After over a year of searching for an extraordinary piercer, through a mutual friend, we were pointed towards Amy Bidwell. Born and raised in Markham, she moved to thunder bay where she completed a piercing apprenticeship. Since then, she has been committed to her mentor for over 5 yrs. Her determination has lead her to surpass the skill level of her mentor by a mile! We were so impressed by her work that we offered her a job. In June, Amy made the trip down to Toronto to complete her training in blood borne pathogens and infection control so that she had the qualifications we require in our studio. We have been greatly anticipating Amy’s arrival for 5 months now!
as many of you know, Jayme has been doing all the piercings in the studio on top of running the shop and her tea and holistic business is rapidly growing. In her 13 yrs of piercing, Jayme has worked with and learnt from the best in the industry including, Tom Brazda and the late but not for gotten Keith Alexander, earned many awards and has been recognized and well respected for her proactive work with the local health departments and for educating others to bring up the standards of practice for the industry we love so much. She was the first piercer in Canada to insist on piercing only with internally threaded titanium jewelry, despite the cost.
Jayme has known for quite some time now that the next phase of her destiny was calling her, with her holistic business growing so rapidly, she has long felt that the time was nearing to pass her wealth of knowledge onto a so deserving piercer. Recognizing a younger version of herself in Amy, Jayme has no doubt that Amy is going to be a huge success here at integral temple and she cant wait to bring Amy to the next level in her magnificent career. Amy is brilliant, zany, gorgeous and full of gusto and were sure you’re all going to love her as much as we do!
Amy will be starting on Sept 7, 2010; be sure to come on in and meet her!
Her work can be viewed “here“. Amy will be avail full time for piercings, appointments are strongly recommended however we will do our best to accommodate walk ins 
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Regretfully, we have had to part ways with Wess Ness. Integral Temple has a commitment to our clients and staff safety and are committed to providing you with the best and most memorable experience with us.
We are currently looking for an exceptional artist to take his place. In the meantime, Chris Moniz has agreed to take on any unfinished pieces that Wess was working on until we have a replacement. As many of you know Mo has a very busy schedule so we apologize that the wait times may be longer than you would’ve expected with Wess. We are doing everything we can to make the transition a smooth one.
We wish Wess and his family only good things in their future endeavors.
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Integral Temple is accepting applications for a full time tattoo artist. Portfolio, experience, professional demeanor and clean appearance is a must. Yearly training in blood borne pathogens and infection control will be required. Definite asset if you’re already certified! Please apply through our contact form. Job to start asap, full clientele already waiting!!!
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Wess has been doing some incredibly solid work in the last few weeks. Since he’s joined the fold here at integral temple he’s been getting a steady influx of clients and some fantastic projects to boot. Here’s a start of an arm (first session) that Wess has begun. The tattoo is one of Wess’ original designs custom fit to flow with the clients arm… more progress on this tattoo to follow here in Integral Temple News.
Tattoo by Wess Ness
start of an arm tattoo
Here is proof positive that Markham Ontario is alive and well in the world of tattoos!
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made in canada
Wess designed and tattooed a unique Canadian tattoo today. Inside the shape of Canada’s maple leaf is the flag of Guyana. In stamped lettering, ” MADE IN CANADA ” is proudly worn. As a bonus, Wess decided to put in a little flair by adding some leafy looking design on either side of the maple, thus making the tattoo look more complete. His client went with his addition and here is the result.
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two koi 1 of 3. all done by me except for the reaper
two koi 2 of 3
two koi 3 of 3. all my work except for reaper
tribal spine tattoo
family crest
tattoo lettering
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A celtic maple leaf designed and tattooed by Wess Ness. This picture show the tattoo before color was put in.
celtic maple leaf with color added
A cloaked angel with a wreath, sword, etc...
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An ongoing back tattoo influenced by japanese tattoos. At this stage, Mo has put about 48 hours into this tattoo so far.
Many Japanese tattoo subject matter have been added to this backpiece including a dragon, koi, hannya, fujin, raijin, and lotus.
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Start of a koi tattoo on forearm which will eventually work into a sleeve.
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Ganesh by Chris Moniz... an ongoing tattoo
ongiong progress of Ganesh.. a close up showing his color.
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