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About Sacred Piercing:
Sacred Piercing is Erie’s Premier Body Piercing Studio, located in beautiful downtown Erie, Pennsylvania at 253 West 8th Street. Convenient off-street parking is provided in the rear of the building. Erie Metropolitan Transport Authority (EMTA) stops are also within walking distance of the studio.
It is our mission to provide clients with a piercing experience above any other. We are dedicated to ensuring this upon EVERY visit.
We know that the piercing experience can be intimidating, so we strive to make you feel relaxed and at ease. Upon entering the studio, you will be greeted by friendly faces, knowledgeable personnel, and a tranquil reception area featuring central air, organic coffee and tea, ample seating, local art, and local music. Make yourself comfortable while looking through Missy’s portfolio or browsing our unique selection of body jewelry.
Sacred Piercing carries a wide variety of plugs and tunnels in various sizes made of bone, horn, glass, wood, bamboo, amber, stone, titanium, stainless steel, clay, and black silicone. Plugs and tunnels come in single flare, double flare, and cylinders.
We also have unique body jewelry such as home girl spirals, wicked spirals, omegas, yonis, and java hoops - choose from bone, horn, wood, stainless steel, and glass. If you are looking for something stylish in a larger gauge, look no further!
In addition, we have bone and horn septum pinchers, spikes, and tusks.
High Quality body jewelry is always available. This jewelry is high polished, internally threaded, implant grade titanium or stainless steel. It is also guaranteed for life!
Acrylic naval, tongue and eyebrow jewelry are also available.
If you are looking for a specific piece of body jewelry that we do not have in stock, custom orders can be placed and ordered in a timely manner.
Our focus is customer service and satisfaction. After receiving your new piercing, written and oral aftercare instructions and complementary aftercare products will be provided to allow for an optimal healing process.
If you are not quite sure if a new piercing is right for you, free consultations are provided. We welcome any and all questions that you may have.
We offer body piercings as well as Henna Tattoos - a temporary form of herbal skin decoration.
For all your permanent tattoo needs we recommend Karma Tattoo Studio located at 9th and French Street in Erie, Pennsylvania 814-461-0000.
Hours of Operation:
Sunday: Noon – 6:00 PM
Monday: Noon – 8:00 PM
Tuesday: Noon – 8:00 PM
Wednesday: Closed for Business
Thursday: Noon – 8:00 PM
Friday: Noon – 8:00 PM
Saturday: Noon – 8:00 PM
Walk-ins are welcome. However we understand that time is a valuable entity. Scheduling an appointment ensures that your time is not spent waiting for availability.
Note: At Sacred Piercing, our clients' health is of the utmost importance. Implant grade internally threaded titanium and stainless steel jewelry is used for all new body piercings. We are confident in the jewelry we use. Because of this, all titanium and stainless steel piercing jewelry is guaranteed for life.
Sacred Piercing
253 West 8th Street
Erie, PA 16501
(Downtown between Sass and Myrtle)
(814) 454-3004
About Missy Twohig:
Missy Twohig is the body piercer and owner of Sacred Piercing. She has 6 years experience in the craft. Her body piercing career began at Ink Assassins in Erie, PA in February of 2001. Since then, Missy has continued to further her education and has had the opportunity to study under such body modification greats as Fakir Musafar and Steve Haworth.
In June of 2003, Missy attended the "Successful Surface to Surface Piercing" seminar presented by Steve Haworth. In November of 2004, Missy traveled to San Francisco, California and completed Fakir Musafar's Basic Body Piercing Intensive.
In May of 2005, Missy attended The Association of Professional Piercers (APP) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. There she completed classes and was educated on topics including jewelry, scars, anatomy body/facial, anatomy oral, employee management, and piercing rituals.
In early November of 2005, Missy assisted with the opening of Excentrik Studio #2 in Montreal, Quebec. Later in that same month, Missy returned to San Francisco and completed Fakir Musafar's Advanced Body Piercing Intensive.
On August 1, 2006 Karma Tattoo Studio opened their doors to downtown Erie, PA. Missy joined Josh (Gentle Josh) Makowski and continued to pursue her goal of opening people's minds and chakras to the spiritual side of body piercing.
In November of 2006 Missy began turning her dream of owning her own studio into a reality. On June 1, 2007, Missy’s dream became a reality when she opened the doors to Sacred Piercing.
On July 26th, 2007 Missy traveled back to San Francisco to study the craft of Branding. There she completed Fakir Musafar's Basic Body Branding Intensive.
"I have been professionally body piercing for over 6 years. I enjoy interacting with people and make a point to establish a “piercer to client bond/connection†before piercing. I uphold a quality over quantity work ethic, believe in continued education, and I am very passionate about piercing with high quality jewelry. I thoroughly enjoy body piercing and realize how fortunate I am to love what I do for a living" – Missy Twohig
About Ashley Reitz:
Ashley graduated in 2005 from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (EUP) with a Bachelors Degree in Painting and Drawing. While attending EUP, Ashley studied in Florence, Italy to complete her painting credits at Studio Art Centers International (SACI).
Ashley specializes in large scale line drawings. Her work has been exhibited in the Erie Art Museum as well as galleries throughout the Erie area.
Her application of henna reads as elegant and confident.
Custom designed henna tattoos are available upon request.
