{"id":203,"date":"2021-12-29T18:32:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T18:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/?page_id=203"},"modified":"2026-01-05T01:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:05:09","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/?page_id=203","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Reed - Tattooing\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VYoOCuXMu3A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-default\" style=\"grid-template-columns:17% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7221-2-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1024 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7221-2-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7221-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7221-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7221-2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7221-2-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7221-2-900x1200.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_7221-2-500x667.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reed Wu<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bff3670f724eae305d6fd1436514d7ab\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Reed spent his childhood in Taitung, Taiwan, before embarking on his journey in the United States in 2005. Graduating from Iowa State University in 2015 with a BFA in silversmithing. Reed found his passion for tattooing at Inkblot Studio, where he began his apprenticeship in August 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b3f16a7a69737fa69d5f129e862d166c\" style=\"font-size:18px\">In his current tattooing venture, Reed prefers to work in black and grey with more stylized designs. Styles he enjoys would include Traditional Japanese, Traditional American and stippling\/ dot work tattoos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3d6c730f99d6e76d9a5cdf3a1462a535\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Besides tattooing, Reed finds joy in gaming, indulging in D&amp;D adventures, binge watching anime, and spending time with his family.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reed Wu Reed spent his childhood in Taitung, Taiwan, before embarking on his journey in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/?page_id=203\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bio<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1242,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-203","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Where I&#039;m from and what I have been doing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/?page_id=203\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Where I&#039;m from and what I have been doing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/?page_id=203\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tattoos in Ames Iowa Reed Wu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-05T07:05:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/reedwuart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5516-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/?page_id=203\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/?page_id=203\",\"name\":\"About Me\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/?page_id=203#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/?page_id=203#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/IMG_5516-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-29T18:32:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-05T07:05:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"Where I'm from and what I have been doing.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/?page_id=203#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/?page_id=203\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/?page_id=203#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/IMG_5516-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/IMG_5516-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/?page_id=203#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bio\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/reedwuart.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tattoos in Ames Iowa Reed Wu\",\"description\":\"Designing tattoos isn\u2019t meant to be rushed. 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