Welcome back. This is episode 14 of books closed.

This episode is sponsored by KOSI Publications, offering quality books on

Irozumi, tattooing, Zen, and Japanese Culture, and Alliance Tattoo Supply, a tattooer-owned

company offering high-quality tools and supplies to make your job easier.

I'm Andrew Storitz, and I'm a tattooer from Port Smith, New Hampshire, or as the locals say,

New Hampshire.

And when I first started the show, I had an initial list of tattooers that I wanted to have on

as guests, and I'm glad to say that this week's guest comes from that very first list that

I had made before there was ever

any books closed to listen to. Heather Bailey is a tattooer from Los Angeles, and she was doing a few

guest spots around New England, so I was able to link up with her in Boston, and we did the interview.

It was great. You're going to hear about her background, how she came up in tattooing,

a bunch of the shops she's worked at, some different experiences and opinions, and let's just

let her tell you about it instead of me. Here's my interview with Heather Bailey. Today,

we're in Los Angeles. No, we're not.

We are not.

We're actually in Boston, Boston-ish.

I don't know, the subdivisions of Boston.

Brighton, but Boston.

Right.

I've neglected to ask a very important question of most of my guests so far,

so I don't want to neglect this for another second with you.

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