The Atom Organics Story

I (Benbodhi) started stretching my earlobes in 1999, a time that proved hard for me to find any kind of range in jewellery that we can find today. This lack of jewellery and a desire to stretch my lobes larger provoked me to fashion pieces of jewellery out of anything I could find (some materials of which I would never wear again).
After years of searching for more jewellery and making my own, I decided to buy a lathe and make my own earrings in a much easier and more accurate way. This was the best decision I had made in a while, now I could make any size I wanted and have them within the day.
Friends of mine started to see the jewellery I was making and began asking me to make some for them.
I was working in a tattoo shop as a professional body piercer at the time I bought my lathe, so naturally, lots of people started to show interest.
I fulfilled many orders for people with the most basic of tools and eventually got heaps of different styles and materials out there, my favourites being wood.
The reasons I was drawn to wood so much are simple, wood is so nice to wear, it isn't too heavy, you don't get that stench of a build up everyday and the wood goes well with oils that are beneficial for your lobes and the stretching process.

I also ended up bottling my own oil product called LobeLube! Click Here for more info.

I persisted and kept making more and more wooden plugs for people as they asked for them, still using the same minimal set of tools I started with (including an ancient polishing wheel I inherited from my grandfather's tool collection). The setup I was creating these beautiful pieces with was nicknamed my "ghetto setup". You have to start somewhere right?

Since then, I have slowly bought additional tools to make even better jewellery (among other things such as bowls and smoking pipes) and have opened my own shop and body piercing studio "Benbodhi's - Professional Body Piercing and Happy High Herbs" (aka Steel Mantra). Having my own shop has allowed a little more space than the kitchen table or the back alley beside the tattoo shop, a much needed upgrade!

Soon enough, one of my clients (Sean) that was buying my custom wood plugs showed a deep passion for the same thing... Which led him to offer his services in the shop free of charge.
This became very productive because I was not limited to making the jewellery in just spare time or after hours. At least one of us could be producing the pieces all day long.

From this point it was time to turn the side project into something bigger, a business of it's own.
So here it is, the first story from a long story that is Atom Organics.

We are just two dudes that love stretched piercings, creating jewellery for ourselves and other people and seeing our pieces flashed and worn with pride.

Thankyou for your interest in us and any support you have shown throughout the growth of such an amazing entity, we greatly appreciate every single one of you.
Benbodhi & Sean