Helms, who was trained in art, finds tattooing a rewarding creative outlet.
Eventually one of them allowed her to learn the complex and per- manent process of applying ink to skin. Now, she can’t imagine doing anything else. “I love what I do – it’s different every day,” Helms said. She also encourages other artists to explore this field, even if they know little about tattooing. “If you’re the type of artist who flits around and can’t land on one particular medium, you are the
I felt like my very soul was being sucked out of me.” Around that time, COVID moved in, which caused her to reflect on her life and her interests, including a new view of tattooing. “I felt that there was a possi- bility that I could die without do- ing what I really wanted to do,” she said. “So I moved back to Ida- ho, visited studios around Coeur d’Alene, and didn’t give up until I got an apprenticeship.”
She and her family moved to North Idaho right before she en- tered middle school. After her freshman year of high school, they moved back to California. She attended art school after high school, where she focused pri- marily on painting and sculpture. But she burned out fast. “I didn’t know what else to do anymore, so I dropped out and end- ed up working at a high-end car dealership,” she said. “But soon
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