Rachel Hauer is an artist and tattooer at East River Tattoo. She hails from Long Island, and has a BFA in printmaking and art history from Purchase College. Her work is inspired by ornament, natural history, etching and engraving, and Americana, with a focus on textiles. Rachel has been featured in Timeout New York, The New York Times, NPR’s Marketplace and others. She lives in Queens with her husband, painter Seth Becker, and their chihuahua Toby.