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My name: Rachel Fleming...My age: 33...My location: Pittsburgh, PA...My interests: bassist for The Dammit Janets, my dog (all dogs really!), reading, driving, old kung fu and monster movies, makeup, crime stuff-especially death investigation...My occupation: lawyer!...My music: Iron Maiden, Motorhead, the Misfits, the Cramps, the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, assorted classic rock, surf, rockabilly, and psychobilly. All my tattoos have meaning for me simply by virtue of the experiences involved in creating them. I am dying to get more but have been totally broke while being a student. Once I am working again, my next project is my chest. No idea what I'll get yet. Hopefully I will make it down to see James and I'll just let him go to town. I'll probably keep with Japanese on the right and traditional on the left. I'd like to do my lower legs but it's already a pain having to cover my arms all the time in my line of work (summer *really* sucks) - I don't want to condemn myself to pants too!***contact: watsonsmummy@yahoo.com***

Me in a mag in a convention pics section!

I've been getting tattooed since I was 18 (1990). My first was The Cat in the Hat on my left shoulder by a biker named Maniac in Youngstown. It is now covered by an Alfons Mucha-inspired piece. The original coverup was done in 1996 by Jeff Ortega at Rising Dragon in NYC (about 8 hours). Several years later, my friend Tony Barbaro of Tattoos by Barbaro in Leechburg, PA touched it up and added the lovely red tropical flowers.

These Egyptian pieces I got soon after I started getting tattooed. They are pretty crappy but hey, I didn't know any better back then. Due to their placement and quality they are rarely seen so consider yourself special ;). I'm not naming the artist because although he is a creep, he has turned out to be a fine tattooist.

I got the Woman's Ruin piece in 1996 during my first trip to Las Vegas. It was done by Creeper at Tattoos-R-Us. He also has his own shop in Anaheim, CA called Primitive Basic. The woman is from a Reverend Horton Heat t-shirt and the rest of the design is custom. It took about 5 hours.

Yeah, I know everybody has one but I've always wanted one too. This is my most recent tattoo, done in 2002 by JFK (Jeff Fuckin' Kohl) of Old Glory Tattoo in Charlotte, NC. Took about four hours I think.

Saints Benedict and Scholastica were twins. St. Scholastica is my patron saint. These were done in two sessions of five hours each by my dear friend and favorite tattooist James Vaughn. He owns Straight A Tattoo in Asheboro, NC.

My sleeve (shown below). I started out with the sacred heart done by the aforementioned creep. It quickly faded. Rhonda at Sacred Tattoo in NYC did a great job covering and recoloring parts. Jeff Kennedy at Tattoo Factory in NJ did the dragon surrounding it (six hours). James Vaughn completed the sleeve, much of which was done freehand. It was done between his shop in NC and my apartment in NYC between 1996 and 1999 in a few sittings of about 7 hours each (agony!!). The geisha was inspired by a nineteenth century woodblock print by Kensai Eisen. The sleeve totalled about 30 hours. James is a sweetie pie and decorated me for free - otherwise my arms would be nearly bare!