Ritual Evolution Piercing & Tattoo Studio

10/13/2026

Chari has walk in availability today and then she is off to camp with the Association of Professional Piercers!
Vivyana Moore, who is also a member, will be doing guest coverage at the studio this weekend. You can support her, Chari, Kate and our entire crew by coming in for a piercing… or that new jewelry you have been dreaming about! 👑

10/10/2026

Next week we welcome Vivyana to cover Chari while she is away at Camp APP for continuing education and connection with our piercing community!

Based out of Charleston, South Carolina, Vivyana is an experienced professional piercer. She’s a member and volunteer of the Association of Professional Piercers.
Vivyana is passionate about bodily autonomy and providing safe, empowering piercing experiences for everyone. She prides herself on her respect for the craft and keen has a eye for aesthetic. She is a full time traveling piercer, and loves being able to share moments of courage and laughter with clients across the country!

10/03/2026

I had the honor of hanging some art in the S.F. show Bleed Like Me. I find it deeply profound to witness the healing, transformation and catharsis that comes through body rituals such as these.
Thank you to Lindsey, Jason, Ra, Hillary and others for making this event so spectacular. Special thank you to TJ who has been instrumental in the creation of this since day 1. ❤️
Next Spirit + Flesh event will be held in S.F. Dec 6th. Visit Fakir.org for details.

09/22/2026

Friendship bracelets… friendship necklaces….Try friendship piercings!! Make it forever with beautiful gold and gems that remind you always who your bestie is! Come on down to Ritual Evolution. 77 N.Main St., Ashland Oregon. Ritualevolution.com for appointments online and our online store with amazing jewelry to choose from and we ship to you if needed!

09/21/2026

In 1929, a photographer pointed his camera at a woman on a remote Alaskan island. Nearly a century later, we know her name: Kenowun.

She lived on Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea. On February 28, Edward S. Curtis photographed her for his monumental project documenting Indigenous peoples of North America.

But look closely.

Kenowun is wrapped in a fur parka, her neck covered in strands of beads. Earrings hang beside her face. Across her nose is another ornament.

And beneath her lower lip are beaded labrets, jewelry worn through piercings in the lip. These were not random decorations. They were part of traditions of personal adornment among Indigenous communities of western Alaska.

These details matter because this isn't simply an old photograph of an unnamed "Eskimo woman," as the image is sometimes captioned online.

She was a real woman named Kenowun.

And her jewelry preserved something a black-and-white photograph could easily flatten: personal adornment within the living culture of Nunivak Island. Researchers have even used Curtis's photographs of Kenowun and other Nunivak women as historical evidence when studying labret traditions in western Alaska.

Curtis photographed Indigenous communities at a time when Native cultures across the United States had endured decades of enormous pressure from colonization and assimilation.

Yet Kenowun does not survive in this photograph merely as a symbol of disappearance.

She is looking directly into the camera, wearing the things her community knew and recognized.

Her name was recorded.

Her face was preserved.

And almost a hundred years later, Kenowun is still looking back at us.

09/14/2026

09/08/2026

Come down for your fall glow-up! We love to help you shine!✨ 541-780-7303. Ritualevolution.com for an appointment.

09/02/2026

✨You know you want this✨ come get some sparkle in your life!

07/26/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EVLnnmU3T/?mibextid=wwXIfr

"Silver" jewelry sold on Amazon actually contained 9,000 times the legal cadmium limit.

An investigation by The Sunday Times purchased inexpensive jewelry from Amazon and TikTok Shop and sent it to the Birmingham Assay Office for independent testing.

One Amazon ring advertised as “925 silver” contained 92.3 percent cadmium, more than 9,000 times the legal limit for jewelry in the UK.

Real 925 sterling silver should contain at least 92.5 percent silver.

Charms on a bracelet sold through TikTok Shop were found to contain 33 percent cadmium, nearly 3,300 times the permitted level. The products were removed after the marketplaces were informed of the results.

Cadmium is a highly toxic heavy metal that can accumulate inside the body over time. It can damage the kidneys, bones and respiratory system, and is classified as a human carcinogen.

The UK and European limit for cadmium in jewelry is 0.01 percent.

The discovery does not mean that briefly touching one contaminated item will cause cadmium poisoning. The amount absorbed through healthy skin is generally limited. However, experts are more concerned about prolonged contact, pierced or broken skin, and jewelry that children may place in their mouths or accidentally swallow.

The findings also raise a larger problem with low-cost products sold by third-party sellers online. Items may be advertised as silver even when buyers have no reliable way to confirm what metals they actually contain.

A separate UK safety report published in June found an Amazon-listed silver-colored ring containing 86.7 percent cadmium. Authorities classified it as a serious chemical risk and rejected the shipment at the border.

Consumers are advised to be cautious with unusually cheap jewelry, unclear material descriptions and products from sellers that provide little information about manufacturing or safety testing.

Learn more:
"Jewelry made of carcinogen sold as silver on Amazon." The Times

06/05/2026

Come see me this weekend before I head off for a week of continuing education, at the Association of Professional Piercers conference! I will be hanging out with our favorite jewelry designers, and seeing piercing friends from all over the world!!
Anyone who wants to support me by buying any gold piece with a $300 or more value will receive a free piercing or install of that piece!! Just mention “I support continuing ed!!!”
I will be in the studio through Sunday. Hope to see you!