Kingfisher Collective Tattoo and Piercing

KATE GLASH

Kate (they/them) is a tattoo artist at Kingfisher. They have been tattooing since 2020 and have been at Kingfisher since 2024. Their tattoo specialties include medieval woodcut and etching as well as stylized blackwork. Kate’s artistic interests find communion in fine and sequential art under the notion that there's something hilarious about something that's not funny at all. Kate is also a published author with one of their comics even being optioned for film.

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Sammy Mclaughlin

Sammy (she/her) is a piercer and tattoo artist at Kingfisher. Originally just the desk girl, Sammy began apprenticing at Kingfisher in 2022, has been piercing since 2023, and is now offering tattoos to clients as of 2025. Sammy strives to help turn clients’ meaningful experiences into well designed, wearable art. Still new to tattooing, Sammy does not like to say she has any specialties yet, but she is eager to explore new styles in color and/or black and gray. She hopes to work toward specializing in stylized realism. She also loves to tie-dye (all the shirts sold at Kingfisher are hand dyed by Sammy), cook, enjoy nature (kayaking, hiking, camping), and spend time with her 15 year-old mini dachshund.

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CHRIS NOECKER

Chris (he/him) is a tattoo artist and the owner of Kingfisher. He has been tattooing since 2014 (professionally since 2016) and founded Kingfisher in 2019. Chris’s signature style is generally illustrative with intentional outlines, though he emphasizes his empathetic approach to translating ideas to designs, making his style “made to order.” When not at the shop, Chris enjoys fishing at sunrise (his “Zen time”), playing pool, and singing/playing guitar for his “punk rock n’ roll outfit” Big Green Limousine, which has been around since 1994.

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