www.MayaTattoo.com
www.Rob-Hill.com
Professional Body Modification & Performance Artist.
Rob Hill originated from Calgary, Alberta Canada and recently moved to Sioux City, Iowa in Dec 2004. With over 10 years of professional experience in the body modification industry, Rob has made his mark.
He started off with body jewelry manufacturing in the mid 90’s, for a period of 4 years Rob learned the ins and outs of high quality body jewelry. “Manufacturing the jewelry from scratch really helped me understand the application to the human body,” says Rob.
Rob then started his career in Body Piercing, researching what he could on his own and learning different techniques from piercers all over North America. Rob then apprenticed and started working in a local shop and began carving out his piercing skills. There is a lot going on in body modification world all the time, and he says he wants to be able to offer his clients the benefits. Not only does he educate himself in areas of shop health practices and aftercare but also new piercing materials and techniques. This ‘always learning’ mantra brought him to Fakir Musafar, one of the grand-daddies of body modification. At his San Francisco studio, Rob completed both the Body Piercing Intensive and the Body Branding Intensive.
In addition to his extensive body piercing and scarification portfolio, Rob somehow finds time to perform his own Sideshow. Ever since the age of 14 Rob has been an addict of the stage. The sideshow features fire eating, fire breathing, fire manipulation, glass eating, glass walking, fun with hooks and skewers, and much more. Rob has performed his sideshow everywhere from small town bars to nightclubs, tattoo conventions to giant rock concerts. This form of extreme entertainment draws a huge crowd of curious people that are looking for something different. Rob quotes “Like a train wreck… it is so disturbing, but you can’t look away.”
Wherever the future takes Rob, you know he will be surrounded by interesting people and active in pushing the edges of body modification practices. He can be reached at:
Maya Tattoo Body Piercing and Branding
605 Pearl Street
Sioux City
Iowa, USA 51101
(712) 255-3893
