Jim Ward

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Jim Ward 1975

James-Mark Ward , known as Jim Ward , (born June 28, 1941 in Oklahoma ) is an American piercer and artist and founder of Gauntlet Enterprises ; Ward is considered one of the co-founders of modern body piercing . In his honor, the day of the body piercing will be celebrated on June 28th .

Life

Jim Ward grew up in Colorado and moved to West Hollywood , Los Angeles in the early 1970s . There he met Richard Simonton , known under the pseudonym Doug Malloy , and Roland Laomis, known under the pseudonym Fakir Musafar . With them Ward developed the basis for the development of piercing into a fashion trend.

Barbell with external thread

Jim Ward, who had been experimenting with piercing since 1967, met Horst Linienbach (1929–2001) in Reno in 1975 , who ran a “studio for skin and body jewelry” in Frankfurt am Main and traveled regularly to the USA. Straßenbach, also called tattoo Samy , had made his own tattoo machines together with Manfred Kohrs , as well as body jewelry from a metal pin and balls with thread. Jim Ward was inspired by this, and later the barbell came about .

The Gauntlet

With funding from Simonton (from his work with Muzak corporation), Jim Ward began using his home as a private piercing studio in 1975. His studio attracted initial customers from a mailing list provided by Simonton, and he advertised classified ads in local gay and fetish publications. After three years of continuous improvement in techniques and equipment, Jim Ward opened the first store called the gaunlet store in West Hollywood on November 17, 1978 . The establishment of this shop is considered to be the first commercial studio of its kind.

With the support of Simonton and Laomis, Ward founded Piercing Fans International Quarterly ( PFIQ ) magazine

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ rockantenne.de: International Day of Body Piercings: The biggest piercing mishaps of the rock stars! from June 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ Phillipp Schaab: How the piercing became famous in Germany. "In the interview with Manfred Kohrs " In: Tattoo magazine 07/20 (# 293), pp. 80–81 from June 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ Elayne Angel : Piercing Bible. Potter / TenSpeed ​​/ Harmony 2011, ISBN 0-307-77791-X , p. 16.
  4. ^ Manfred Kohrs : Horst H. Linienbach the forgotten pioneer. In: Tattoo Kulture Magazine Issue No.32 of April 12, 2019, pp. 28-40.
  5. ↑ Gina Misiroglu: American Counter Cultures: An Encyclopedia of Nonconformists, alternative lifestyles, and Radical Ideas in US History. Routledge 2015, ISBN 1-317-4772-94 , p. 97.
  6. ^ Henry Ferguson: Body piercing . In: British Medical Journal , December 18, 1999; 319 (7225): 1627-1629. PMC 1127091 (free full text)
personal data
SURNAME Ward, Jim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American piercer and artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Oklahoma