"We don't accept any appointments during these benefits, it's walk-in only. On the third weekend of every month, Jones donates all proceeds from tattoos and piercings on Saturday and Sunday to seven animal organizations, including the Greater Chicagoland Ferret Rescue, a no-kill ferret shelter servicing Northeastern Illinois. "One woman last year, I did pawprints for all of her cats on her back," Eastwood recalled.īut it's not all about cats at Insight Studios. While it wasn't an exact replica of the client's cat's paw, Eastwood said other cat owners have come in for the fundraisers toting clay casts of paws, and a few have gone as far as inking the names of their cats onto their body. "Let's just say it's not the most original, a lot of vegans have it, but I wanted it," the Humboldt Park resident, former journalist and nine-year Tree House employee said of her tattoo, which was wrapped in gauze and still healing.Įastwood, 24, said he's been working the two-day weekend fundraisers since he joined Insight two years ago.Įarlier in the day Saturday, Eastwood put a cat's pawprint onto the shoulder blade of "an older woman" who he believed was also getting her first tattoo. The peaceful message is now permanently inked onto the inside of Schlueter's right wrist in the form of a $60 tat done by artist James Eastwood, who was one of six tattoo artists and two piercing artists, including Jones, working on a busy Saturday night.
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