We are excited to announce @irapopesage as a SAH Artist! Ira Pope Sage is a Las Vegas-based hairdresser who first began his professional career in his hometown of Michigan back in 1994. A former stylist at A Robert Cromeans Salon until 2012, Sage joined Paul Mitchelle and traveled all over the world as a Global Educator, specializing in haircutting. Throughout the years, Ira’s work has been awarded and recognized by prestigious publications. He was named top hairdresser by Vegas Life Magazine in 2002 and 2003, listed as a top 50 Platforms Artist by Be Mag in 2007, and was featured on a Winn Claybaugh Masters CD. In 2021 Ira became a Southwest Hairstyling Awards Finalist for Asian Hairstylist of the Year and Hairstylist of the Year, and was honored with the Uncensored Beauty Icon Award by Midwest Hairstyling Awards and that same year as well. Ira has captured the industry’s attention for his expressive and functional shapes–which he gives credit to his “Clock Cutting Method”–his signature approach to haircutting which explains why the foundations of creativity begin with thinking inside the box. Inspired by the idea of time as a construct, Ira’s science-based methodology simplifies the haircutting process and opens up the mind to a whole new perspective of haircutting. “Do everything with happiness, passion and love” are words Ira lives by and which are guiding his present trajectory. Today, he is an Independent artist and offers hands-on education through his class “Perspective is Key” which incorporates his unique methodology in a personalized format for salons and individual hairdressers. Ira is motivated to reach a larger audience of like- minded hairdressers seeking a mind and perspective like his very own to learn from. He is actively in the process of developing his brand and expanding his class offerings.