Rose in 2021 they set out to create a women-owned tattoo
studio that provided a space for clients to feel safe and
comfortable. In addition to owning a tattoo parlor, Lamp-
wick also runs a nonprofit called Eugene Bleeds that
focuses on ending period poverty in the local community.
She owes her success to “working really hard at making
deep connections with people in the community.” Lamp-
wick says she believes that tattooing someone is a truly
sacred ritual. “Many people cry on my table; we have
laughter; people are spilling blood on my table and are
permanently altering their bodies forever. I help connect
people back to their bodies through change and hard-
ship. They get to carry that art with them forever,” she
says. — Emerson Brady
Best Piercer
1. Bunny Knox High Priestess 525 E. 13th Ave.
541-343-3311. BestStudioEver.com/high-priestess
2. Jared Hill Area 51 505 Willamette, ste. 100.
541-393-6572. Area51piercing.com.
3. Kenny Plimpton High Priestess 210 W. 6th Ave.
541-342-6585. BestStudioEver.com/high-priestess.
Best Hair Stylist
DOT
BEST HAIR STYLIST
Photo by Todd Cooper
BUSINESS
1. Dot Anomaly Hair Collective 837 Monroe St.
Anomalyhaircollective.com.
2. Desiree Diamond American Traditional
Barbershop 390 W. 12th Ave. 541-915-9613. Facebook.
com/AmericanTraditionalBarbershop.
3. Amanda Nicole 4247 Loft 390 Lincoln St., #220.
541-515-6477. 4247Loft.com.
Looking to spice up your hairstyle? Well you’re in luck.
Dot, voted first place by readers, specializes in natural
texture, razor cuts, gender-affirming cuts and alterna-
tive hairstyles. Anything and everything out of the ordi-
nary they are able to do so with the natural texture of the
hair. Dot also works with different colors and vivids for
all of your creative ideas. “I’m always stoked when people
bring inspiration from characters like in TV and movies
or based on a theme,” Dot says. “My favorite one was
doing hair based on Tank Girl,” the 1995 science fiction
and action film. Dot became a hairstylist in 2019 and
started her career at Anomaly Hair Collective, a trans
and queer owned hair studio.
“I just fuckin’ love hair!! And I want people to love
their hair, too,” Dot says. — Brianna Murschel
KASSANDRA LAMPWICK
BEST TATTOO ARTIST
Photo by Todd Cooper
Best Indie Bookstore
1. Tsunami Books 2585 Willamette. 541-345-8986.
TsunamiBooks.org.
2. Smith Family Bookstore 525 Willamette.
541-343-4717. SmithFamilyBookstore.com.
3. Books with Pictures 99 W. Broadway, C. 541-485-
1048. BooksWithPictures.com.
Best Tattoo Artist
1. Kassandra Lampwick Wild Rose Tattoo 2849 Oak
St. WildRoseTattoo.com/kassandra-lampwick.
2. Katana DeVille Sad Devils Club Tattoo 76 W.
Broadway. 541-357-4484. SadDevilsClubTattoo.com.
3. Suzen Tattoozen Whiteaker Tattoo Collective
304 River Rd. 541-255-2734. WhiteakerTattoo.com.
Kassandra Lampwick says she has always considered
herself an artist, but by the time she got her third tattoo
she knew that tattooing was going to be her “lifelong
mistress.” She says, “It made me feel as different on the
inside as it did on the outside — and I really loved that.”
Lampwick is now the co-owner, with Sarah Knapp,
of Wild Rose, an all-women artists tattoo parlor, where
Lampwick brings her colorful realism style to the Eugene’s
tattoo scene. When Lampwick and Knapp started Wild
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