EVENT - Chicago Freedom Expo - Rosemont, Illnois

Perfection Dermagraphics has a booth at the Chicago Freedom Expo April 20 - May 2, 2010. We are looking forward to seeing you there. Be sure to order your tickets at a discount from their website as soon as possible!

You can find more information at the Freedom Expo 2010 website.

GO BEARS!!!

Throughout the month of November, Perfection Dermagraphics is offering half-price Chicago Bears tattoos!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Traditionally October has been the month when breast cancer awareness is at its highest. In recognition of the many brave women who fight breast cancer, Perfection Dermagraphics is offering free Pink Ribbon tattoos (up to 2 inches) for breast cancer survivors during the month of October.

Advanced Procedures in Permanent Cosmetics Class

Kate Ciampi, CPCP, is widely regognized as a lip tattooing expert, conducting classes worldwide. She will be teaming up with Debra Guastella, Marjorie Grimm, and Elizabeth Finch-Howell for a three-day course including lips, color theory, areola complex repigmentation and salt water removal.

This course brings together some of the permanent cosmetic industry's most knowledgable experts worldwide. Each will present on their areas of expertise.

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Advanced Procedures in Permanent Cosmetics Class

Kate Ciampi, CPCP, is widely regognized as a lip tattooing expert conducting classes worldwide. She will be a guest instructor in Antioch, California for Rozan Cloud, CPCP.

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Between now and Saturday, May 9th, we are offering HALF PRICE tattoos to commemorate Mother's Day! Tattooing has become a Mother's Day tradition at Perfection Dermagraphics - honor your mom with an old school MOM heart and banner tattoo or work with our talented award winning artists to design a custom piece. All pieces must be under $500 for this very special offer.

EVENT! - Inkin Lincoln Tattoo Jamboree - Rosemont Illinois

Show Hours
Fri Noon - 10pm
Sat 10:30am - 10pm
Sun 10:30am - 7pm

The 15th Annual Inkin' Lincoln Tattoo Jamboree has returned to Rosemont!

We will have a booth so be sure to stop by and check out some of our newest work. While you're there on Saturday at 9pm, our friends Anome will be the featured band. Check out their great music here.

Be sure to pick up a show t-shirt designed by Stephen Knight.

Advanced Procedures in Permanent Cosmetics Class

Kate Ciampi, CPCP is an internationally recognized expert in lip tattooing and advanced practices. She is an invited intructor for the Guastella Institute Workshop in New Orleans, December 8th and 9th.

Download the PDF flier here

NEWS!!! - First Place and Third Place Winners - The Chicago Tattoo Arts Convention

Perfection Dermagraphics had a great time at the Chicago Tattoo Arts Convention. Stephen Knight had three full days of tattooing, along with Joe Huck. It was a large convention with over 150+ booths from all over the country. As with any convention, there are always the interesting shows, contests, and special guests. Our own Beth Ciampi managed to get a picture with The Enigma as show here to the right (click for a larger version.)

Perfection Dermagraphics only had a few entries for the tattoo competitions. With a convention of this size and the number of entries overal, receiving recognition is not an easy task. Even despite the number of entries and studios present, we received two awards!!!

On Saturday, after two and a half hours worth of judging and showing, Caroline, who entered in the Female Medium Color catagory won FIRST place for a piece done by Stephen Knight!

On Sunday, Beth Ciampi (pictured above with The Enigma) won third place for her backpiece cover up also done by Stephen Knight.

Event - Chicago Tattoo Art Convention (Chicago, IL)

We will be having a booth at the Chicago Tattoo Art Convention being held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Chicago; therefore the studio will be closed on these dates.

But don't let that discourage you - please come down and check us out at the convention! We will be looking forwards to seeing you there!

Further information regarding the convention can be found at the Kingpin's Chicago convention website.

NEWS!!! - Steven Knight and Joe Huck's Artwork Published

Stephen Knight and Joe Huck have contributions in the book, Scratch Art, A Collection Of Scratchboard Art By Tattoo Artists.

Their art, featured in this book, was on display at the Hell City Convention in Columbus, Ohio as part of the collection compiled by Guy Aitchison and Michele Wortman. The Scratch Art Project is currently exhibited at the Canvas L.A. Gallery as of this writing.

The book, published by Proton Press, Copyright by Hyperspace Studios, and is available at Perfection Dermagraphics.

Event - Hell City Tattoo Festiville (Columbus, Ohio)

Our tattoo artists will be attendning the Hell City Tattoo Festiville in Columbus, Ohio, and thusly the studio will be closed May 16^th-19^th. 

Our artist will be attending various different classes all related to the tattooing industry ranging from bloodborne pathogens, wound care, different artistic and tattooing techniques.

Once we return, the studio will be open, and it will be business as usual.

Event - Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Training

Perfection Dermagraphics is co-sponsoring a SPCP bloodborne pathogens training class provided by Health Educators.

Health Educators (see them on our links page) is the leading provider for training in the areas of infection control, bloodborne pathogens, first aid/CPR, sterilization and wound care for the body modification industry. They also provide consulting services to body modifiction studio owners for exposure control plans. Health Educators is well know and respected among the various state and federal regulators as well as the body modification industry.

This is a industry specific training event that *all* Perfection Dermagraphics' tattoo artists attend annualy. This is one of the many ways that we keep current and up to date on the latest BBP information and on the latest infection control techniques.

If you are interested in taking this class, please contact Perfection Dermagraphis at 847-635-0335. Seating is limited, and the cost is $100 to attend.

Event - SPCP Fall Conference

Our very own Kate Ciampi will be one of the Panel of experts at the Society of Permanent Cosmetics Professionals (SPCP) fall conference hosted in Orlando.

The SPCP is the largest organizaiton dedicated to the improvement of the cosmetic tattoo industry through education, professional standards and ethics. You can learn more about the SPCP at their website.

NEWS!!! - Article in the Journals and Topics New Paper (Des Plaines Journal)

Be sure to check out the article "Making Their Mark" that ran in the Des Plaines Journal about our studio.

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Your image of a typical tattoo parlor may involve scary men with leather jackets, rusty needles, and lots of zippers, buzzing big snakes onto people's arms and dragons onto people's backs.

At Perfection Dermagraphics, the only place to get professional tattoos in Des Plaines, and the surrounding suburbs, it's quite a different setting. The tattoo studio on 69 N. Broadway looks more like a doctor's office than a hangout for bikers.

Owner Kate Ciampy [sic] (Ciampi) started her operation in Mt. Prospect in 1991, and later started up Perfection Dermagraphics in Des Plaines. "We're the best kept secret in the Northwest suburbs," said Ciampy [sic] (Ciampi). "Because so many communities are anti-tattooing we keep a relatively low profile."
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You can read the full article here.