This Weekend: Tattoo Tea Party
This weekend will mark the second annual Tattoo Tea Party in Manchester, and it looks like it will be a good weekend! It’s all taking place at Event City, in the middle of Manchester, and there’s so much going on that anyone going should have a great time. The artist list is buzzin’, and you … Read more
In Pictures: The Brighton Tattoo Convention
As you probably saw last week, I sent two lovely ladies down to the Brighton Tattoo Convention the other weekend, and they had a blast. While Lisa has already shared her review of the convention here, this week we have Emma’s photos from the show. Emma Shamaya is a fantastic photographer, who is situated in … Read more
Brighton: This Weekend!
I am insanely jealous of anyone in Brighton right now. This weekend, the annual convention there is taking place, and it looks like it will be immense. There are amazing artists, awesome traders, exciting events and all round good crack there, and if you live anywhere near there, you need to go. We’ve already covered … Read more
Movember Madness at House of Mojo and Painted Lady!
Here we go again, it’s Movember everyone! I hope that wherever you are you’re doing whatever you can to raise money and awareness for mens health. Once again, a couple of my favourite UK shops are raising money. The House of Mojo’s Movember event is featured here for another year, of course. Is it now … Read more
Gary Wiedenhof’s Winter Diary Day
It’s almost that time again, when Gary Wiedenhof’s diary will re-open. Gary, who owns Inkredible Kreations, has his bloody work cut out! Every few months, the tattooer’s diary opens, normally for only a few hours, for the months ahead. If you’re in a location like Perth, Scotland, it’s more or less essential since there are … Read more
Teesside Tattoo Convention This Weekend!
Hey guys, just a quick reminder today about the Teesside Tattoo Convention. I told you guys about this a little while ago, but now it’s finally come and will happen on Sunday! Get in! Here’s an artist list: Martin Couley Jamie Mac Paul Naylor Chris Frickin Jones Hazel Nicholls John Anderton Gary Wiedenhof Danielle … Read more
A Night for Damian
I’ve been meaning to write about what’s happened to TripleSix’s Damian ‘Demon’ Mills for a while. I was really shocked when my buddy Pedro told me about it. However, since I actually live not too far from him, I didn’t want any information I had clouded by anything I’d heard from my friends. However, yesterday … Read more
Uncle Allan and Chriss Dettmer Walk In Day!
Conspiracy Inc. is one of my favourite tattoo shops ever, and I still haven’t even had the pleasure of going. This week, the guys there are holding a very special event which I know a lot of you will love. On the 23rd, Uncle Allan and Chriss Dettmer will be doing a walk in day … Read more
Ink and Metal.
Up here in sunny (but cold!) Newcastle, Dragon’s Lair are having a really special event very soon. Ink and Metal, which will take place in Trillians bar, is a fundraising night in aid of Help for Heroes. If you’re unaware, Help for Heroes is a charity which helps soldiers in our army who have been … Read more
Goddess of Mercy
Sometimes, tattooers’ projects have such cool titles I don’t even have to think up a headline. Goddess of Mercy is a new project which follows on from Dave Allen’s incredible fundraiser last year called Tattooers for Japan. If you read this blog last year, you probably heard loads about what tattooers were up to with … Read more
Buy these Tickets.
Hey guys, I’m going to kick start our week with some cool stuff in a second, but first I’d like to draw your attention to this. S.O.P.H.I.E are selling some kick ass tickets for Emilie Autumn on eBay, with 100% of the profits going to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. The Sophie Lancaster Foundation is something … Read more
Brighton Convention TOMORROW!
Danny London Brown drew the above picture and posted it to the Brighton Convention Facebook page. Check out more of his work here. Tomorrow is the Brighton Convention! Shit, that came around really quickly. There are some really great tattooers working there, some of them you’ll have seen on the pages of this website, some … Read more
Happy Halloween from Inkslingers!
It’s finally Halloween! Brilliant! Being both a little kid and a bit of a goth, this is one of my most favourite days of the year. My friends at Inkslingers also love Halloween, and they’re doing a fantastic event today at the studio. This would have been part of my Pre-Halloween Roundup, however it was … Read more
Pre- Halloween Round up (Part III)
Hey guys, welcome to another instalment of our Pre- Halloween round up. I’ve spent the last couple of days posting up some information on where you can find some Halloween events happening in tattoo studios. I’ll be resuming normal service next week, or even perhaps in the weekend since I’m missing out on covering Tattoo … Read more
A Small Pre- Halloween Round Up
It’s almost that time of year again, folks. Shit, I’m wearing my skeleton onesie already, so let’s get this on- loads of tattoo studios around the world are going great things for Halloween, so I thought I’d give you a heads up on as many as I can this week! I’m like a child for … Read more
