{"id":166572,"date":"2025-08-14T11:25:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/?p=166572"},"modified":"2025-10-01T10:41:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:41:30","slug":"meet-the-neighbors-laura-and-jason-of-restons-unbroken-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/meet-the-neighbors-laura-and-jason-of-restons-unbroken-tattoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Neighbors: Laura and Jason of Reston&#8217;s Unbroken Tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/exterior_unbrokenreston_FI-800x533.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"the exterior of unbroken reston\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/exterior_unbrokenreston_FI-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/exterior_unbrokenreston_FI-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/exterior_unbrokenreston_FI-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/exterior_unbrokenreston_FI-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/exterior_unbrokenreston_FI-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/exterior_unbrokenreston_FI.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"custom_category\" style=\"display:none;\">Unbroken Tattoo<\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Plaza on Lake Anne is one of the first developments built by Robert E. Simon when developing Reston in the 1960s. The buildings that make up the plaza, including restaurants, shops, a community center, and housing, are some of the oldest buildings in Reston. One of the plaza\u2019s newest tenants is making history in another way, by opening the first tattoo shop in Reston. Unbroken, located at 1606 Washington Plaza, opened in December 2021 and has brought new energy to the neighborhood. We got the chance to chat with the Unbroken team to learn more about the shop and what brought them to Reston. <strong>Read on for more with Laura and Jason from Reston&#8217;s Unbroken Tattoo.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>About the Shop<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tattoo artist Jason Jinks, known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/painlessj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Painless J,<\/a> is the lead tattoo artist at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unbrokenreston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unbroken<\/a>. His partner, Laura Ermi, manages the business. Jason has been a tattoo artist for over 20 years and Laura has several years\u2019 experience managing restaurants, including the recently-closed Mon Ami Gabi at Reston Town Center. Also at the studio are an apprentice tattoo artist and another tattoo artist named Sean Owens who goes by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nobody_tattoos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nobody<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jason got his start in tattooing in an unlikely place: a beach in Hawaii. \u201cI grew up in Hawaii and the first tattoo I ever did was with my friend Charlie sitting on the beach,\u201d he said. \u201cAs a teen I had more experiences with tattooing, learning how to place a tattoo, how to make a machine, and so on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-166590\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/station_unbroken_reston-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"station at unbroken reston\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/station_unbroken_reston-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/station_unbroken_reston-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/station_unbroken_reston-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/station_unbroken_reston-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/station_unbroken_reston-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/station_unbroken_reston-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/station_unbroken_reston-1170x1560.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/station_unbroken_reston-585x780.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Behind Jason\u2019s interest in tattooing was his passion for art. \u201cI\u2019ve always leaned toward drawing, my whole life,\u201d he said. \u201cWhether as an escape or something to do professionally.\u201d Jason studied painting and art history at the Atlanta College of Art after leaving the Navy. \u201cAt the time, I was already showing my work in studios, but I wanted to learn more,\u201d he said. \u201cI was selling a lot of art but I was still curious.\u201d <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jason described tattooing as a natural extension of his artwork. \u201cI was selling a lot of work but people were buying art just to buy art,\u201d he said. \u201cI wanted to do something with art that was more personal, that would connect with people.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Over time, Jason grew his portfolio and for a time was part-owner of a studio in Ashland, Virginia. He was working at a studio in Bethesda in 2021 when he and Laura started talking seriously about opening their own studio. \u201cWe were always coming down to the plaza to go to Kalypso\u2019s or walk around, and we saw that this space was vacant,\u201d Laura said. \u201cIt really felt like fate that as we were having these conversations about opening up our own shop that we saw this space was available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the end of 2021, the space was theirs, and the studio held its grand opening on December 31st, 2021. Jason says the name Unbroken comes from the inspiration he gets from clients. \u201cEveryone who comes in here is a warrior and they\u2019ve been through stuff in their life, and they keep going,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the best part of tattooing for me, making art for someone, making their lives better in some way, and when they leave, they\u2019re so excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a real thing there, with creating art and having it be appreciated. It\u2019s real, it\u2019s raw, and it\u2019s primal,\u201d Jason said. \u201cI love the Rocky Balboa quote, it\u2019s not about how many times you get knocked down, it\u2019s about how many times you get back up. And that\u2019s where Unbroken comes from. My tattoo shop is about is coming in here, and enduring the pain, going through it, going through the process of just pushing through and breaking through, and becoming that better version of yourself when you&#8217;re done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-166593\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/PainlessJUnbroken-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"tattoo artist painless j works on a client\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/PainlessJUnbroken-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/PainlessJUnbroken-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/PainlessJUnbroken-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/PainlessJUnbroken-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/PainlessJUnbroken-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/PainlessJUnbroken-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/PainlessJUnbroken-1170x1560.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/PainlessJUnbroken-585x780.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jason and Laura live in Herndon with their four children and say that when they\u2019re not working, they like to stay home and relax and cook. \u201cWe\u2019ll go out to Jimmy\u2019s or Carpool,\u201d Jason said. \u201cAnd we love Wegmans!\u201d Jason works out at Crossfit Reston.<\/p>\n<p>Both Jason and Laura are visibly tattooed and say that while attitudes about body art are changing, there is still some stigma attached. \u201cWe\u2019re really just normal, family people,\u201d Laura said. \u201cWe love our family, our community. We love to meet new people.\u201d Jason added, \u201cI think if people saw us with our family I think they would realize just how normal we are, it does hurt to be judged.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Tattoos in Reston<\/h3>\n<p>Unbroken is the first tattoo shop in Reston and both Laura and Jason say that they\u2019ve received a warm welcome from other business owners in the community. \u201cOn our first day open in 2021, the team from Reston\u2019s Used Book Store came by with a beautiful coffee table book of tattoo art with a note that said welcome to the neighborhood,\u201d Laura said. \u201cThe team at Chesapeake Chocolates has always been so supportive, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love being a part of the community,\u201d Laura said. \u201cThere\u2019s something going on at the plaza every weekend and it\u2019s so fun. We also like being able to support causes that are important to us. We\u2019re big supporters of the South Lakes High School Food Pantry and the Pride Festival.\u201d Both Laura and Jason described the sense of pride they get from seeing their business name on a sponsorship banner or other material. \u201cThings that are people-based and community-based are so important to us, and it\u2019s just rad to see our name out there affiliated with those events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-166591\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Laura_Unbroken_Reston-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"Laura at Unbroken Reston\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Laura_Unbroken_Reston-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Laura_Unbroken_Reston-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Laura_Unbroken_Reston-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Laura_Unbroken_Reston-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Laura_Unbroken_Reston-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Laura_Unbroken_Reston-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Laura_Unbroken_Reston-1170x1560.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/Laura_Unbroken_Reston-585x780.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some may be surprised to learn how strictly regulated tattoo shops are, Laura said. \u201cWe have the same<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpor.virginia.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/boards\/BarberCosmo\/REG-A425REGS_Tattooing.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">licensing board <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as barbers and cosmetologists,\u201d she said. Both the artist and the facility have to be licensed, and are subject to inspection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thinking of Reston or the Northern Virginia area doesn\u2019t exactly conjure up images of a lot of tattooed people, but Laura explained this by saying that serious people want serious tattoos. \u201cPeople take their body art seriously,\u201d she said. \u201cThey want high-quality work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most of Unbroken\u2019s clientele are repeat customers or people who find out about the studio from word of mouth. \u201cWe don\u2019t do any marketing,\u201d Laura said. Since Jason has been tattooing for over twenty years, he has a big client base. \u201cNow some of my customer\u2019s children are coming in to get tattooed, which is wild,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Laura said that anyone who comes to Unbroken, whether it\u2019s their first or fiftieth tattoo, is part of the Unbroken family. \u201cWe take the customer experience really seriously,\u201d she said, \u201cThat may be following up with them after the tattoo, seeing how it&#8217;s healing, and so on.\u201d Jason echoed this, saying, \u201cEveryone I tattoo for the most part has become an integral part of our lives. And it&#8217;s really great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unbroken\u2019s reputation is also going far within the tattoo industry. Recently, the studio hosted JD Crowe, a longtime American traditionalist tattoo artist. \u201cHe\u2019s retired now, but he goes on book tours,\u201d Laura said. \u201cHe researches where to go and he picked our studio, which was a huge honor. He signed a bunch of artwork and flash for us and it was so surreal to see him here in our studio.\u201d Other fans traveled to Unbroken to see and meet JD Crowe.<\/p>\n<h3>What to Expect<\/h3>\n<p>Laura\u2019s years of experience in customer service through the restaurant industry are apparent in the smooth operations of the shop. Appointments are preferred and deposits are required to hold an appointment. \u201cI\u2019ve never worked in a shop as smoothly-run as this,\u201d Jason said. \u201cIt\u2019s unlike any other shop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This author can\u2019t claim to have spent much time in tattoo shops but the atmosphere was more like a hair or nail salon than anything else. The buzz of work, a clear and clean aesthetic to the space, an upbeat vibe, but a serious demeanor around the tasks at hand.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-166594\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/selection_unbroken-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"tattoo choices at unbroken reston\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/selection_unbroken-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/selection_unbroken-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/selection_unbroken-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/selection_unbroken-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/selection_unbroken-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/selection_unbroken-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/selection_unbroken-1170x1560.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/12\/selection_unbroken-585x780.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><br \/>\nClients can park in the lot at Lake Anne and grab a bite at any of the cafes around the plaza. The space is decorated with tattoo art from friends and other tattoo artists that Jason and Laura have collected over the years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only work done in the studio is tattooing &#8211; no piercing. There is a piercing shop upstairs, called Liquid Jewels. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot easier to just focus on tattooing,\u201d Jason said. \u201cThe flow of clientele is different, and the pricing is different.\u201d Liquid Jewels is owned by Jesse Maloof, with whom Laura and Jason have a good relationship. \u201cIt\u2019s great, we can just point people to him or he\u2019ll send people to us,\u201d Laura said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of tattooing styles available, Jason said his favorite kind of tattoo is a good tattoo. \u201cI love very historical or traditional-based tattooing, so I&#8217;m a huge fan of things like Japanese traditional, tribal traditional, West Coast fine line, American traditional stuff, and anything Celtic.\u201d Styles <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unbrokenreston.com\/alltattoostyles\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">available at the shop<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> include: realistic, large-scale, black and grey, neotraditional, geometric, linework, script, and American traditionalist, to name a few. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During our visit to the shop, 18-year-old Alix Eallard was getting their first tattoo in honor of their upcoming first year of college. \u201cI grew up in Broadlands and I\u2019m going to Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh,\u201d they said. \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted a tattoo, my dad has some so I grew up thinking they were cool. For several months I had the idea of a design that could also work as a scar cover-up. I emailed a bunch of studios to see how they could make it happen and ended up here.\u201d Alix said that working collaboratively with Laura via email to get the tattoo set up was part of what made it an easy choice to go to Unbroken.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Follow @thefairfaxgirl on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefairfaxgirl\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Instagram <\/span><\/a>+\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thefairfaxgirl\"><span class=\"s2\">TikTok<\/span><\/a> for the latest Northern Virginia updates, and check out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/events\/\"><span class=\"s2\">events calendar<\/span><\/a>, which has over 100+ events weekly to peruse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/category\/lifestyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-120157\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"read more button\" width=\"450\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-800x240.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-1024x307.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-768x230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-585x176.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/fairfax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unbroken TattooWashington Plaza on Lake Anne is one of the first developments built by Robert E. 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