Bristol: one artist, one client a day
Drawn for the body it goes on
One artist, one client a day, drawn for the body it goes on.
Fine line and blackwork in a room above a bike shop. Send the idea once and you see the concept before you book. The drawing is made for your date, and the last details are settled at the chair.
Healed work
Pieces, photographed a year on
The Fern Line
Fine line · inner forearm · healed 2 years
Botanical Hand
Fine line · hand · healed 18 months
Blackthorn
Blackwork · upper arm · healed 3 years
The Serpent Rib
Fine line · ribs · healed 14 months
Moth & Moon
Blackwork · sternum · healed 2 years
Geometric Dahlia
Dotwork · shoulder · healed 4 years
The artist
Rowan Ash, nine years at the needle
Bristol
- A deposit holds the date and comes off the final price
- Two clear days to move a date, once. After that it is spent
- Eighteen and over. Photo ID at the door: passport or licence, not a picture of one
- The idea is agreed first. The drawing starts when the deposit lands
Client words
People who sat for it
“Three sessions on my back and not one line was rushed. A year on it is still clean at the edges.”
Before you book
The five we get most
Eat within a couple of hours of coming in, and no alcohol the day before. Wear something that leaves the spot easy to reach and that you do not mind ink on. We will not tattoo anyone who is drunk, high or unwell, and we will move the date rather than rush it.
The studio
Above the bike shop on Midland Road
Ring the top bell. There is no waiting room, so you will be let in when the last session ends.
Blackthorn Tattoo, 41 Midland Road, Bristol BS2 0JT
A dressing to take home, written instructions, and a message a week later to look at how it is healing. Touch-ups inside the first year are free, and Rowan does them himself.
The brief
Tell us the idea once
Placement, size, references, any ink already there and how your skin heals. One pass of answers and we come back with the idea, so you book having seen it. The drawing is made for your date.