The book

Work from the last two years.

Sessions as they happened, the bench between them, and the drawings that started each piece. Every caption says which of the three it is.

Twelve
Frames shown
Six
Artists
Eight
Sessions
Portland
Shot in the studio
The book

Sessions, benches and drawings

Sternum ornament, three sessions
Shoulder cap, blackwork
Forearm band, ornamental
Spine panel, in progress
Blast over, second session
Ring set, half day
Machines set for the day
The bench before a session
Reading these

What a photograph does not show

Everyone tattooed here agreed to be photographed, nothing is retouched, and the drawings are shot on the desk they were made on.

Healed beats fresh

A tattoo photographed on the day looks sharper than it will ever look again. Where we have a healed frame, that is the one we show.

Healed

Skin is not paper

The same design reads differently on a forearm and a ribcage. Placement is half of what you are looking at in any of these.

Placement

No filters

Nothing here is retouched or colour graded. Studio light, one lens, and the piece as it left the chair.

Unretouched

Consent first

Every person in these frames agreed to be here, and any of them can ask us to take a photograph down.

Asked
Consults open

Bring us a rough idea. We will draw the rest.

Consults run forty minutes and cost nothing. Come with references, a rough placement, and a budget range. You leave with a date, an artist, and a price band.