The Faces of Piercing & Body Modifications

Welcome to Shaman Modifications | Pineapple Tangaroa & Team Shaman Modifications recently celebrated their 18th year, most of which was spent on the vibrant Eastside. It has been a time of significant change for Austin, the body modification industry, and humans in general, making Pineapple Tangaroa and his team of amazing piercers’ dedication to bodily...

2024 FACES

Living History With Modern Tastes: Shaman Modifications

A time-honored tradition championed in a modern metropolis Words by Deven Wilson Welcoming artists behind the sparkling glass display cases are eager to show anyone who walks through the doors the latest in their collection. The people are what makes Shaman Body Modifications, an upscale piercing parlor, stand out from the familiar grunge found in a...

2022 Art Issue Art Art + Entertainment

The Faces of Piercings & Body Modifications

Welcome to Shaman Modifications: Pineapple Tangaroa & Team Pineapple Tangaroa and the talented team of professional piercers at Shaman Modifications have brought a love of beauty and sense of ownership over personal aesthetic to the Eastside for the last 12 years. They’ve made it their mission to help bring confidence and individuality to every patron,...

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Welcome to Shaman Modifications

The Faces of Piercing & Body ModificationsPineapple Tangaroa & Team Pineapple Tangaroa and the talented team of professional piercers at Shaman Modifications have brought a love of beauty and sense of ownership over personal aesthetic to the Eastside for the last 11 years. They’ve made it their mission to help bring confidence and individuality to every...

Faces Faces of EAST 2021

Welcome to Shaman Modifications

The Face of Piercing & Body ModificationsPineapple Tangaroa & Team For ten years, Pineapple Tangaroa and the talented team of professional piercers at Shaman Modifications have brought beauty to the Eastside. Drawing on their love of historical and modern interpretations of piercing and body modification, the staff of Shaman Modifications brings decades of experience to...

Special Promotion

Welcome to Shaman Modifications

The Face of Piercing & Body Modifications Pineapple Tangaroa & team For close to a decade, Pineapple Tangaroa and the talented team of professional piercers at Shaman Modifications has brought beauty through body art to East Austin, and starting this November, they will be located in their own building at the corner of 7th and Chicon....

Faces 2019

Welcome to Shaman Modifications

The Face of Piercing & Body Modifications Pineapple Tangaroa and Team For seven years, Pineapple Tangaroa and the talented team of professional piercers at Shaman Modifications team has brought beauty to the Eastside. Drawing on their love of historical and modern interpretations of piercing and body modification, the staff of Shaman Modifications brings decades of experience...

Faces Dec 2018

Ask An Expert {Pineapple Tangaroa}

Q&A With Pineapple Tangaroa Words by Jessi Devenyns Photos by Eric Morales At Shaman Modifications, the body is a work of art, a blank canvas onto which brushstrokes are painted or details are pierced. For Pineapple, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and can be created by adding or subtracting ornaments from the...

Oct/Nov 2018 Style+Beauty