considers each individual and their body art to have a
unique impact on both of their bodies. “The emotional
labour that goes into each tattoo requires gentleness,
patience and spacing. Everyone wants something different.
Some people want to breathe through it, some people want
to pause. Some people want to talk to you and have more
of a narrative-based healing in that moment and some just
want to cry and not talk about it,” discloses Wolf.
The assessment of the needs of each individual is a skill-
set Wolf has learned to master throughout the years with
a true caring empathy, inviting clients to a safe zone where
they are free to simply feel. “In my work, I want to create
and offer a safer space for marginalized bodies, people of
colour, women, queer, trans and genderqueer folks, trauma
survivors and folks living with different levels of mental
and physical disability. Although I cannot create a perfect
space for everyone, I am working to create a supportive and
process-oriented environment based on an open dialogue
between myself and my clients,” says Wolf, who even
offers alternative means of payment, such as skill-sharing
for services to anyone who is economically disadvantaged.
With the intention to tattoo across British Columbia,
and potentially all of Canada, Wolf is hopeful for a
foreseeable future for which no home base is forecasted.
“I’m really excited to travel the country that I live in and
learn more about the places I haven’t been,” says Wolf.
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