El Capitan

Shiva

January 26, 2015 — Leave a comment
Shiva on Creek Rd, Greenwich, London. SE10.

Shiva on Creek Rd, Greenwich, London. SE10.

Shiva has proudly operated in Greenwich for over 15yrs and we are happy to be celebrating our first year on Creek Rd.

The Shiva Crew moved from our beloved former address on Church St. in Greenwich, around the corner to Creek Rd and opened one year ago today.

Shiva was established in 1991 but first opened in Greenwich over 15yrs ago, building up a worldwide reputation for quality in piercing, tattooing and other cultural goods.

I have worked at the shop for seven and a half years and been manager whilst piercing full time professionally for the past five.

The last year, as ever; has been a wild ride of many things among them fun and wonder…

Pleasure meeting the many faces, old and new; who pass through my studio and the shop; I pride myself on honest and professional piercing where by you have no less than the perfect piercing for you.

The last year has been as busy as ever despite the move and the crew are loving working in a bigger premises for which we all continually look forward to meeting the many that pass through the good ship Shiva, seven days a week…

Yours,

The Captain.

Industrial Scaffold

January 26, 2015 — Leave a comment
Titus' Industrial Scaffold Piercing

Titus’ Industrial Scaffold Piercing

New Shiva Crew member Titus’ industrial scaffold pierced w/1.6mm x 38mm titanium bar. A titanium bar for Titus and a 10mm squishy plug refit in past stretched 26mm ear lobes! I always pierce scaffolds with one needle and I always line up between dots to show/adjust the angle beforehand. You can see two feint blue lines where I drew up two options. One more horizontal, one more vertical. We went with vertical at Titus’ request and he had the perfect shaped ear for such a piercing.

Snakebite & Tragus

January 25, 2015 — Leave a comment
Amy's Snakebite Lip & Tragus Piercings I

Amy’s Snakebite Lip & Tragus Piercings I

Amy's Snakebite Lip & Tragus Piercings II

Amy’s Snakebites

Amy's Snakebite Lip & Tragus Piercings III

Amy’s Snakebite Lip & Tragus Piercings III

Amy had an existing lip piercing that she wanted turned into snakebites (or a snakebite, two lip piercings) and also got her tragus pierced. Here’s a few shots after the jewellery change down on the lip, for which I pierced the tragus and the lip on the same side of the face to evenly create the snakebite.

Spiral Twist

January 25, 2015 — Leave a comment
Jade's Spiral Twist Top Ear Piercing

Jade’s Spiral Twist Top Ear Piercing

Jade’s top ear cartilage piercing, healed and thus switched to a 1.2mm twisted spiral ring. These spiral bar/rings look awesome along the ear and it’s always a pleasure to see customers taking care of their piercings!

Helix/Top-Ear Cartilage

January 25, 2015 — Leave a comment
Zarina's Helix Piercing I

Zarina’s Helix Piercing I

Zarina's Helix Piercing II

Zarina’s Helix Piercing II

Zarina’s top-ear cartilage/helix pierced w/1.2mm x 8mm titanium bar and a 4mm multi-clear gem stone disco ball by El Capitan @ Shiva Piercings.

Septum

January 25, 2015 — Leave a comment
Dubo's Septum Piercing

Dubo’s Septum Piercing

Another lovely returning customer, Dubo’s septum pierced w/1.2mm x 10mm titanium CBB. The CBB is the perfect choice of jewellery for being both obvious and discreet as you can wear it down or (widen and) turn it up! The septum is generally a quick healing piercing and I’m happy to change jewellery to either bars, clickers, BCRs, discreeter seamless rings, segment rings etc. roughly four-six weeks after initial piercing.