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Rae Schwarz
BellaOnline's Body Art Editor

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About the BellaOnline Body Art Editor

Like many American women, my first formal experience with body art was when I got my ears pierced at the age of 11. During my 80s high school years, it came into vogue to have more than one earring, and I was off and piercing... My fascination with tattooing was held in check until I was 21 as I was determined to make an aesthetic decision that I could be happy with for the rest of my life. Slowly, the tattoo collection has seriously grown from there. ...seriously grown....

Rae, photo by Mark I. ChesterI moved to the SF/Bay Area just as the "modern primitives" movement was really gaining momentum. I currently wear permanent jewelry in a total of thirty ear and body piercings. I also have a complex brand on my left thigh (struck and electro-cautery). I´ve had thoughts about subdermal implants for a few years... I´ll let you know if that happens. (portrait at right by photographer Mark I. Chester)

I´ve painted my fingernails, made my own henna, worn corsets, and dyed my hair nearly every possible color, wearing it in lengths from crew-cut short to below-my-shoulders long. Once upon a time, before I started any other body art, I even did some suntanning however that is a big no-no now.

I have a BA in Theater Arts (Costume & Makeup emphasis) from UC Santa Cruz and an MFA in Fashion Textiles from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. I am a graduate of the 1989 Clarion SF/Fantasy Writers Workshop. I held valid Certified First Responder credentials from 1998-2001. I graduated from the San Francisco Sex Information Switchboard education program in spring of 2002 and volunteered at their switchboard through December 2005. I lectured at the Body Art Fair in San Jose in April 2005 and was a featured speaker at the first-ever Bellaonline.com Editor Gathering in August 2005 in Las Vegas. Presently, I reside in the Pacific Northwest and am working on my apprentice degree from the Grey School.
  • I accept review copies of books, body art movies, tattoo/piercing aftercare products and other tattoo-related materials.
  • If you are interested in having me write original body art content for your website or publication, please understand that I only do so as a paying assignment.

If you have questions, please check the Body Art Forum. The most frequently asked questions can be found in a thread there already.

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