High Life

HIGH LIFE 103 In her childhood, Grace tells us she would find herself drawing on her friends’ arms with colorful markers. Fast forward to her teenage years and it was skateboards and leather jackets attracting her artistic touch. “Back then,whenyouhad tattoos, it was something people looked down upon,” she recalls. “Now it is more a means of self-expression. If one is heavily tattooed, people will stare, so why not make it worthwhile?” There is no doubt Grace stands out from the crowd. With tattoos up and down her body, piercings and a semi-Mohawk hairstyle, she offers only the slightest smirk throughout our conversation. Yet the reality is that Grace is a softly spoken person, far from the hard edge her outer look portrays. Her distinctive openness is one of the traits her loyal customers find so appealing.