{"id":124,"date":"2026-08-26T02:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T02:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/obsidra\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T02:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T02:27:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/obsidra\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The studio<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Twelve years of drawing on Vance Street.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Obsidra opened in 2014 in two rooms above a print shop. Six chairs later the rule has not changed: every piece is drawn from scratch for one person.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Six<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Chairs, private room available<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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2014<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Opened on Vance Street<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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$120<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Deposit, off the final price<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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40 min<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Consult, free of charge<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Why we are small<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Six residents, and every one of them draws.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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There is no front desk, no manager, and no house style. You email an artist and that artist writes back. The person who answers your questions is the person holding the machine.<\/p>

It caps how much work we can take, which is the point. Nobody here is tattooing a design they saw for the first time that morning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Since 2014<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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How the shop got here<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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2014<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Two chairs on the third floor<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Noor and one borrowed machine, above Kessler Print on the corner of Vance and 11th. Appointment only from the first day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2017<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Ground floor, four chairs<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The print shop moved out and we took the street level. Tam joined and brought Japanese work with him.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2020<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The private room<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Built for chest, ribs and anything that needs a door. It stayed after everything reopened because people kept asking for it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2023<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Guest programme<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Two week residencies four times a year. Artists we would travel to see, in the chair by the window.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2026<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Six chairs, three months out<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Where we are now. The booking book runs about a quarter ahead and the flash wall turns over monthly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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House rules<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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What we do, and what we do not<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Five lines that have not changed since 2014. Two of them are the reason somebody occasionally walks back out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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We draw custom<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Every piece starts as a drawing made for you. Even a flash claim gets resized and adjusted to the body it is going on.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We size honestly<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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If a design needs to be bigger to still read in ten years, we will say so, and we will not tattoo it small to close the booking.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We do not copy<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We will not trace another artist’s tattoo. Bring it as a reference and we will draw you something of your own.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We do not tattoo minors<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Eighteen with photo ID, every time, no exceptions and no arguments at the counter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We do not rush a heal<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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If you come back and something is not settling, that is a free visit and an honest look, not a sales conversation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Consults open<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Bring us a rough idea. We will draw the rest.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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