anything about body jewellery - Shirley is the person to ask.
Carl and Shirley work together on female nipples and intimates and Shirley is always available as a professional hand-holder, if you need one. Just ask if you'd like her to hold your hand for you.
Piercing - Our Way
Piercing is an ancient Art with a history going back thousands of years. It has a very deep Spiritual, Moral and Ethical basis that underlies everything that we do. Piercing isn't just a fashion accessory , it's a lifestyle choice. We believe in a holistic approach to Piercing that reflects our spiritual beliefs.
As well as checking whether your anatomy is suitable for the piercing you want, we take your general health and well being into consideration too. Your immune system needs to be functioning correctly in order that you can heal your piercing. We believe very strongly that the immune system should not be overworked. If you spoil your natural balance then nature will do anything she can to return that balance.
To these ends we believe in honesty, even at the expense of our business. If we feel that it would not be appropriate for you to have a particular piercing, then we’ll be honest with you and tell you. We will be honest about how your piercing is likely to feel, and we’ll be honest with you if you develop a problem and do our best to help you sort it out.
Our aim is to make the piercing experience as pleasant and as easy as possible. It is of paramount importance to us that your piercing heals well. A truly successful piercing is one that you keep for a lifetime, and that teaches you something along the way.
So much care and thought has gone into the way we do our job. 'Modern Primitivism' is just what it says - 'Primitive' ritual and 'Modern' Technology - Hand in Hand. It's about taking ancient ritual and improving it with futuristic science.
We utilise scientific advancements to suit what we do. Our service is constantly evolving and changing to take into account new research in almost every scientific field. We are cautious regarding new procedures and always run trials for many months before adding anything to our repertoire
All the instruments and needles we use are geared towards causing as little pain and damage as possible. We pierce between layers of tissue and between blood vessels, nerves and lymphatic vessels so that your immune system doesn’t have to work too hard to heal the piercing.
The post of the jewellery that we use in your piercing is made of a brand new, revolutionary medical plastic. This is almost as strong, but more flexible, than steel - with the surface properties of teflon (nothing sticks to it ). It is so bio-compatible that clinical studies show it actually SPEEDS UP the healing process.
All this makes it really easy to care for your piercing, just allowing nature to take it’s course and helping nature along only when it’s absolutely necessary.
We care about our planet and our future generations, too. We seperate paper products (paper towels, couch rolls etc.) from our other rubbish for recycling. We use biodegradable, environmentally freindly, disinfectants instead of bleach, so we don't harm our environment and we don't release solvents into the air in the form of freeze spray. It's all about working in tandem with nature's energy instead of battling against it.
That's us, mainly...
From time to time someone comes along that we really like, and we develop an attatchment to them. More often than not because these people wanted to do some piercing. Many of these people have helped to keep our little studio going. People like Helen,Chris, Kiera, Carla, Nicky, Jenni, Matt, Grant, Gail, Andy, Robb and Frank. We've come a long way. Thank You for everything. You came to learn piercing, but we learnt so much from you, too. Our Best Wishes go to all of you.