community fund.
Sarah offers sliding scale tattoos 4 times a year for those with financial need, no questions asked. A sliding scale is a tool for building economic justice that offers the chance for people to pay a similar percentage of their income ($0-up to the full cost of the tattoo).
Your donation directly supports survivors in financial need. By contributing to our community fund, sliding scale tattoos are accessible for those with limited income.
impact info – 2021.
sliding scale donations:
$460 donated!
12 individuals contributed $10–$100.
With no questions asked, clients accessing the sliding scale pay what works for their financial situation ($0 to full cost). I am able to do this four times a month.
clients assisted:
12 individuals were supported through the donation fund.
“Receiving more accessible pricing let me afford a tattoo that was an important step in trauma healing.” – Current Client
“It allows me to celebrate my body the way I want to without having to sacrifice my survival.” – Current Client
what donations cover:
$ goes toward tattoo supplies, aftercare kits, and overhead. The tattoo time is donated!
$18 = a box of biodegradable gloves
$25 = a box of sterilized industry standard needles
$50 = all supplies, aftercare, and overhead for one tattoo.
“I would say tattoos are in part a way that I bring out who I really am. Most of my tattoos come to me as symbols in dreams or visions or patterns I notice. Some I sense are inside me and there is a right time to bring them to the outside. For example, my face tattoos are about a sort of "completion" of my truest self.”
— Current Client