This years Great British Tattoo Show, held at Olympia, London on the 21st and 22nd of April 2012 looks set to be amazing. I will be going along but won’t be getting any work done due to financial commitments, but that doesn’t mean you can’t!
Tony Unwin from Kirituhi Tattoo will be there and available for work. Tony is the UK’s only dedicated maori, polynesian, samoan and hawiian tattau artist. He did my forearm sleeve and one day will complete my arm.
Kneill Brown aka Kneill X, after 20 years of working in various tattoo studios including Woody’s Tattoo and Paradise Tattoo, has opened a new studio in Croxley Green.
The studio which is half way between Rickmansworth and Watford on the A412 has been plushly decorated in a victorian style designed by Kneill himself. The address is:
195 Watford Road
Croxley Green
Herts WD3 3EH
You can contact Kneill on 01923 444152 or info@smokinacetattoo.co.uk. Check out his website for examples of his work. If you want to stay up to date with Kneill you can also follow him on Facebook.
I have always been a big fan of Kneill so will be popping in soon to see his new studio and to get some more ink done. I will post some photos as soon as I can.
A couple of years ago when I met Tony from Kirituhi Tattoos to get my first Kirituhi Tattoo, I met Rich from UmeToys. He was learning from Tony, as he wanted to do tattoos as well.
Rich is a very talented illustrator, you can see his work on his Flikr account. Several of his scribbles took my fancy, they were a totally unique idea and I thought the style would make a great tattoo. I asked Rich to create me a design that included cats and were in the outline of a skull (Skulls being one of Rich’s favourite, check out his Skull-A-Day set)
This is the design he came up for me, its really great, tottally unique, and not like anything else I have already tattoo’d on me. Its plain black, no shading, so will fit in with the others. I am really happy with the design, and can’t wait to get it inked.
This is the new tattoo my wife Louise got done recently, its a quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet “To thine own self be true”. Its on her left foot, and was done by Eve from Eve Tattoo in Marlow.
Its very well done, she was looked after really well by Eve, made to feel at home. I have a feeling she will be going back there again!
Tony, from Kirituhi Tattoo, has opened a new studio in Ilkeston. This studio is now open to the public, and is the UK’s only dedicated maori, polynesian, samoan and hawaiian tatau.
You will find the studio at 375 Nottingham Rd, Ilkeston, DE7 5BB.