Total Tattoo Janurary 2012

Well, I'm utterly ashamed, I haven't worked on my blog since October.... I can honestly say Christmas came early, and has so taken over my life with work dictating so much of my time.

So here it is, my first blog, in well over a month and I plan on posting one a week from now till Christmas, ooh what a treat!!
Firstly, I had some amazing news, that my friend and tattooist extraordinaire Sharron Caudill of Northern Soul Tattoo was interviewed following the Leamington Convention, check out the link below, she's being all famous and shit.

https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10150435230259357&set=a.442960539356.246269.81435434356&type=1&theater

....and then to top it off I got to see this today and it totally made me stoked!!!

My sleeve completed at the UK's 1st Female Tattoo Convention is in January's Total Tattoo......So pleased as this piece is awesome, if I do say so myself and more so, I'm ubér chuffed for Sharron!!!!!

Over the weekend my many Christmas presents I ordered online will be eagerly opened and I will be sharing some of my superb purchases with you. So, if you are a Rockabilly girl, an admirer of vintage fashion or just love a perfect red pout and looking for the ideal lipstick and jewellery to boot then I will be giving away top tips for my fav places!!!

Catch you in a few days for more festive fun!!!!

Bye for now

Lady Ink :D

The UK's 1st Female Tattoo Convention - Leamington Spa

Well I'm slowly recovering from an awesome weekend and an absolutely fantastic time with friends, family and new acquaintances. For those who did not make it to the convention, then shame on you! Make sure you save the date for 2012 as this is something not to be missed! Artists, great atmosphere, fabulous entertainment and a beautiful venue.

I'm slowly working through a tonne of photographs which I would like to share with you and hopefully for anyone reading this who made it, leave your feedback it would be great to hear your thoughts on this ground breaking convention.

Having been one of the lucky ones to be tattooed on the day, I have a sneaky photo of my finished sleeve and will be updating more this week when I can keep my eyes open, (seriously, sleep deprived!).

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to the uber talented Sharron Caudill of Northern Soul Tattoo for a rocking sleeve and making Ladyink extremely happy!! And for everyone else who experienced the buzz of being inked at a convention, I hopefully will have some snap shots that will be placed on the blog...watch this space :)

Check out the link at the top of my blog for the convention and many of the artists I admire and I will be posting another blog very soon!!!

Bye for now
Ladyink :)

The UK's 1st Female Tattoo Convention

Firstly, apologises for a long overdue entry....shame on me, for the poor show.

Only 2 weeks till the Leamington Convention and plans are underway for an awesome weekend!
With the completion of my sleeve from Sharron Caudill at Northern Soul Tattoo, I'm counting down the days and looking forward to the competition.......me and Sharron are hoping for a win!

Check out of the website http://www.femaletattooshow.co.uk/ and facebook https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Uks-1st-Annual-Female-Tattoo-Artist-Show/212251892134100

I will be writing a review on the convention with plenty of photograph's of friends, (they've been warned!!) and hopefully some great tattoos for you to enjoy.

Hope you can make it and for those who don't I will hopefully give you enough snip it's to keep you updated.

Toodles

LadyInk
xx

Thank you!!!!

Just a huge shout out to everyone who has been reading the blog, smashed my target I had set by end of August and with 1,017 views, which means I'm in the throws of writing my next blog :)))

With 2 weeks off work I will be devoting time to finally get my studio reviews of Sacred Art in Chorlton and Northern Soul Tattoo, which will give you insight to my good friends and the amazing work created in the studios...watch this space!!

For now I'm en-route to Manchester after another week in London and looking forward to Bank Holiday weekend and drunken debauchery!!

What are your plans this weekend???

Bye for now peeps,

Ladyink ;))

Tattoo Jam 2011..Floral sleeve update!!!

Having woke with convention blues today and back to work Tuesday, the only way I will get through today is to review Tattoo Jam and show you my, 'William Morris' inspired sleeve!!!!

Lazy start to Saturday, as we really didn't feel the weather...Yuk! Once we had checked into the hotel it was a quick taxi ride to the race course due to the torrential rain, again UK weather really is shite!!!! Once in, slightly disappointed with the lack of atmosphere, surely some music on in the background would of created a better environment as it lacked the umph I have found at other conventions?!?!

However, once into the main area where artists were at work the distinct noise of the tattoo guns made it worth while. Straight away artists such as Jeff Gogue and Nikko Hurtado had crowds building and who could blame them, just gutted that I never got close enough to admire the amazing work!!!!

Got our floor plans and off we headed to find Northern Soul Tattoo. Sharron and Adam hard at work and creating what I know best, "shit hot tattoos". Once I have Adam's photo's for the work done at TJ then I will be adding these to the blog, in the meantime check out the website, Northern Soul Tattoo at the top of the page.
We bumped into the lovely Zoe and Wayne of Fyrefly Gems and Zoe was proudly showing her new tattoo...a fabulous creation from Sharron Caudhill, a beautiful owl :))

Here's the first stage, more colour to be added so watch this space for updated photo's!!!!

The rest of Saturday was spent mooching around, several trips to the bar and reacquainting with friends! Awesome people at the convention, and it certainly proved to be a chilled event with everyone sharing stories and ink....to all those I spoke to, thank you!!

Judging at the convention was hilarious thanks to the talented and very funny Paul Sweeney. Described in the show guide as razor sharp, and he did not disappoint! Great to see Sion Smith of Skin Deep, gutted I didn't get chance to catch up with him and thank him for the fab write up of my psychedelic peacock tattoo following the South Pier convention in April.

So moving onto the Sunday, a queue quickly formed and people waited patiently for the doors to open...me, not so patient knowing I was getting inked!! Sharron soon took to shading my arm and straight away I saw the Floral masterpiece take on another dimension. 3.5hrs and stage 3 was complete, allowing Sharron and Adam to hit the bar for a well deserved pint or 9!??  So the picture below is how it looked following the Liverpool convention, then....

A cheeky little stint in the studio to complete this flower on the inner arm....

and finally, stage 3...

My next convention is the much awaited UK's 1st Female Tattoo Artist show in Leamington Spa, so for those of you unaware of this event, check out the facebook page!!! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?cropsuccess&id=583319383#!/pages/Uks-1st-Annual-Female-Tattoo-Artist-Show/212251892134100
Before leaving TJ I couldn't resist a trip to the stalls to make a couple of purchases in particular, Tattooaftercare, for those looking for some good treatment then check this out!
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002311977090

I'm currently sorting out my photo's from the weekend so I will no doubt update this blog with my shutterfly album!

Hope you enjoy the post and back soon!
OOoohh before I forget, got some seriously awesome comments about my red/ black mendhi shoulder and couldn't resist another blatant advert for my friend Sandy Green at Sacred Art Chorlton!

Currently having more work on this piece so I will get some new photo's up as soon as I get the rest of the work done!
Ladyink :)

Are you the proud owner of a tattoo???

Having being told there was a call in on Radio 5 this morning about tattoos and Tattoo Jam in Doncaster, I was immediately interested....

Unfortunately, it was not the call in I was hoping for, instead they had idiots calling in who wasted oxygen, slating anyone with a tattoo. Admittedly anyone stupid enough to cover themselves in football tattoos and 15yrs later go and have them removed on the NHS is a total prick, but the rest of the comments made, irritated me.

I tried calling in to make my point especially to the one caller who referred to women with tattoos as "ugly" and "easy", he then further insulted the tattoo community with the comment, "anyone with tattoos in my opinion is filth, and of low intelligence".

.....OK if your reading this, surely your blood is boiling like mine was. I graduated from University with a Bachelor of Science degree after 3 years of hard graft, and I have held full time employment since I was 20.....I'm not thick and I do not appreciate some narrow minded tit, who does not know where the location of his own arsehole is with two hands and a compass to make these ridiculous comments!!!!

So for anyone with a tattoo or those on there way to a full body suit, or even an admirer of the skill and beauty, be proud and do not allow any of these fuck wits to make you think otherwise. I chose to have body art as a mark of who I am and in some cases remembering those no longer with us, and it is most certainly an extension of my personality....and when I'm 70yrs old - I'll be bloody proud to have done something that others wasted their lives thinking about, and I'll be sat with my tattooed mates enjoying the sunset with a drink!

End of rant!!

LadyInk :)

Tattooed Tiler from NYC-Ceramics

For the last 2 years Karl has debated and thrown ideas round for his next tattoo, not an easy task when choosing a design for a sleeve! Following several drunk evenings with Karl and Fi (my sister-in-law!), we had consumed several bottles of Barefoot Rose and it came to me that I should surprise Karl with a 4hr stint at Sacred Art, Chorlton.

Following a consultation and still undecided, Karl had but the tattoo on the back burner till the 'ink pimp' struck again....that's me if your wondering :)

For my brother's birthday I decided to book him in with Sandy Green and get this talked about sleeve started....and today was the day in question. Check out the design that blew my brother's mind as he had no idea what to expect. With just the outline done, this is gonna be a mammoth job, and one he won't forget. I will keep you up dated with new photo's over the next few months and watch out for possible Conventions where this arm continues!!!!

....and for those wondering about the blog title? NYC-Ceramics is my brother's business and if your considering a walk in shower and a bathroom overhaul then check out his website - AWESOME!!
http://www.nyc-ceramics.co.uk/


The Design.........Sandy Green, Sacred Art Chorlton.

Outline started, I'd say another 15hrs+ to go!!!!

Plenty more photo's to come.........