The Next Step: Reclamation & Relic
(TLDR: Reclamation Tattoo is expanding into a permanent storefront. It's called Reclamation & Relic, it will house a sensory-safe tattoo studio, a community apothecary, and a flex space for the kinds of gatherings our community can't find anywhere else. This is why.)
I opened Reclamation Tattoo because I needed it to exist. I am a late-diagnosed AuDHD artist who spent years navigating spaces that were never designed for nervous systems like mine, and eventually I stopped waiting for someone else to fix it.
The studio I built is private, trauma-informed, and deliberately quiet. Every decision, from the intake process to the way I pace a session, was made to provide specialized comfort in a type of business that doesn't usually make such accommodations. That became the Reclamation Standard, and the Reclamation Standard became something people sought out without knowing it existed.
That part surprised me. My clients found me without knowing what they were looking for. They booked a tattoo and got something they didn't have language for yet. Relief. Agency. A session that didn't cost them three days of recovery just from the sensory load of getting through the door.
So now I'm building the next thing.
What Reclamation & Relic Actually Is
Reclamation & Relic is a permanent storefront that brings three things under one roof.
The tattoo studio is the origin point. The same sensory-safe, trauma-informed, client-led experience that Reclamation Tattoo already offers, just in a dedicated space built from the ground up for it instead of carved out of a salon suite.
The apothecary is the front door. A curated retail space featuring ethically sourced ritual tools, oddities, and products from local makers. Low barrier, no appointment required, witchy and welcoming. It is designed to be the kind of place you can walk into just to breathe for a minute.
The community flex space is the part I am most excited about. A room for gatherings, workshops, tabletop games, and programming built around the populations that mainstream spaces consistently fail. Neurodivergent adults. LGBTQIA+ community. Trauma survivors. People who are tired of having to mask just to participate.
Proof of Concept, Expanded.
The studio works. That is the proof of concept. The community exists and it is ready for more than a single appointment slot. What it does not have is a physical home, a place that belongs to it, that was designed around its actual needs rather than retrofitted to accommodate them. Reclamation & Relic is that place. We are currently in the planning and funding phase, finalizing the business structure, seeking a permanent location, and building the infrastructure to make this real. If you want to follow along, support the build, or just know that something like this is coming, you are in the right place.