Bristol
Needle & Fern
Quiet linework, drawn to last.
Single-needle work, drawn for the body rather than the sheet. Two artists, appointment only, healed photography only. Nothing is photographed on the day.
Healed work
Recent pieces
The Fern Line
Fine line · inner forearm
Botanical Hand
Fine line · hand
The Serpent Rib
Fine line · ribs
The All-Seeing
Fine line · chest
The studio
How I work
Bristol
Single-needle work, drawn for the body rather than the sheet. Two artists, appointment only, healed photography only. Nothing is photographed on the day.
“Every piece begins as a conversation.”
Questions
Before you write
- How do I wash it in the first week?
- Warm water, unscented soap, the flat of your fingers, twice a day. Pat it dry with a clean towel or let it air, then a thin layer of balm — thin enough that the skin is not shiny. Do not soak it, do not scrub it, and do not pick at the flaking, however much it itches.
- Can I swim, or go back to the gym?
- Not in the first fortnight. A pool, the sea and a bath all put the piece under water it is not ready for, and a hard session under a fresh wrap is how a heal goes patchy. Walking and lighter work are fine from the day after; anything that has you sweating into it can wait until the surface has closed.
- Will it need a touch-up?
- Sometimes. A line can drop out where the skin bends, or where a scab came away early, and that is ordinary rather than a mistake. Send a photograph once it has settled at six weeks and we will book the touch-up into a session — not before, because a piece that is still healing cannot be read.
The commission
Tell the studio what you have in mind
Answer what you can. Nothing is booked by sending this — it starts a conversation.