Chrissy Shull: Owner and Piercer

Chrissy started piercing in October of 2000 and has been professionally piercing full-time since then. While she originally started piercing in Wenatchee, she moved out of town and then out of state to pursue better education and training in the piercing industry.

Accepted as a Business Member of the Association of Professional Piercers (APP) in 2003 while working at The Hive in Moses Lake, she moved up in the organization, eventually serving as the APP Secretary from 2005-2007 while living in Oklahoma City. Her position on the APP Board of Directors gave Chrissy the opportunity to review membership applications from piercers all around the world and provide suggestions to improve their health and safety standards.

She developed a well-rounded background with experience in all piercing procedures through working in multiple studios across the country including Evolution in Albuquerque, 23rd Street Body Piercing in Oklahoma City, and multiple High Priestess locations in Oregon, in addition to a wide variety of guest piercing opportunities. Chrissy is a member of the APP Legislation and Regulatory Affairs Committee, having served on a legislative committee in Oklahoma in 2006, a regulations committee in 2011 which evolved into serving as the 2012-2013 Vice Chair of the Oregon Board of Body Art Practitioners, and most recently she was selected for a regulations committee for Washington State in 2016. She is passionate about the dissemination of health and safety information and has been grateful for the opportunities she has been given to help raise standards in the piercing industry.

Chrissy actively contributes to the piercing industry in addition to her legislative efforts. She has written articles for industry publications, The Point and Pain Magazine. An experienced educator, Chrissy has taught many classes at various annual Association of Professional Piercers Educational Conferences. (See the full list of classes that she has taught and attended in the "Training and Education" section under the "Studio" tab.) She has also been the coordinator for a private scholarship, the "No-Excuses Scholarship", which provides low-income piercers the opportunity to attend the annual APP conference.

Many people who participate in social media have seen her most famous contribution to the piercing industry, the popular triple forward helix piercing. Chrissy created this “ear project” in 2008 and due to the increasing popularity of Pintrest at that time, her photo went viral and the triple forward helix became an overnight sensation. The full story about this was published in the APP Quarterly Journal, The Point.

In addition to her professional pursuits, Chrissy spends her downtime volunteering in her community and spoiling her three cats.  She loves road trips, martial arts, classic cars, bowling, playing Cards Against Humanity, going on adventures, and making fun memories.