Tattoo artists are often put into a stereotype of being involved with gangs or minimally a rough and tumble crowd. Theyâre sometimes looked down upon to as âthose people.â On first appearances, not many would think that Shawna Moore, who looks like a clean-cut hometown girl, would be a successful tattoo artist, but she is.Â
Moore, and her husband, Kyle, recently appeared before Lincolnton City Council and successfully petitioned the council to amend their zoning regulations to allow tattoo studios in the Planned Business District of the city. Moore will need to appear before council at a later date to request a conditional use permit in order to do tattoos her new studio which will be called, âInk & Irisâ and be located at 1414 East Main Street in Lincolnton.